Tag: world blitz and rapid championships 2022
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After a 2-days blitz marathon with 21 rounds for the Open Section and 17 for the Women’s, Magnus Carlsen and Bibisara Assaubayeva are the 2022 FIDE World Blitz Champions
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Magnus Carlsen was late for the first game of the World Rapid Championship in Almaty, arriving at the board 30 seconds before the end of the allotted time
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The World Rapid Champioship is ongoing and Round 11 found the World Champion Magnus Carlsen suffering a terrible loss – his first one in the tournament – against Vladislav Artemiev
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There is undoubtably a rising young generation of chess players who already claim their spots in the World’s elite
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