Raunak shines in World blitz chess too, secures a higher finish – Times of India

Raunak Sadhwani gave yet another performance rating of above 2600 Elo points to make his mark in the World Blitz Chess Championship which concluded at Moscow, Russia, on Monday.

At an Elo of 2490, city's only Grandmaster was given a starting rank of 150. On his way to yet another performance like a strong GM, the 14-year-old finished the 21-round event in the Open category, where Magnus Carlsen emerged as the eventual champion, at a much higher 121st position.

Raunak surprised as many as eight higher ranked Grandmasters and held four rated opponents to finish his maiden World event collecting 10 points. In the shortest format, Raunak lost nine rounds.

The biggest upset the Centre Point Student did in his first open World Championship came in the very first round when he stunned 2657 Elo and 48th seed Alexey Sarana. Thereafter he suffered back-to-back defeats but brought himself back on track by stunning Israel's 52nd seeded GM Emil Sutovsky.

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