The FIDE World Blitz Championships are underway in Warsaw. The leaders are Levon Aronian and Bibisara Assaubayeva https://ruchess.ru/en/news/all/fide_world_blitz_championships_are_underway_in_warsaw/
Photo: Mark Livshitz
Photo: Mark Livshitz
Aronian prevailed against Dubov and thus remains in the lead, with 10/12. Amin beat Kravtsiv and is now second, half a point behind.
Camera: Mark Livshitz and Anna Shtourman
Camera: Mark Livshitz and Anna Shtourman
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Interview with Bibisara Assaubayeva, silver medalist of the World Women's Rapid Championship 2021
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Interview with Bassem Amin | FIDE World Blitz Championship |
Looks like most of the 2700 chess Top 20 are having a rough go of the Blitz portion of the #RapidBlitz WC except for Aronion and Dubov.
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Day 1 of the FIDE World Blitz Championships was an exciting one, full of emotions, upsets and great moves!
🔸Aronian leads with 10/12
🔸Assaubayeva tops Women’s section with 8/9
🔸Carlsen lost 3 games and is on 8½/12
Here are some of the best moments of the day. ⬇️
🔸Aronian leads with 10/12
🔸Assaubayeva tops Women’s section with 8/9
🔸Carlsen lost 3 games and is on 8½/12
Here are some of the best moments of the day. ⬇️
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Press conference with Levon Aronian, FIDE World Blitz Championship leader after Day 1
Levon Aronian: "Today my preparation was sleeping. I am still a little bit jet-lagged because I came from the United States."
Levon Aronian: "Today my preparation was sleeping. I am still a little bit jet-lagged because I came from the United States."
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Alireza Firouzja vs Nodirbek Abdusattorov | World Blitz 2021
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Magnus Carlsen vs Arjun Erigaisi | World no.1 vs India no.1 | World Blitz 2021
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Vidit shows Caruana where he missed a win against Gelfand
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"You cannot make a move with two hands!" | Mastrovasilis vs Firouzja | World Blitz 2021
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It's never easy to draw a drawn position against a top GM | Kobalia vs Giri | World Blitz 2021
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When you think it's mate in one, but in reality it's an illegal move!
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Levon Aronian vs Alexander Grischuk | Battle of two heavyweights | World Blitz 2021
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How did Anish Giri react when his opponent offered a draw in Russian
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This is priceless! 😂
Given what happened in the game this was kind of understandable! https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/world-blitz-championship-2021/10/1/47
Given what happened in the game this was kind of understandable! https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/world-blitz-championship-2021/10/1/47
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When you simply had enough.
World Blitz Chess Championship Day 1: Aronian and Assaubayeva Lead
The main story of the day was the rise of the underdog as many of the pre-tournament favorites suffered defeats and were unable to break into the top of the pack.
Read the full day-one report: https://www.chess.com/news/view/2021-world-blitz-chess-championship-day-1
The main story of the day was the rise of the underdog as many of the pre-tournament favorites suffered defeats and were unable to break into the top of the pack.
Read the full day-one report: https://www.chess.com/news/view/2021-world-blitz-chess-championship-day-1