In the decisive 17th round, Lagno played with Bulgarian representative Antoaneta Stefanova, while her main rival in the fight for victory at the tournament, Ukrainian Anna Muzychuk, lost to Chinese woman Tan Zhongyi.

Thus, Lagno scored 13 points and for the second year in a row became the world champion in blitz.

Muzychuk took the second place (12.5).

Earlier it was reported that Vladimir Kramnik closes the top three after 19 rounds at the World Championship in blitz.