Artemiev came from nowhere to tie for 2nd place in the World Rapid Championship after playing only a couple of top players - he's not doing such a good job of sneaking up on his rivals this time, as he takes the sole lead! :)

Carlsen's excellent score against Mamedyarov in blitz continues: The World Champion scores his 5th (or 6th counting armageddon) straight win against the Azerbajani and is now on 6,5/8 in World Blitz Ch.

Round 8 highlights include Jobava-Carlsen and Nakamura vs. sole leader Artemiev!

Some nice tricks with the passed a-pawn as Carlsen gets his bishop to e1 and beats Jobava!

What a blunder by Artemiev against Nakamura.

Vladislav Artemiev, one of the leaders after eight rounds, fell for a simple tactic against Hikaru Nakamura.

One moment of relaxation brings you a world of pain. Baadur Jobava's 47.Nc3-b1? invited 47...Bf8-b4!, Magnus Carlsen's last trick to win a roughly equal endgame.

The first day of the King Salman Women's World Blitz Championship is over. Russians dominate the top standings after 9 rounds:

1. Lagno (🇷🇺 2606) - 8 points
2-5. Kosteniuk (🇷🇺 2521), Koneru (🇮🇳 2489), Charochkina (🇷🇺 2212), Kashlinskaya (🇷🇺 22820 - all 7 points.

21.Nf6+! gxf6 22.Rxd7! and Magnus Carlsen is the sole leader again with two rounds to go today!

Nakamura-Carlsen coming up now!

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/world-blitz-championship-2019/11/1/2

Cute try by Sergey Karjakin.