World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2019 - Games and Results
Magnus Carlsen won a 3rd Rapid title with 11.5/15 a point clear of Alireza Firouzja (who was under the FIDE flag for the first time) and Hikaru Nakamura. Vladislav Artemiev also scored 10.5 points. In the women's section Humpy Koneru earned her first World Title after defeating Lei Tingjie in a tie-break that went to a final Armageddon game (where Koneru allowed a draw by repetition which won her the tie-break). Spare a thought for Lei Tingjie who had the title within her grasp on a couple of occasions, almost saving her final round game where she lost to Ekaterina Atalik and then only needing a draw with white in the second tie-break game against Koneru as well.
Carlsen also won the blitz after beating Hikaru Nakamura in a tense tie-break. This was Carlsen's fifth blitz title and the second time he holds the rapid, blitz and classical world titles at the same time. Vladimir Kramnik returned to competition and took third place. Kateryna Lagno retained her World Blitz title after holding a draw in the final round while her close rival Anna Muzychuk turned good winning chances into a loss, Tan Zhongyi took bronze on tie-break behind these two players.