How to prepare for a blitz championship according to Iranian Champion 21-year-old Parham Maghsoodloo:
✅ play some training games
✅ solve some Puzzle Rush

Interview with Parham Maghsoodloo | FIDE World Blitz Championship |

GM Abhimanyu Puranik finished off the game with a tactic against Anish Giri!

In the women's section, IM Polina Shuvalova is the sole leader with 6.5/7. GM Aleksandra Goryachkina and IM Bibisara Assaubayeva have both got 6 points each.

The President of Icelandic Chess Federation Gunnar Bjornsson saying on NRK that the next World Fischer Random Chess Championship will likely take place in Reykjavik in October 2022 with 6-10 players.

🔗 Tarjei J. Svensen (@TarjeiJS)

GM Martyn Kravtsiv are leading the event with 5.5/7!

Carlsen-Gelfand in Round 8! https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/world-blitz-championship-2021/8/1/1

Nakamura cannot believe how much he missed against Abhimanyu | World Blitz 2021

Magnus Carlsen vs Vladimir Fedoseev | World Rapid 2021

Uzbekistan's Nodirbek Abdusattorov won the World Rapid, is it Javokhir Sindarov's turn in Blitz!? He's now co-leader after taking down Mamedyarov: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/world-blitz-championship-2021/8/1/3

One draw on the Top 10 boards in Round 8 as some big guns move into contention

GM Fedoseev Vladimir employed the Caro-Kann opening and scored a dominating victory over GM Kravtsiv Martyn!

Draw?

16 years old... 😳

A positional crush! https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/world-blitz-championship-2021/8/1/1

When your game lasts 163 moves and delays the next round it attracts a grandmaster mob! 😀
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/world-blitz-championship-2021/8/1/44

🇺🇿 GM Javokhir Sindarov faces co-leader 🇷🇺 GM Vladimir Fedoseev in the next round!