Live Games of World Rapid and Blitz 2018
The best way to follow the games of Viswanathan Anand, Pentala Harikrishna, Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, Nihal Sarin, Vishnu Prasanna and D K Sharma from World Rapid and Blitz 2018 is to follow this page. We have live commentary by GM Evgenij Miroshnichenko and GM Peter Leko. Along with it, we also have all the live games, finished games of previous rounds, schedule and all the important links. As the rounds go by, we will keep posting important results which will help you to follow this grand event in the best possible manner. Rounds begin at 3 p.m. local time (5.30 p.m. IST). 26th, 27th, 28th December is the rapid matches and on 29th and 30th December we have the blitz. Photo: Amruta Mokal and Niklesh Jain
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Schedule (add 2.30 hours for IST):
Rapid
Round 1 update
Pentala Harikrishna defeated Aram Hakobyan
Viswanathan Anand defeated Baron Tal
Vishnu Prasanna drew with Salem Saleh
Francisco Vallejo Pons lost to D K Sharma
Nihal Sarin lost to Marin Bosiocic
Dina Drozdova drew with Harika Dronavalli
Koneru Humpy defeated Evgeniya Sukhareva
Round 2 update
Sakaev Konstantin lost to Pentala Harikrishna
Mikhail Demidov drew with Viswanathan Anand
D K Sharma drew with Levan Pantsulaia
Aleksey Dreev defeated Vishnu Prasanna
Miran Oganian lost to Nihal Sarin
Oksana Gritsayeva drew with Koneru Humpy
Harika Dronavalli lost to Anastasiya Geller
Round 3 update
Pentala Harikrishna drew with Alexei Shirov
Viswanathan Anand defeated Evgeny Levin
Vladimir Fedoseev drew with D K Sharma
Nihal Sarin drew with Alexander Huzman
Vishnu Prasanna lost Pavel Ponkratov
Koneru Humpy defeated Gunay Mammadzada
Elizaveta Solozhenkina lost to Harika Dronavalli
Round 4 update
Dmitry Bocharov drew with Pentala Harikrishna
Artyom Timofeev drew with Viswanathan Anand
D K Sharma lost to Nikita Vitiugov
Ivan Saric defeated Nihal Sarin
Shubin Kirill defeated Vishnu Prasanna
Gulnar Mammadova drew with Koneru Humpy
Harika Dronavalli drew with Aleksandra Maltsevskaya
Round 5 update
Pentala Harikrishna drew with Daniel Fridman
Viswanathan Anand drew with Konstantin Sakaev
Falko Bindrich defeated D K Sharma
Nihal Sarin defeated Saveliy Golubov
Koneru Humpy defeated Daria Voit
Nino Khomeriki lost to Harika Dronavalli
Round 6 update
Artyom Timofeev defeated Pentala Harikrishna
Semen Khanin lost to Viswanathan Anand
D K Sharma drew with Artur Gabrielian
Leonid Sokolin lost to Nihal Sarin
Al Thebaiti Ahmed M lost to Vishnu Prasanna
Sarasadat Khademalsharieh drew with Koneru Humpy
Harika Droavalli defeated Nataliya Buksa
Round 7 update
Viswanathan Anand drew with Alireza Firouzja
Pentala Harikrishna defeated Alexey Sarana
Nihal Sarin lost to Daniil Yuffa
Adam Tukhaev drew with D K Sharma
Aram Yeritsyan lost to Vishnu Prasanna
Koneru Humpy lost to Zhao Xue
Assaubayeva Bibisara defeated Harika Dronavalli
Round 8 update
Ivan Saric defeated Viswanathan Anand
Mikheil Mchedlishvili drew with Pentala Harikrishna
D K Sharma defeated Henrik Teske
Ivan Popov defeated Nihal Sarin
Vishnu Prasanna defeated Ilia Iljiushenok
Elvira Berend lost to Koneru Humpy
Harika Dronavalli drew with Elena Tomilova
Round 9 update
Pentala Harikrishna defeated Andrey EsipenkoViswanathan Anand defeated Mikheil Mchedlishvili
Vadim Zvjaginsev drew with D K Sharma
Ivan Salgado Lopez lost to Vishnu Prasanna
Nihal Sarin defeated Vaisser Anatoli
Koneru Humpy drew with Nguyen Thi Mai Hung
Anna Styazhkina lost to Harika Dronavalli
Round 10 update
Jan-Krzysztof Duda drew with Pentala Harikrishna
