@fide_chess: The 2024 FIDE World Rapid Championships have officially kicked off! 🔥♟️ Timur Turlov, President of Kazakhstan chess Federation, CEO Freedom holding corp., and President of International School chess Federation, made the ceremonial first move in the game between 🇺🇸 Awonder Liang and 🇳🇴 Magnus Carlsen in the open section, and 🇬🇪 Inga Charkhalashvili and 🇨🇳 Ju Wenjun in the women's. #RapidBlitz