The contestants of the World Chess Rapid Championship became known in Berlin.
Norwegian Magnus Carlsen was the again the absolute leader with 11.5 points in 15 tours. Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi was the second with 10.5 points.
However, the 3 Armenian grandmasters failed to perform in the Championship. Vladimir Hakobyan was 35th, Levon Aronyan was 43th and Tigran Petrosyan was 56th.
The World Blitz Championship will start today.
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