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.