America ‘s No.1 Hikaru Nakamura plays a tough end game against the current world blitz champion
Alexander Grischuk [ blitz rating 2923] scores a nice win ..
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In the fifth round of the second day of the rapid French GM Laurent Fressinet defeated the sole leader Hikaru Nakamura to replace his opponent on the top of the table. At the same time Chinese player Liren Ding outplayed Peter Leko and shared the lead with Fressinet. In the sixth round the battle between two leaders finished in a draw but Hikaru Nakamura managed to win against Alexander Grishuk to join Chinese and French players on the top of the table. In the last decisive round Hikaru Nakamura and Laurent Fressinet defeated two Russian GMs Alexander Morozevich and Sergey Karjakin respectively while Liren Ding lost against Alexander Grischuk.
http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/6667-sportaccord-mind-games-day-1-of-blitz.html
The tournament was won by French GM Laurent Fressinet on tie-break points over American Hikaru Nakamura, who finished on the second place. Russian player Alexander Grischuk got the bronze medal, ahead on tie-break points of Chinese Liren Ding.