Carlsen after beating Mastrovasilis in R17: "It's been pretty bad. I'll just have to apologise. It's a pity to be so much behind your best when it really matters. I'll just try to have four good performances, and we'll see how it goes."

Interview with Arjun Erigaisi | FIDE World Blitz Championship |

"In general, I play very fast even in classical, so that helps!"
In Round 18, Erigaisi is facing Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.

“Levon is visibly very upset because he understands that, with that loss, a lot of other players are catching up with him”, IM Lawrence Trent, right after Levon Aronian lost his game against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.

📷: Mark Livshitz

The rare occasion when Alireza's time runs out | Firouzja vs Karjakin | World Blitz 2021

The Levon Aronian-Arjun Erigaisi saga continues | World Blitz 2021

Levon Aronian's loss means lots of scenarios are still possible with 4 rounds to go

Congratulations to 17-year-old Bibisara Assaubayeva on winning the Women's World Blitz Championship with a round to spare!

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/world-blitz-championship-women-2021/16/1/1

Firouzja wins and catches Dubov in the lead going into the final round! https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/world-blitz-championship-2021/20/1/2

Alireza Firouzja defeats the tournament leader GM Daniil Dubov!

It's happened! We have a crazy 6-way tie for the lead going into the final round, with Magnus just half a point behind

Alireza Firouzja takes down the leader Daniil Dubov. And it's a 6-way tie for first going into the last round!

Magnus Carlsen picks up a first win over Ian Nepomniachtchi since Dubai: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/world-blitz-championship-2021/20/1/1

A beautiful checkmate by Tari against Chigaev shown on NRK.
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/world-blitz-championship-2021/20/1/42

With one round to go, we have six players with 14/20!

Who do you think will win the event?

Aronian,Dubov, Artemiev, Duda, Vachier-Lagrave, and Firouzja, all tied for first with 14 points!

And in the last round, we will see
Vachier-Lagrave - Carlsen
Duda - Artemiev
Firouzja - Aronian
Dubov - Giri

📷 by Anna Shtourman

We've got an absolute thriller coming up now! If the players end tied we've got more tiebreak fun ahead

Dubov-Giri is a quick draw, so Daniil is the clubhouse leader on 14.5!

'Thug life' Grischuk vs 'Endgame God' Magnus | World Blitz 2021

Leko: "This is World Championship match prep"
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/world-blitz-championship-2021/21/1/4