The 2017 IEMG Chess Blitz Games were held in China, Huayane, on 14th of December 2017. 1138 players - 72 GMs, 68 IMs, 62 FMs, 4 WGMs, 12 WIMs registered for the blitz competition. The Blitz championship was played in 11 paired rounds, on Swiss system, with 3 minutes for a game + 2 seconds per move, starting from the first move. The prize fund is impressive - 11.000 EUR.
Among women the Bulgarian GM Antoaneta Stefanova again became first in one of the strongest chess events in the world. She won games consecutively with Ju Wenjun p winning games and came over Nana Dzagnidze and Alexandra Kosteniuk. In the decisive bttle at the very last round Stefanova grasped the title with 14.5/22. Ju Wenjun lost from Zhao Xue at the 20th round, then was consecutively beaten by Dronavalli Harika. At the end Ju Wenjun and Kosteniuk listed 2nd and 3rd with both 13.5/22 after tie-breaking. Kateryna Lagno came 4th with 13/22, Harika and Zhao Xue scored both 12.5/22 to listed 5-6th accordingly.
Among women the Bulgarian GM Antoaneta Stefanova again became first in one of the strongest chess events in the world. She won games consecutively with Ju Wenjun p winning games and came over Nana Dzagnidze and Alexandra Kosteniuk. In the decisive bttle at the very last round Stefanova grasped the title with 14.5/22. Ju Wenjun lost from Zhao Xue at the 20th round, then was consecutively beaten by Dronavalli Harika. At the end Ju Wenjun and Kosteniuk listed 2nd and 3rd with both 13.5/22 after tie-breaking. Kateryna Lagno came 4th with 13/22, Harika and Zhao Xue scored both 12.5/22 to listed 5-6th accordingly.
The winner among women is Antoaneta Stefanova.
Final Ranking after 22 Rounds
Final Ranking after 22 Rounds
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 4 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | FID | 2517 | 14,5 | 0,0 | 146,75 | 10,0 |
| 2 | 1 | GM | Ju Wenjun | CHN | 2548 | 13,5 | 1,5 | 133,00 | 11,0 |
| 3 | 5 | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | RUS | 2526 | 13,5 | 0,5 | 140,00 | 9,0 |
| 4 | 6 | GM | Lagno Kateryna | RUS | 2619 | 13,0 | 0,0 | 130,25 | 9,0 |
| 5 | 10 | GM | Harika Dronavalli | IND | 2537 | 12,5 | 1,0 | 128,50 | 8,0 |
| 6 | 9 | GM | Zhao Xue | CHN | 2499 | 12,5 | 1,0 | 126,25 | 10,0 |
| 7 | 11 | GM | Dzagnidze Nana | GEO | 2453 | 12,0 | 0,0 | 124,50 | 10,0 |
| 8 | 12 | GM | Muzychuk Anna | UKR | 2574 | 11,5 | 0,0 | 115,00 | 7,0 |
| 9 | 8 | GM | Ushenina Anna | UKR | 2457 | 10,0 | 0,0 | 96,75 | 7,0 |
| 10 | 3 | GM | Tan Zhongyi | CHN | 2543 | 9,5 | 0,0 | 89,75 | 7,0 |
| 11 | 2 | GM | Muzychuk Mariya | UKR | 2430 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 67,00 | 3,0 |
| 12 | 7 | IM | Paehtz Elisabeth | GER | 2467 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 35,25 | 3,0 |
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In the men’s group the winner is Vladislav Artemiev. In the decisive tie-break battle with Alexander Grischuk he won and scored 16 out of 22. The Russian players took 2nd and 3rd places - Grischuk scored 8.5 ranking second and Dmitry Andreikin became 3rd with 14/22. The 4th place took Yu Yangyi with 12/22 and 5th and 6th both with 11/22 became Vassily Ivanchuk and Ding Liren.
The winner among men is Vladislav Artemiev
Final Ranking after 22 Rounds
Final Ranking after 22 Rounds
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Bdld | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 10 | GM | Artemiev Vladislav | RUS | 2798 | 16,0 | 2,0 | 167,00 | 13,0 | |
| 2 | 6 | GM | Grischuk Alexander | RUS | 2725 | 16,0 | 0,0 | 157,50 | 14,0 | |
| 3 | 3 | GM | Andreikin Dmitry | RUS | 2771 | 14,0 | 0,0 | 150,00 | 10,0 | |
| 4 | 2 | GM | Yu Yangyi | CHN | 2701 | 12,0 | 0,0 | 119,50 | 9,0 | |
| 5 | 7 | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | UKR | 2815 | 11,0 | 1,0 | 112,00 | 9,0 | |
| 6 | 4 | GM | Ding Liren | CHN | 2837 | 11,0 | 1,0 | 106,00 | 7,0 | |
| 7 | 12 | GM | Le Quang Liem | VIE | 2771 | 10,0 | 3,0 | 95,50 | 7,0 | |
| 8 | 5 | GM | Wang Hao | CHN | 2737 | 10,0 | 2,0 | 102,50 | 6,0 | |
| 9 | 11 | GM | Harikrishna P. | IND | 2759 | 10,0 | 1,0 | 107,00 | 6,0 | |
| 10 | 1 | GM | Mamedov Rauf | AZE | 2755 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 77,00 | 5,0 | |
| 11 | 8 | GM | Korobov Anton | UKR | 2760 | 7,0 | 2,0 | 79,50 | 5,0 | |
| 12 | 9 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | AZE | 2770 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 74,50 | 3,0 |
