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Exclusive World Blitz videos

10/22/2015 – Last weekend you may have been like us, avidly watching the World Blitz games either on Playchess for the complete experience, or via the live video. The problem with the video was that it only ever showed one single board, almost always Carlsen. Fair enough, but that meant a lot of great players and games missed. Not so! Pascal Simon brings many exclusive videos and analysis.

Blitz Championship in Berlin: Errors and emotions

10/16/2015 – After five intense days the chess world crowned an old and a new World Champion. Magnus Carlsen is the old and the new Rapid Champion, Alexander Grischuk is new Blitz Champion. The public saw spectacular, entertaining chess, and witnessed how even the very best players made mistakes and showed a lot of emotions. Impressions and missed chances...

World Blitz 2015: Grischuk wins third title

10/14/2015 – After his crushing victory in the World Rapid championship, it seemed as if Magnus Carlsen was going to pull off a three-peat by securing all three titles a second straight year. However, during the last day of the World Blitz, the world no. 1 suffered a meltdown that opened the way for the others, and suddenly the title was wide open. It was pure excitement until the end.
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