The 2022 World Blitz Chess Championship is played from 29-30th December at the Baluan Sholak Sports Palace in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The Championship format is 21 rounds Swiss with a time control of 3 minutes + 2 seconds and the event includes most of the world’s top players.
Hikaru was in the sole lead at the event after the Day 1, but scoring 5/9 points on the second day was enough “only” for second place. Recapping his day 2 of the FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship, Nakamura says: “Dear YouTube, I could see the Trophy…”:
