Also on 2/2 at the world blitz was world rapid silver medalist Firouzja, who just beat Nakamura to join Carlsen and Kramnik on 3/3!

https://t.co/6GNcgdbVsZ

A smooth 4/4 for Carlsen, while Yu Yangyi beats Firouzja and Kramnik draws!

Reminds me of a young Firouzja #rapidblitz

Nakamura was also held to a draw by Gareyev in Round 4, allowing Magnus Carlsen to boast that he's currently the classical, rapid and blitz no. 1 - at least until the next game :)

Magnus bamboozles Wojtaszek in time trouble to move to 5/5 - he'll now play 15-year-old Nodirbek Abdusattorov, the only other player on a perfect score!

If you have suffered for too long in the King's Indian or other difficult systems for Black, Magnus Carlsen's use of the Tarrasch in Moscow should be inspiring.

https://t.co/5u367sEGl7

One more prodigy, 15-year-old Nodirbek Abdusattorov from Uzbekistan, impresses with 5 out of 5 in the blitz championship.

So far it's been a great day for yesterday's winners, with Humpy Koneru also on a perfect 5/5!

Carlsen back in 2015, with then 11 year old Nodirbek Abdusattorov. Now both on 5/5 in World Blitz Championship. #rapidchess #nrksjakk

Together, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Alireza Firouzja and Andrey Esipenko are three years younger than Alexey Dreev and only three years older than Vladimir Kramnik.

Artemiev 1-0 Karjakin as Artemiev joins Carlsen and Abdusattorov in the lead on 5.5/6!

https://t.co/UmuZxXGSRe

The world champion blundered in a winning position against the 15-year-old Nodirbek Abdusattorov but the wild game was eventually drawn.

World rapid champion Humpy Koneru is on top of the blitz tournament too. After 6 rounds, she leads the women's section with 5,5 points.

Koneru won against Atalik, Guseva, Mammadova, Zhukova, Sargsyan and made a draw with Tan Zhongyi.

No easy games at the top as we move into the second half of today's 12 rounds of action!