Carlsen at a canter

He is on a roll! Magnus Carlsen has topped off a purple patch by becoming World Blitz Champion and by a clear margin, three whole points ahead of Anand.

Carlsen dominated. He finished six points ahead of third placed Karjakin and even managed the double over his four closest rivals. The top seven after day two occupied virtually the same places as yesterday, showing a certain consistancy.

Here is the final table

Position	Name	Nationality	Rating	Points	Tie-break
1.	Magnus Carlsen	NOR	2801	31
2.	Viswanathan Anand	IND	2788	28
3.	Sergei Karjakin	UKR	2723	25
4.	Vladimir Kramnik	RUS	2772	24.5
5.	Alexander Grischuk	RUS	2736	23.5	471.5
6.	Peter Svidler	RUS	2754	23.5	466
7.	Ruslan Ponomariov	UKR	2739	23.5	466
8.	Peter Leko	HUN	2752	22	451.5
9.	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	AZE	2719	22	429
10.	Alexander Morozevich	RUS	2750	21.5	440.25
11.	Vugar Gashimov	AZE	2758	21.5	436.5
12.	Levon Aronian	ARM	2786	21
13.	Lenier Dominguez	CUB	2719	20	395.5
14.	Evgeny Bareev	RUS	2634	20	379.75
15.	Vassily Ivanchuk	UKR	2739	19.5
16.	Anatoly Karpov	RUS	2619	19
17.	Boris Gelfand	ISR	2758	18.5
18.	Dmitry Jakovenko	RUS	2736	17.5
19.	Judit Polgar	HUN	2680	17
20.	Vladislav Tkachiev	FRA	2642	16
21.	Arkady Naiditsch	GER	2689	15
22.	Alexandra Kosteniuk	RUS	2517	12.5