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

Interview with Bibisara Assaubayeva , 2021 FIDE World Women's Blitz Champion

"Before the tournament, I thought taking 10th place would be good because I think I am not too strong in blitz."

An applause is heard on the broadcast, as Duda wins and should likely have secured at least a playoff!

Madness as MVL, Duda and Firouzja all win and tie for 1st place, and it's looking as though Alireza may miss out on the playoff (but will win a bronze medal)!

A roller-coaster game ends with a win for Vachier-Lagrave, which means this is Carlsen worst performance in a World Blitz Championship ever.

Three decisive results in a matter of few seconds!

Alireza Firouzja, Duda and Vachier_Lagrave win their games!

Alireza Firouzja won his last 5 games, but it seems it wasn't quite enough!

3 results, 30 seconds 🤯

Vachier_Lagrave plays lights out with the white pieces, knocking out Magnus Carlsen, Alireza Firouzja takes it over Aronian, and Duda moves on versus Artemiev in the #RapidBlitz!

Carlsen: "This is not close to be good enough." and "I have to just realise that I wasn't even close to be good enough this time. It's disappointing. What to say? Some days it just doesn't work, and that was the case today."

It's confirmed that Firouzja finishes 3rd, so while all 3 get $50,000, it's Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave who will play a tiebreak for the gold medal!

Carlsen on losing his #1 spot on the blitz ranking