World Rapid Chess Championship 2022


The World Rapid Chess Championship 2022 was the 2022 edition of the annual World Rapid Chess Championship held by FIDE 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 tournament was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan from 26–28 December 2022, using a Swiss-system with 13 rounds for the open tournament and 11 rounds for the women's tournament. Players who were eligible to participate in the open tournament were either rated at least 2550 Elo in a FIDE rating list during 2022, or were the reigning national champion.

Participants

178 players took part in the open tournament, and 98 in the women's tournament.

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 United States dollars.
Open tournament:
Total: $350,000
Women's tournament:
Total: $150,000

Tiebreak regulations

For players who finished on the same score, final position was determined by the following tie-breaks, in order:
  1. Buchholz Cut 1
  2. Buchholz
  3. Average Rating of Opponents Cut 1
  4. The results of individual games between tied players
  5. Drawing of lots
If two or more players were tied for any position other than first, the above mentioned tiebreak system decided the ranking of the tied players. If there was a tie for the 1st place, a play-off would be played among all players in tie to determine the new champion.

Open tournament results

The following table lists all participants, with the results from the 13 rounds. They are ranked according to the results, taking into account the tie-breaks.
Notation: "59b1" indicates a game against the player of rank 59 with black pieces that resulted in a win.
Name1.Rd2.Rd3.Rd4.Rd5.Rd6.Rd7.Rd8.Rd9.Rd10.Rd11.Rd12.Rd13.Rd
1sort|1=GER|2=

Women's tournament results

The following table lists all participants, with the results from the 13 rounds. They are ranked according to the results, taking into account the tie-breaks.
Notation: "1 " indicates a win with black pieces against player of rank 58. 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.
RankNameRating1234567891011TotalBC1BSAROC1
1