MOSCOW, 14 Jan - R-Sport. Russian chess player Alexander Grischuk took the upper hand on the world blitz championship, which took place in Berlin.

Grischuk 21 parties won fifteen, 5 points ahead at half-point of the Frenchman Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Russian Vladimir Kramnik, who took third place.

14, 5 points in the asset Russians Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ukrainian Vassily Ivanchuk, on 14 - the Russian Peter Svidler, Norwegian Magnus Carlsen and the Czech David Navara.

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