2022 World Blitz Chess Championship

Magnus Carlsen	Bibisara Assaubayeva
16/21	13/17
Born 30 November 1990; 32 years old	Born 26 February 2004; 18 years old
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Last updated April 27, 2023

The 2022 World Blitz Chess Championship was the 2022 edition of the annual chess tournament held by FIDE to determine the world champion in chess played under blitz 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 29–30 December 2022,^[1] using a Swiss-system with 21 rounds for the open tournament and 17 rounds for the women's tournament. Players eligible to participate were to either be rated at least 2550 Elo (2250 Elo for women) in a FIDE rating list during 2022, or be a reigning national champion.^[2] Time controls for the tournament were 3+2, meaning each player initially starts with 3 minutes and gains 2 additional seconds following each move.

Participants

176 players took part in the open tournament,^[3] and 99 in the women's tournament.^[4]

Prize fund

The prize fund for both the open and women's tournament is shown below. In case of a tie (except for first place) all prize money is shared between the players. Players outside the brackets do not receive any prize money.^[5] All amounts are in United States dollars.

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 Sunday 25 December. Start times are approximate as all matches in the previous round must finish before the next round can commence. All times are EKT.^[6]^[7]

Open round	Women's round	Date	Time
1	1	Thursday 29 December	15:00
2	2		15:30
3	3		16:00
4	4		16:30
5	5		17:00
6	6		17:30
7	7		18:00
8	8		18:30
9	9		19:00
10			19:30
11			20:00
12			20:30
13	10	Friday 30 December	14:00
14	11		14:30
15	12		15:00
16	13		15:30
17	14		16:00
18	15		16:30
19	16		17:00
20	17		17:30
21			18:00

Tiebreak regulations

For players who finish on the same score, final position was determined by the following tie-breaks, in order:

Buchholz Cut 1 (the sum of the scores of each of the opponents of a player but reduced by the lowest score of the opponents)
Buchholz (the sum of the scores of each of the opponents of a player)
Average Rating of Opponents Cut 1 (average rating of opponents excluding the lowest rated opponent)
The results of individual games between tied players
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 two or more players were tied for first, the top two players who finished the highest on the above mentioned tiebreaks would have played a two game mini match with the time control of 3+2 (with colours of the first game drawn) to decide the winner. If the score is tied 1-1, the players continue to play single 3+2 games until one of the players has won one game (the player who finished highest on the above mentioned tiebreaks shall have the white pieces for the first game and the colours will alternate from the next game).

Open tournament results

The following table lists all participants, with the results from the 21 rounds. They are ranked according to the results, taking into account the tie-breaks.^[3]

Notation: "1 (B 102)" indicates a win (1 point) with black pieces (B) against player of rank 102 (Vladislav Kovalev).

