World no. 2 Alireza Firouzja has also lost 3 games today: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/world-blitz-championship-2021/9/1/18

'The Pawn Muncher' Abhimanyu Puranik vs Levon Aronian | World Blitz 2021

اعتراض کارلسن به قهرمانی نوجوان ازبک

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Day 1 of the FIDE World Blitz Championships was an exciting one, full of emotions, upsets and great moves!

🔸Aronian leads with 10/12
🔸Assaubayeva tops Women’s section with 8/9
🔸Carlsen lost 3 games and is on 8½/12

Here are some of the best moments of the day. ⬇️

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World Blitz Women 2021

گلادیاتور ایرانی بالاتر از فیروزجا روبروی کارلسن

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Alireza Firouzja vs Nodirbek Abdusattorov | World Blitz 2021

Magnus Carlsen vs Arjun Erigaisi | World no.1 vs India no.1 | World Blitz 2021

Vidit shows Caruana where he missed a win against Gelfand

"You cannot make a move with two hands!" | Mastrovasilis vs Firouzja | World Blitz 2021

It's never easy to draw a drawn position against a top GM | Kobalia vs Giri | World Blitz 2021

When you think it's mate in one, but in reality it's an illegal move!

Levon Aronian vs Alexander Grischuk | Battle of two heavyweights | World Blitz 2021

This is priceless! 😂

Given what happened in the game this was kind of understandable! https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/world-blitz-championship-2021/10/1/47

Anish Giri beats Magnus Carlsen, pumps his fist, winks at the camera | World Blitz 2021

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