Chess: Poland's Duda claims silver at world championships in Warsaw

Poland's Jan-Krzysztof Duda claimed silver at the world blitz chess championships on home soil in Warsaw on Thursday.

Polish chess player Jan-Krzysztof Duda.

Photo: PAP/Leszek Szymański

France's Maxime Vachier-Lagrave took the gold, while the bronze went to his countryman Alireza Firouzja.

Congratulations to the winners of the FIDE World Blitz Championships 2021:

FIDE World Blitz Championship:
🥇Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
🥈Jan-Krzysztof Duda
🥉Alireza Firouzja pic.twitter.com/BhSo46yLnK

— International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) December 30, 2021

The final moments of the playoff. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave wins the ultimate game against Jan-Krzysztof Duda! #RapidBlitz pic.twitter.com/n3DGz3dZ0s

— International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) December 30, 2021

Jan-Krzysztof Duda: "With my play here, I am extremely happy to get the silver. Somehow I am not quite satisfied with my games. I was much more satisfied with rapid but did manage to deliver at the very end." #rapidblitzhttps://t.co/itajQFRuCS

— International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) December 30, 2021

Several hundred chess players from various countries competed in the 2021 World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships, which ended in the Polish capital on Thursday.

The FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2021 have officially concluded with the closing ceremony.
Here are the happy winners through the lens of @LennartOotes.#RapidBlitz pic.twitter.com/VNlYiaYp4E

— International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) December 30, 2021

The event had a total prize fund of USD 1 million, with a top prize of USD 60,000 each going to the rapid and blitz open champions and USD 40,000 each to the women's champions.

Earlier this month, Poland's Duda was crowned the European blitz chess champion, while countryman Maciej Klekowski took the silver at the 2021 European Blitz and Rapid Chess Championships in the southern Polish city of Katowice.

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Source: PAP