Rank	Name	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Total	BC1	BS	AROC1
1	Magnus Carlsen	2830	1 (B 102)	1 (W 56)	1 (B 68)	1 (W 70)	1 (B 5)	½ (W 23)	1 (B 4)	½ (B 2)	½ (W 8)	½ (W 67)	½ (B 6)	½ (B 10)	1 (W 3)	1 (W 9)	0 (B 12)	1 (W 13)	1 (B 15)	1 (W 40)	0 (B 7)	1 (B 24)	1 (W 19)	16	264	274	2721
2	Hikaru Nakamura	2909	1 (B 39)	1 (W 91)	1 (B 32)	1 (W 18)	½ (B 4)	1 (W 15)	1 (B 23)	½ (W 1)	½ (B 6)	½ (W 5)	1 (B 3)	1 (W 8)	½ (B 9)	½ (B 12)	0 (W 10)	1 (W 30)	1 (B 11)	0 (B 7)	½ (W 24)	1 (B 13)	½ (W 17)	15	272½	283	2726
3	Haik M. Martirosyan	2745	0 (W 72)	1 (B 113)	1 (W 39)	1 (B 119)	1 (W 38)	0 (B 4)	1 (W 37)	1 (W 115)	1 (B 85)	1 (B 88)	0 (W 2)	1 (B 16)	0 (W 1)	1 (W 13)	1 (B 6)	1 (B 8)	½ (W 12)	½ (B 10)	0 (W 5)	1 (B 7)	1 (W 15)	15	258	267½	2677
4	Anish Giri	2792																						14½	268	277	2711
5	Jan-Krzysztof Duda
6	Daniil Dubov
7	Alexey Sarana
8	Vladimir Fedoseev
9	Richárd Rapport
10	Vladislav Artemiev
11	Dmitry Andreikin
12	Ian Nepomniachtchi
13	Vincent Keymer
14	Salem Saleh
15	Fabiano Caruana
16	Denis Lazavik
17	Pentala Harikrishna
18	Nihal Sarin
19	Nodirbek Abdusattorov
20	Daniel Dardha
21	Aleksandar Inđić
22	Jakhongir Vakhidov
23	Yu Yangyi
24	Aleksandr Shimanov
25	Jules Moussard
26	Alexander Riazantsev
27	Rauf Mamedov
28	David Antón Guijarro
29	Maxim Matlakov
30	Alexander Grischuk
31	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
32	Zaven Andriasian
33	Tigran L. Petrosian
34	Andrey Esipenko
35	Volodar Murzin
36	Aydin Suleymanli
37	Andrew Tang
38	Shant Sargsyan
39	Nodirbek Yakubboev
40	Mukhiddin Madaminov
41	Christopher Yoo
42	Arjun Erigaisi
43	Mikhail Kobalia
44	Boris Gelfand
45	Bassem Amin
46	Klementy Sychev
47	Hans Niemann
48	Levan Pantsulaia
49	Adhiban Baskaran
50	Sergei Zhigalko
51	Giga Quparadze
52	Vahap Şanal
53	Sam Shankland
54	Pavel Ponkratov
55	Lê Tuấn Minh
56	Zhamsaran Tsydypov
57	Parham Maghsoodloo
58	Pranav V
59	Gabriel Sargissian
60	Aravindh Chithambaram
61	Thai Dai Van Nguyen
62	Aryan Tari
63	Rasmus Svane
64	Samvel Ter-Sahakyan
65	Mahammad Muradli
66	Timur Gareyev
67	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
68	Ivan Cheparinov
69	Manuel Petrosyan
70	Evgeny Tomashevsky
71	Eric Hansen
72	Surya Shekhar Ganguly
73	Alvar Alonso Rosell
74	Maksim Chigaev
75	Denis Makhnev
76	Ahmed Adly
77	Francisco Vallejo Pons
78	Baadur Jobava
79	Shamsiddin Vokhidov
80	Ehsan Ghaem Maghami
81	Alexei Fedorov
82	David Paravyan
83	Matthias Blübaum
84	Raunak Sadhwani
85	Bardiya Daneshvar
86	Valentin Dragnev
87	Kazybek Nogerbek
88	Jorden van Foreest
89	Tin Jingyao
90	Vidit Gujrathi
91	Sergei Yudin
92	Frederik Svane
93	Zhandos Agmanov
94	Dambasürengiin Batsüren
95	Daniil Lintchevski
96	Bobby Cheng
97	S. L. Narayanan
98	Sébastien Mazé
99	Sanan Sjugirov
100	Amin Tabatabaei
101	Alexandr Predke
102	Vladislav Kovalev
103	Arseniy Nesterov
104	Mamikon Gharibyan
105	Pouya Idani
106	Arystan Isanzhulov
107	Arystanbek Urazayev
108	Alexander Donchenko
109	Johan-Sebastian Christiansen
110	Aman Hambleton
111	Mustafa Yilmaz
112	Gombosuren Munkhgal
113	Srinath Narayanan
114	Vasif Durarbayli
115	Nikita Petrov
116	Vugar Asadli
117	Ameet Ghasi
118	Javokhir Sindarov
119	Rinat Jumabayev
120	Robert Hovhannisyan
121	Evgeniy Najer
122	Aleksej Aleksandrov
123	Rustam Khusnutdinov
124	Ramazan Zhalmakhanov
125	Konstantin Kazakov
126	Abhimanyu Puranik
127	Tigran K. Harutyunyan
128	Abilmansur Abdilkhair
129	Denis Kadrić
130	Alexander Moiseenko
131	Sumiya Bilguun
132	Velimir Ivić
133	Rudik Makarian
134	Nderim Saraci
135	Nikolay Averin
136	Sankalp Gupta
137	Vuk Damjanovic
138	Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov
139	Munkhdalai Amilal
140	Abdulla Gadimbayli
141	Khumoyun Begmuratov
142	Aldiyar Ansat
143	Sabino Brunello
144	Maksim Tsaruk
145	Alexander Khripachenko
146	Petr Kostenko
147	Lev Zverev
148	Harsha Bharathakoti
149	Arjun Kalyan
150	Victor Bologan
151	Vladimir Burmakin
152	Daniyal Sapenov
153	Mustafokhuja Khusenkhojaev
154	Jakob Postlmayer
155	Semetei Tologon Tegin
156	Boris Savchenko
157	Artem Uskov
158	Savva Vetokhin
159	Momchil Petkov
160	Benjamin Haldorsen
161	Aziz Degenbaev
162	Andrei Shishkov
163	Alisher Suleymenov
164	Azamat Utegaliyev
165	Ediz Gurel
166	Edgar Mamedov
167	Egor Korelskiy
168	Melis Mamatov
169	Endrit Uruci
170	Ergali Suleimen
171	Ali Elier
172	Imangali Akhilbay
173	Ernur Amangeldy
174	Elijah Everett
175	Niilo Man Nissinen
176	Dinmukhammed Tulendinov