Viswanathan Anand defeated Vladimir Potkin
Vishnu Prasanna defeated Tsydypov Zhamsaran
D K Sharma drew with Pavel Tregubov
Pavel Anisimov lost to Nihal Sarin
Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova lost to Koneru Humpy
Harika Dronavalli defeated Berend Elvira
Round 11 update
Anton Guijarro David drew with Viswanathan Anand
Pentala Harikrishna lost to Tigran Petrosian
Nikita Vitiugov lost to Vishnu Prasanna
Aleksandar Indjic defeated D K Sharma
Nihal Sarin drew with Yilmaz Mustafa
Koneru Humpy drew with Pia Cramling
Antoaneta Stefanova drew with Harika Dronavalli
Round 12 update
Magnus Carlsen drew with Viswanathan AnandFrancisco Vallejo Pons lost to Pentala Harikrishna
Vishnu Prasanna lost to Alekseenko Kirill
Milton Kamil drew with Nihal Sarin
D K Sharma drew with Alexander Huzman
Anna Muzychuk defeated Koneru Humpy
Harika Dronavalli defeated Lela Javakhashvili
Round 13 update
Viswanathan Anand drew with Anton Korobov
Pentala Harikrishna lost to Pavel Ponkratov
Levan Pantsulaia defeated Vishnu Prasanna
Nihal Sarin defeated Novikov Stanislav
Valerij Popov defeated D K Sharma
Round 14 update
Peter Svidler drew with Viswanathan Anand
Pentala Harikrishna lost to Markus Ragger
Aleksey Dreev defeated Nihal Sarin
Vishnu Prasanna lost to Falko Bindrich
D K Sharma lost to Andrey Zhigalko
Round 15 update
Viswanathan Anand drew with Daniel Fridman
Semen Khanin defeated Pentala Harikrishna
Nihal Sarin lost to Ilia Smirin
Alexander Huzman lost to Vishnu Prasanna
Saveliy Golubov drew with D K Sharma
Blitz
Round 1 update
Viswanathan Anand defeated Vladislav Kovalev
Vishnu Prasanna defeated Ivan Bocharov
Pentala Harikrishna lost to Dmitry Bocharov
Nihal Sarin defeated Adly Ahmed
D K Sharma defeated Klementy Sychev
Vlada Sviridova lost to Koneru Humpy
Harika Dronavalli defeated Nomin-Erdene Davaademberel
Round 2 update
Evgeny Tomashevsky drew with Viswanathan Anand
Alireza Firouzja defeated Vishnu Prasanna
Farrukh Amonatov defeated Nihal Sarin
Le Quang Liem defeated D K Sharma
Gad Rechlis defeated Pentala Harikrishna
Koneru Humpy defeated Gunay Mammadzada
Olga Lelekova lost to Harika Dronavalli
Round 3 update
Viswanathan Anand defeated Robert Hovhannisyan
Vishnu Prasanna drew with Boris Gelfand
Nihal Sarin defeated to Aryan Tari
D K Sharma lost to Alexander Huzman
Pentala Harikrishna - Nikolai Vlassov
Galina Strutinskaia lost to Koneru Humpy
Harika Dronavalli defeated Meri Arabidze
Round 4 update
Ivan Cheparinov drew with Viswanathan Anand
Maxim Matlakov defeated Nihal Sarin
Dmitry Jakovenko defeated Vishnu Prasanna
Vahe Danielyan lost to Pentala Harikrishna
Al-Sayed Mohammed lost to D K Sharma
Koneru Humpy defeated Gulnar Mammadova
Anastasia Bodnaruk defeated Harika Dronavalli
Round 5 update
Viswanathan Anand defeated Parham Maghsoodloo
Pentala Harikrishna defeated Kamil Milton
Nihal Sarin defeated Salem Saleh
D K Sharma drew with Aleksey Goganov
Markus Ragger defeated Vishnu Prasanna
Koneru Humpy drew with Kateryna Lagno
Harika Dronavalli drew with Zhansaya Abdumalik
Round 6 update
Evgeny Postny drew with Viswanathan Anand
Valerij Popov drew with Pentala Harikrishna
Klementy Sychev lost to Nihal Sarin
Salem Saleh defeated D K Sharma
Vishnu Prasanna defeated Nitzan Steinberg
Ju Wenjun drew with Koneru Humpy
Inna Gaponenko lost to Harika Dronavalli
Round 7 update
Viswanathan Anand drew with Sergei Zhigalko
Nihal Sarin lost to Ernesto Inarkiev
Pentala Harikrishna defeated Evgeny Tomashevsky
D K Sharma lost to Kamil Milton
Nodirbek Yakubboev defeated Vishnu Prasanna
Cecile Haussernot lost to Koneru Humpy
