Magnus Carlsen will be competing for the world championship titles in rapid and blitz chess, despite having recently relinquished his title as world champion in classical chess

GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won the 2021 World Blitz Championship on the playoff against GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda with a score of 2-1

IM and WGM Bibisara Assaubayeva won the 2021 FIDE Women’s World Blitz Championship with a round to spare, after winning second place in the Women’s Rapid Championship

GM Hikaru Nakamura just announced on Twitter that today he tested positive for covid, despite yesterday’s negative test

Day 1 of the 2021 Open World Blitz Championship is over with GM Levon Aronian leading the event (10/12