World Blitz Championship - Live!

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12/31/2024 – The World Blitz Championships are taking place in New York on 30-31 December. Over 300 elite players, including Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana and Ju Wenjun, compete in iconic Wall Street venues. The tournaments, open and women's, are played with a time control of 3 minutes for the game plus 2-second increments per move. | Follow the games live with expert commentary starting at 20.00 CET (14.00 ET, 0.30 IST)

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Blitz - Knockout stage

The rapid tournament takes place on 26-28 December. Players will get a rest day on Sunday, while the blitz event will be played on 30-31 December.

Format - Rapid

The tournaments will be played under the Swiss System

  • The Open Rapid consists of 13 rounds
  • The Women's Rapid consists of 11 rounds

Format - Blitz

A 2-stage format will be used for the first time in both events. Following a Swiss open, 8 players will qualify to the deciding knockout stage.

  • The Open Blitz consists of 13 rounds
  • The Women's Blitz consists of 11 rounds
  • Each confrontation in the knockout stage is a 4-game match

Time control

  • Rapid: 15 minutes + 10-second increments per move, starting from move 1
  • Blitz: 3 minutes + 2-second increments per move, starting from move 1

Live games and commentary

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Live: Presidents Day NY IM C 2025
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1.d4 2.9 Nf6 5:06 2.c4 1:31:27 c5 6 3.d5 0 e6 6 4.Nc3 0 exd5 10 5.cxd5 0 d6 7 6.Nf3 0 g6 7 7.Nd2 0 Bg7 21 8.e4 0 0-0 7 9.Be2 0 Re8 1:22 10.0-0 0 Na6 1:27 11.f4 0 Nc7 40 12.a4 0 b6 1:45 13.Bf3 0 Ba6 36 14.Re1 0 h5 25 15.h3 0 Nd7 17 16.e5 0 dxe5 36 17.d6 0 Ne6 5 18.Nd5 0 Nxf4 1:11 19.Nc7 0 Nf6 16 20.Nxe8 0 Qxe8 23 21.Ne4 0 Nd3 2:51 22.Nxf6+ 0 Bxf6 1:45 23.d7 0 Qd8 19 24.Bxa8 0 Qxa8 50 25.Rf1 0 Be7 1:07 26.a5 0 Nxc1 49 27.Rxc1 1:23 Bxf1 25 28.Qxf1 40 Qc6 24 29.Rd1 54 Bd8 8 30.Qa6 42 h4 4:23 31.Qxa7 2:36 bxa5 8 32.Qb8 15 Qf6 7 33.Re1 26 c4 1:40 34.Qxe5 1:09 Qb6+ 7 35.Kh1 45 Bf6 44 36.Qd5 58 Kg7 13 37.Rf1 47 Qd8 14 38.Qf3 57 Bxb2 27 39.Qxf7+ 6 1–0
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StWhiteEloWBlackEloBResRndid
Nagy,G2472Putnam,L24029.45732066
Tanenbaum,Z2302Shundi,M21989.15732104
Kaliksteyn,A2337Jacobson,A23439.35732065
Lin,B2290Rajesh,C22279.35732086
Liu,P2159Martinez Romero,M23939.15735506
Jimenez Garcia,E2364Sivakumar,S22739.25735508
Perdomo,L2364Sivakumar,S22899.35735509
Pang,Q2228Mou,I21349.35732106
Petenyi,T2281Zhu,L21689.45732131
Yan,N2152Deng,H23219.45735510
Paredes Lagos,A2338Guo,A22269.55735511
Brain,L2145Pagan,J20929.55732088
Velten,P2505Pichon,E23513.15741361
Boudriga,M2323Sambuev,B24163.25741370
Achour,M2066Thorfinnsson,B23773.35741372
Zaibi,A2352Doucet,P20273.45741373
Stopa,J2310Gemelli,R22033.55741375
Willems,N2414Cornileau,J21443.65741376
Rene,B2108Debray,C23203.75741377
Hallal,T2083Loeffler,M22323.85741379
Amdouni,Z2229Viers,E20723.95741380
Papaux,S2204Rekik Ismail20063.105741362
Maisuradze,N2174Kadi,M20703.115741363
Hoekstra,P2000Bouzidi,A21683.125741364
Amrane,A2021Taieb,S21163.135741365
Zounani,Y2132Filali,R22343.145741366
Boulrens,A2121Neininger,R20993.155741367
Chelly,Y2106Kakavand,R21063.165741369
Dukic,Z2230Sun,R23279.25732129
Marsh,J1991Das,A22979.35732130
Lund,S2272Golubka,P23619.55732109
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World Blitz Chess Championship 2024

