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.

Carlsen has White against Artemiev in today's final round - can he retain the sole lead going into the last day?

Magnus Carlsen beats Artemiev to take a half point lead over Maxim Matlakov into tomorrow's final 9 rounds of the World Blitz Championship!

Magnus Carlsen's impressive run on the first day of the blitz:

1. Predke - 1
2. Belov - 1
3. Salem - 1
4. Jakovenko - 1
5. Wojtaszek - 1
6. Abdusattorov - ½
7. Andreikin - 0
8. Mamedyarov - 1
9. Jobava - 1
10. Socko - 1
11. Nakamura - ½
12. Artemiev - 1

#rapidblitz

Vladimir Kramnik ended the day on a positive note as he won a smooth game against Eduardo Iturrizaga, 20 moves only in the symmetrical English opening.

The former world champion has scored 8/12 and is getting closer to the leaders going into the second day. #rapidblitz

From running behind Magnus Carlsen in a football field (in Qatar 2015) to now holding him to a draw, Nodirbek Abdusattorov has come a long way. Magnus Carlsen began the World Blitz 2019 with 5.0/5, this 15-year-old youngster finally stopped him!

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