Bortnyk Wins the Titled Arena and the Agadmator Arena is ready to resume
GM Oleksandr Bortnyk won the first Lichess Blitz Titled Arena of the new year on Saturday. He finished with a 14-point lead over GM Vladislav Artemiev who took second on tiebreaks over third place GM Nihal Sarin. Bortnyk took the lead 30 minutes into the three hour event and held it until he was overtaken by Sarin for a while around the half-way mark. Bortnyk then surged back into first and led comfortably until the end.
