Dec 31, 2024 · GMs Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi have agreed to share the 2024 FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship title after Carlsen's suggestion seven games into their final. After sensationally U-turning on his decision to withdraw from the event, Carlsen won his eighth world blitz title, while Nepomniachtchi deservedly picked up his first.

Dec 31, 2024 · The 2024 FIDE World Blitz Championship concluded with high drama, as Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi shared the Open title after an intense tiebreak match, while Ju Wenjun clinched the Women’s Blitz crown by defeating Lei Tingjie in the final.

Jan 2, 2025 · The 2024 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships decided the world champions of rapid and blitz chess in Open and Women's sections. For the rapid championships, the Open was a 13-round Swiss; the Women's was an 11-round Swiss.

Dec 30, 2024 · The 2024 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships decide the world champions of rapid and blitz chess in Open and Women's sections. For the rapid championships, the Open was a 13-round Swiss; the Women's was an 11-round Swiss.

Jan 2, 2025 · China's GM Ju Wenjun – the reigning classical World Champion — won the women's tournament over her 2023 classical challenger GM Lei Tingjie in a great fight that saw Ju emerge victorious 3½–2½ with a win in the second overtime game after five straight draws.

Dec 31, 2024 · In a historic and never-seen-before result, reigning World Blitz Champion Norway’s Magnus Carlsen shared the 2024 World Blitz Championship title with Russia’s Ian …

Dec 30, 2024 · The 2024 FIDE World Blitz Championships ended bizarrely with Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi agreeing to share the title for the first time in history. The two heavyweight grandmasters took matters into their own hands after the new matchplay final in New York stretched to seven games in sudden death with the score tied on 3.5-3.5.

Jan 1, 2025 · In a historic and unprecedented result, reigning World Blitz Champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway shared the 2024 World Blitz Championship title with Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi on Wall Street,...

Dec 31, 2024 · The 2024 FIDE World Blitz Championship, the grand finale of the chess calendar, kicked off with electrifying energy in New York on Monday. After 13 rounds in the Open and 11 in the Women’s, eight players in each competition move to the final, knockout phase.

Reigning classical champion Ju Wenjun smashed her way to the final with straightforward 2.5 - 0.5 wins against Valentina Gunina and Vaishali in the quarters and semis respectively. Vaishali, who...