GM Oleksandr Bortnyk gained the Blitz Titled Area on Saturday, forward of GM neslraCsungaM77 in 2nd, and GM Andreikin in third. Bortnyk has now gained 4 Titled Arenas in 2022. Having gained this Blitz Titled Area, together with a Bullet occasion and Chess960 occasion, he is now gained each doable taste of Titled Area this yr. The event appeared to declare ultimate victory for the high-berserking technique fashionable in earlier occasions. 3 of the highest 4 gamers didn’t play a single recreation with the allotted 3 minutes on their clock, and eight of the highest 10 had a berserk fee over 50%. The one holdout was Andreikin, who completed with the perfect efficiency score of the occasion however didn’t play sufficient video games shortly sufficient for sufficient further berserking factors. Depart your ideas on this growth beneath within the feedback. Is 100% berserking high-quality or ought to we alter the principles to stop/discourage it?
EDITORS NOTE: We’d beforehand introduced this occasion because the World Championship however reconsidered as a result of the joke was getting a little bit drained. Congratulations to GM Magnus Carlsen for turning into World Champion once more after a 2-week absence.
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