Is this the heralding of a new Blitz King? It would certainly be
interesting to see how Aronian would fare against the likes of
Kramnik, Anand. Ivanchuk, etc... in Blitz chess. Dreev is another
player who is reputed to be excellent at Blitz. emil Sutovsky's
excellent result of clear 3rd os not much of a surprise. He is a
superb tactician, and seems to have quick "board vision". I would not
be surprised to see Sutovsky join the "2700 Club".


The Reykjavik Blitz Seeding Tournament:

Standings
Place Name Rtg Loc Score Berg. Wins

1 Levon Aronian, 2648 13 94.25 11
2 Garry Kasparov, 2831 12 79.25 10
3 Emil Sutovsky, 2666 10 69.25 8
4 Alexey Dreev, 2682 9.5 63.00 6
5 Anatoly Karpov, 2682 9.5 61.25 7
6 Peter Heine Nielsen, 2638 9 52.00 7
7 Jan H. Timman, 2578 8 55.00 4
8 Nigel Short, 2702 7.5 44.25 6
9 Stefan Kristjansson, 2404 7 39.50 6
10 Johann Hjartarson, 2640 6 41.25 5
11 Vladimir Epishin, 2633 6 36.25 4
12 Hannes H. Stefansson, 2572 5.5 33.25 4
13 Margeir Petursson, 2540 5.5 28.50 5
14 Igor-Alaxander Nataf, 2569 4 32.50 2
15 Magnus Carlsen, 2484 4 29.25 3
16 Helgi Olafsson, 2504 3.5 20.75 2


No Name Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910111213141516

1 Levon Aronian, 2648 13 * 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1
2 Garry Kasparov, 2831 12 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1
3 Emil Sutovsky, 2666 10 0 ½ * 1 1 1 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1
4 Alexey Dreev, 2682 9.5 ½ 0 0 * ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½
5 Anatoly Karpov,2682 9.5 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 1
6 Peter Heine Nielsen, 2638 9 0 0 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1
7 Jan H. Timman, 2578 8 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½
8 Nigel Short, 2702 7.5 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ * 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1
9 Stefan Kristjansson, 2404 7 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 * 0 1 1 0 1 1 1
10 Johann Hjartarson, 2640 6 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 * 0 0 0 1 0 1
11 Vladimir Epishin, 2633 6 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 * 1 1 ½ 1 0
12 Hannes Stefansson,2572 5.5 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 * 1 1 0 1
13 Margeir Petursson, 2540 5.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 0 * 1 1 1
14 Igor-Alaxander Nataf 2569 4 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 * 1 0
15 Magnus Carlsen, 2484 4 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 * ½
16 Helgi Olafsson, 2504 3.5 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 ½ *