Women's

Live: Presidents Day NY IM C 2025
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1.d4 2.9 Nf6 5:06 2.c4 1:31:27 c5 6 3.d5 0 e6 6 4.Nc3 0 exd5 10 5.cxd5 0 d6 7 6.Nf3 0 g6 7 7.Nd2 0 Bg7 21 8.e4 0 0-0 7 9.Be2 0 Re8 1:22 10.0-0 0 Na6 1:27 11.f4 0 Nc7 40 12.a4 0 b6 1:45 13.Bf3 0 Ba6 36 14.Re1 0 h5 25 15.h3 0 Nd7 17 16.e5 0 dxe5 36 17.d6 0 Ne6 5 18.Nd5 0 Nxf4 1:11 19.Nc7 0 Nf6 16 20.Nxe8 0 Qxe8 23 21.Ne4 0 Nd3 2:51 22.Nxf6+ 0 Bxf6 1:45 23.d7 0 Qd8 19 24.Bxa8 0 Qxa8 50 25.Rf1 0 Be7 1:07 26.a5 0 Nxc1 49 27.Rxc1 1:23 Bxf1 25 28.Qxf1 40 Qc6 24 29.Rd1 54 Bd8 8 30.Qa6 42 h4 4:23 31.Qxa7 2:36 bxa5 8 32.Qb8 15 Qf6 7 33.Re1 26 c4 1:40 34.Qxe5 1:09 Qb6+ 7 35.Kh1 45 Bf6 44 36.Qd5 58 Kg7 13 37.Rf1 47 Qd8 14 38.Qf3 57 Bxb2 27 39.Qxf7+ 6 1–0
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StWhiteEloWBlackEloBResRndid
Nagy,G2472Putnam,L24029.45732066
Tanenbaum,Z2302Shundi,M21989.15732104
Kaliksteyn,A2337Jacobson,A23439.35732065
Lin,B2290Rajesh,C22279.35732086
Liu,P2159Martinez Romero,M23939.15735506
Jimenez Garcia,E2364Sivakumar,S22739.25735508
Perdomo,L2364Sivakumar,S22899.35735509
Pang,Q2228Mou,I21349.35732106
Petenyi,T2281Zhu,L21689.45732131
Yan,N2152Deng,H23219.45735510
Paredes Lagos,A2338Guo,A22269.55735511
Brain,L2145Pagan,J20929.55732088
Velten,P2505Pichon,E23513.15741361
Boudriga,M2323Sambuev,B24163.25741370
Achour,M2066Thorfinnsson,B23773.35741372
Zaibi,A2352Doucet,P20273.45741373
Stopa,J2310Gemelli,R22033.55741375
Willems,N2414Cornileau,J21443.65741376
Rene,B2108Debray,C23203.75741377
Hallal,T2083Loeffler,M22323.85741379
Amdouni,Z2229Viers,E20723.95741380
Papaux,S2204Rekik Ismail20063.105741362
Maisuradze,N2174Kadi,M20703.115741363
Hoekstra,P2000Bouzidi,A21683.125741364
Amrane,A2021Taieb,S21163.135741365
Zounani,Y2132Filali,R22343.145741366
Boulrens,A2121Neininger,R20993.155741367
Chelly,Y2106Kakavand,R21063.165741369
Dukic,Z2230Sun,R23279.25732129
Marsh,J1991Das,A22979.35732130
Lund,S2272Golubka,P23619.55732109
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World Blitz Chess Championship 2024

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