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

Alexandra Kosteniuk is the undefeated 2021 Women’s World Rapid Champion, followed by the 17-year-old Bibisara Assaubayeva, and the Russian GM Valentina Gunina

Watch Day Two of the Rapid Championship Live

The World Rapid Chess Championship is supposed to be all about managing time because it tests players’ ability to play well in time trouble