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19 November 2010 - 08:22 AMT

Aronian world blitz champion

Armenia's Levon Aronian who has recently climbed to No. 3 in the world won the World Blitz Championship in Moscow on November 18.

The Armenian grandmaster scored 24.5 points, passing 0.5 point ahead of Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan. Magnus Carlsen of Norway was another half point back in third.

Slovakia's Sergei Movsisian finished 15th with 17.5 points.