World Blitz Championship - Live!

Blitz - Day 2

From December 26 to 30, this highly anticipated five-day event witnesses the world’s best chess players vying for the prestigious titles of World Champion in Rapid and Blitz across both Open and Women’s categories.

Format

Both the Rapid and the Blitz will be played under the Swiss System

• The Open Rapid consists of 13 rounds, while the Blitz consists of 21 rounds
• The Women’s Rapid consists of 11 rounds, while the Blitz consists of 17 rounds

Time control

• Rapid: 15 minutes + 10-second increments per move, starting from move one
• Blitz: 3 minutes + 2-second increments per move, starting from move one

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Live games and commentary

Open - Rounds 13-21

Women’s - Rounds 10-17

Master Class Vol. 12: Viswanathan Anand

This DVD allows you to learn from the example of one of the best players in the history of chess and from the explanations of the authors how to successfully organise your games strategically, and how to keep your opponent permanently under pressure.

Commentary by GM Viswanathan Anand & WGM Anastasiya Karlovich

Game analysis by Robert Ris

Middlegame Secrets Vol.1 + Vol.2

Let us learn together how to find the best spot for the queen in the early middlegame, how to navigate this piece around the board, how to time the queen attack, how to decide whether to exchange it or not, and much more!

Links

• Official site
• Caruana wins FIDE Circuit, second spot to be decided in Samarkand
• Everything ready for the start of the World Rapid and Blitz in Samarkand