Harika Dronavalli defeated Polina Shuvalova
Round 8 update
Anton Korobov defeated Viswanathan Anand
Ilia Smirin drew with Pentala Harikrishna
Johan-Sebastian Christansen defeated Nihal Sarin
Vishnu Prasanna drew with Shubin Kirill
D K Sharma lost to Pontus Carlsson
Koneru Humpy lost to Sara Khadem
Pia Cramling drew with Harika Dronavalli
Round 9 update
Viswanathan Anand defeated Evgeny Alekseev
Pentala Harikrishna drew with Ghaem Maghami Ehsan
Nihal Sarin defeated Falko Bindrich
Vitaly Teterev lost to Vishnu Prasanna
Nikolai Vlassov lost to D K Sharma
Lei Tinjie defeated Koneru Humpy
Harika Dronavalli drew with Pauline Guichard
Round 10 update
Ilia Smirin defeated Viswanathan Anand
Murtaz Kazhgaleyev defeated Pentala Harikrishna
Andrey Esipenko drew with Nihal Sarin
Vishnu Prasanna drew with Anton Guijjaro David
Evgeny Levin defeated D K Sharma
Ju Wenjun drew with Harika Dronavalli
Koneru Humpy defeated Olga Girya
Round 11 update
Viswanathan Anand defeated Johan-Sebastian Christansen
Pentala Harikrishna lost to Robert Hovhannisyan
Nihal Sarin defeated Alexander Motylev
Mikheil Mchedlishvili defeated Vishnu Prasanna
D K Sharma lost to Nikita Petrov
Koneru Humpy lost to Alexandra Goryachkina
Harika Dronavalli defeated Alina Bivol
Round 12 update
Ghaem Maghami Ehsan drew with Viswanathan Anand
Nihal Sarin drew with Grigoriy Oparin
Rustam Khusnutdinov defeated Pentala Harikrishna
Vishnu Prasanna defeated Alexander Zaitsev
Baron Tal defeated D K Sharma
Leya Garifullina defeated Harika Dronavalli
Alina Bivol defeated Koneru Humpy
Round 13 update
Viswanathan Anand lost to Zhamsaran Tsydypov
Francisco Vallejo Pons drew with Nihal Sarin
Pentala Harikrishna lost to Evgeny Levin
Denis Khismatullin lost to Vishnu Prasanna
D K Sharma defeated Stefan Pogosyan
Harika Dronavalli lost to Zeinab Mamedjarova
Koneru Humpy defeated Sabrina Vega Gutierrez
Round 14 update
Evgeniy Najer defeated Viswanathan Anand
David Paravyan lost to Nihal Sarin
Vishnu Prasanna lost to Alexander Motylev
Sergei Zablotsky defeated D K Sharma
Nana Dzagnidze lost to Koneru Humpy
Gunay Mammadzada drew with Harika Dronavalli
Round 15 update
Nihal Sarin defeated Le Quang Liem
Viswanathan Anand defeated Boris Grachev
Alekseenko Kirill defeated Vishnu Prasanna
D K Sharma defeated Al Thebaiti Ahmed M
Koneru Humpy lost to Inna Gaponenko
Munkhzul Turmunkh lost to Harika Dronavalli
Round 16 update
Nihal Sarin defeated Nikita Vitiugov
Valerij Popov lost to Viswanathan Anand
Vishnu Prasanna defeated Robert Dubrovin
Artem Iljin defeated D K Sharma
Harika Dronavalli drew with Alisa Galliamova
Zeinab Mamedjarova defeated Koneru Humpy
Round 17 update
Gawain Jones lost to Nihal Sarin
Igor Kovalenko defeated Viswanathan Anand
Vishnu Prasanna defeated Vadim Zvjaginsev
Masrahi Abdulrahman A lost to D K Sharma
Olga Girya drew with Harika Dronavalli
Koneru Humpy defeated Nomin-Erdene Davaademberel
Round 18 update
Nihal Sarin lost to Ian Nepomniachtchi
Viswanathan Anand defeated Sergei Yudin
Falko Bindrich lost to Vishnu Prasanna
D K Sharma defeated Henrik Teske
Round 19 update
Aleksey Dreev drew with Nihal Sarin
Viswanathan Anand defeated Salem Saleh
Vishnu Prasanna drew with Aleksandr Rakhmanov
Marat Makarov drew with D K Sharma
Round 20 update
Nihal Sarin defeated Alexander Zubov
Amin Bassem drew with Viswanathan Anand
Tigran Petrosian defeated Vishnu Prasanna
D K Sharma lost to Dmitry Anikonov
Round 21 update
Vladimir Fedoseev drew with Nihal Sarin
Viswanathan Anand lost to Gata Kamsky
Vishnu Prasanna lost to Ivan Saric
Hirneise Tobias drew with D K Sharma