World Rapid Chess Championship 2019


The World Rapid Chess Championship 2019 was a chess tournament held to determine the world champion in chess played under rapid time controls. Since 2012, FIDE has held the World Rapid and Blitz Championships at a joint tournament.
The event took place at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia between 26 and 28 December 2019, using a Swiss-system with 15 rounds for the open tournament and 12 rounds for the women's tournament. Players who were eligible to participate must have either been rated at least 2550 Elo in a FIDE rating list during 2019, or were a reigning national champion. The time control for the tournament was 15+10, meaning each player initially started with 15 minutes and gained 10 seconds increment with each move.

Participants

207 players took part in the open tournament, and 122 in the women's tournament.
CodeFederationOpenWomen'sTotal
mono|ARM

Prize Fund

The prize fund for both the open and women's tournament is shown below. In case of a tie all prize money was shared between the players. Players outside the brackets did not receive any prize money. All amounts are in USD.
Open tournament:
1st place: $60,000
2nd place: $50,000
3rd place: $40,000
4th place: $30,000
5th place: $25,000
6th place: $22,000
7th place: $18,000
8th place: $14,000
9th place: $11,000
10th place: $8,000
11th–16th places: $5,000
17th–25th places: $3,000
26th–35th places: $1,500
Total: $350,000
Women's tournament:
1st place: $40,000
2nd place: $30,000
3rd place: $20,000
4th place: $15,000
5th place: $10,000
6th place: $7,000
7th place: $6,000
8th place: $5,000
9th place: $4,000
10th place: $3,000
11th–15th places: $2,000
Total: $150,000

Schedule

The opening ceremony took place on Wednesday 25 December. Start times are approximate as all matches in the previous round had to finish before the next round could commence. All times are CET.
Open roundWomen's roundDateTime
11Thursday 26 December15:00
22Thursday 26 December16:15
33Thursday 26 December17:30
44Thursday 26 December18:45
5Thursday 26 December20:00
65Friday 27 December15:00
76Friday 27 December16:15
87Friday 27 December17:30
98Friday 27 December18:45
10Friday 27 December20:00
119Saturday 28 December15:00
1210Saturday 28 December16:15
1311Saturday 28 December17:30
1412Saturday 28 December18:45
15Saturday 28 December20:00

Open tournament results

The following table lists all participants, with the results from the 15 rounds. They are ranked according to the results, taking into account the tie-breaks.
Notation: "1 " indicates a win with white pieces against player of rank 56. The first tiebreak is the Buchholz Cut 1 score, the second tiebreak is the Buchholz score, and the third tiebreak is the average rating of opponents cut 1.
RankNameRating123456789101112131415TotalBC1BSAROC1
1 Magnus Carlsennowrap|1 nowrap|½ nowrap|1 nowrap|½ nowrap|1 nowrap|½ nowrap|½ nowrap|1 nowrap|1 nowrap|1 nowrap|½ nowrap|1 nowrap|1 nowrap|½ nowrap|½

Women's tournament results

The following table lists all participants, with the results from the 17 rounds. They are ranked according to the results, taking into account the tie-breaks.
Notation: "1 " indicates a win with white pieces against player of rank 106. The first tiebreak is the Buchholz Cut 1 score, the second tiebreak is the Buchholz score, and the third tiebreak is the average rating of opponents cut 1.
RankNameRating123456789101112TotalBC1BSAROC1
1efn|Koneru won the title tie-breaker in an Armageddon match, after drawing 1 – 1 with Lei Tingjie in a 3+2 blitz game.nowrap|1 nowrap|1 nowrap|½