Blitz Death Match

Blitz Death Match is the title of a series of one-on-one battles in blitz chess that were played online several times a year between January 2012 and March 2016 on the chess.com chess server .

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The two participants, whose real name must be known, qualify based on their results in blitz or bullet chess . You must have played at least 75 rated games on the server beforehand. Each player may only take part in a Blitz Death Match once, the host decides on exceptions.

The competition lasts three hours, during which there is no break. First 90 (initially 75) minutes of blitz chess with a reflection time of 5 minutes per game plus 2 seconds per move, then 60 minutes with a reflection time of 3 minutes per game plus 2 seconds per move, and finally 30 (initially 45) minutes of bullet chess with a thinking time of 1 minute per game plus 1 second per move. The colors are changed after each game. If a game is running at the end of the competition time, it will still be counted. All three time modes are included in the overall ranking in equal parts; the player with the most points wins. In the event of a tie, bullet games are played until a game is won. The prize fund is currently $ 1000 . Initially, the overall winner received $ 750, later $ 500. Since then, the winner of each reflection period has received an additional $ 100, so that a maximum of $ 800 prize money can be earned. The competitions are broadcast and commented online.

Results

date	player	Result
January 13, 2012	IM Daniel Rensch - IM David Pruess	33:22
February 26, 2012	IM Greg Shahade - FM Arun Sharma	21.5: 10.5
March 31, 2012	GM Samuel Shankland - GM Robert Hess	17.5: 14.5
April 28, 2012	IM Conrad Holt - IM Eric Hansen	15:11
May 20, 2012	FM Jorge Sammour-Hasbun - GM Jon Ludvig Hammer	17.5: 11.5
17th June 2012	GM Gawain Jones - GM Robert Hess	17.5: 13.5
July 29, 2012	GM Wesley So - GM Ray Robson	23: 9
23rd September 2012	FM Robby Adamson - IM Dean Ippolito	14:13
October 27, 2012	WGM Tatev Abrahamyan - IM Anna Zatonskih	15.5: 10.5
January 12, 2013	GM Parimarjan Negi - GM Alejandro Ramírez	16.5: 13.5
February 2, 2013	IM Benjamin Bok - GM Robin van Kampen	13.5: 12.5
March 30, 2013	GM Marc Arnold - GM Alexander Ipatov	13.5: 12.5
April 21, 2013	GM Alexandr Fier - GM Leonid Kritz	21.5: 11.5
May 19, 2013	GM Jaroslaw Scherebuch - GM Elshan Moradiabadi	19.5: 15.5
June 15, 2013	GM Fabiano Caruana - GM Valery Avezkulov	16: 9
17th July 2013	GM Krikor Mekhitarian - GM Robert Hungaski	13:10
September 6, 2013	GM Arkadij Naiditsch - GM Loek van Wely	14.5: 11.5
5th October 2013	GM Judit Polgár - GM Nigel Short	17.5: 10.5
November 2, 2013	GM David Smerdon - GM Simon Williams	17:15
January 18, 2014	GM Daniel Fridman - GM Yury Shulman	19:10
15th February 2014	GM Georg Meier - GM Imre Balog	14:13 (after extra time)
March 22, 2014	GM Erwin l'Ami - GM Jan Smeets	17.5: 7.5
April 12 + 22, 2014	FM Evan Ju - IM Marc Esserman	18:12
May 3, 2014	GM Dmitri Andreikin - GM Lê Quang Liêm	18:11
June 22, 2014	IM Yaacov Norowitz - GM Boris Awruch	14.5: 13.5
July 26, 2014	GM Irina Krush - GM Nadezhda Kossinzewa	14:13
September 6, 2014	GM Alex Lenderman - GM Wang Yue	17:14
3rd October 2014	GM Simen Agdestein - GM Giorgi Katscheishvili	12.5: 11.5
22nd November 2014	GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - GM Dmitri Andreikin	17:16
January 3, 2015	GM Hikaru Nakamura - GM Wesley Sun.	21.5: 11.5
March 28, 2015	GM Georg Meier - GM Samuel Shankland	18: 8
June 27, 2015	GM Maxim Dlugy - IM Yaacov Norowitz	12.5: 10.5
September 26, 2015	GM Illja Nyschnyk - GM Mackenzie Molner	17.5: 8.5
December 21, 2015	GM Hikaru Nakamura - GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	17.5: 11.5
4th February 2016	IM Daniel Rensch - IM Lawrence Trent	11: 9
4th February 2016	GM Fabiano Caruana - GM Robert Hess	14.5: 10.5
March 14, 2016	GM Francisco Vallejo Pons - GM Ruslan Ponomarev	12.5: 11.5 (after extension)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ April Death Match Qualification Begins , Chess.com, April 2, 2014
2. ^ Death-Match Rules , chess.com, May 17, 2012
3. ↑ Ju Shoots More Bullets, Wins Death Match 23 , Chess.com, April 23, 2014