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.^[8]

Notation: "1 (B 57)" indicates a win (1 point) with black pieces (B) against player of rank 57 (Xeniya Balabayeva). The first tiebreak (labeled BC1) is the Buchholz Cut 1 score, the second tiebreak (labeled BS) is the Buchholz score, and the third tiebreak (labelled AROC1) is the average rating of opponents cut 1.

Rank	Name	1
1	Bibisara Assaubayeva	1 (B 57)
2	Koneru Humpy
3	Polina Shuvalova
4	Tan Zhongyi
5	Meri Arabidze
6	Kateryna Lagno
7	Nana Dzagnidze
8	Olga Badelka
9	Elisabeth Pähtz
10	Gunay Mammadzada
11	Antoaneta Stefanova
12	Zhansaya Abdumalik
13	Harika Dronavalli
14	Elina Danielian
15	Alexandra Kosteniuk
16	Umida Omonova
17	Padmini Rout
18	Anna Zatonskih
19	Valentina Gunina
20	Aleksandra Goryachkina
21	Tania Sachdev
22	Sarasadat Khademalsharieh
23	Nino Batsiashvili
24	Janelle Mae Frayna
25	Aleksandra Maltsevskaya
26	Nataliya Buksa
27	Lela Javakhishvili
28	Davaadembereliin Nomin-Erdene
29	Gong Qianyun
30	Daria Voit
31	Bela Khotenashvili
32	Anna Ushenina
33	Ekaterina Borisova
34	Savitha Shri B
35	Olga Girya
36	Evgenija Ovod
37	Afruza Khamdamova
38	Teodora Injac
39	Baira Kovanova
40	Leya Garifullina
41	Alina Bivol
42	Yuliia Osmak
43	Mariam Mkrtchyan
44	Nafisa Muminova
45	Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova
46	Turmunkh Munkhzul
47	Ulviyya Fataliyeva
48	Meruert Kamalidenova
49	Anna Lhotska
50	Daria Charochkina
51	Susanna Gaboyan
52	Govhar Beydullayeva
53	Gulnar Mammadova
54	Olga Druzhinina
55	Khanim Balajayeva
56	Nazerke Nurgali
57	Xeniya Balabayeva
58	Sofio Gvetadze
59	Anna Shukhman
60	Inna Gaponenko
61	Amina Kairbekova
62	Laman Hajiyeva
63	Lu Miaoyi
64	Zarina Nurgaliyeva
65	Lara Schulze
66	Guliskhan Nakhbayeva
67	Alua Nurmanova
68	Irina Petrova
69	Jovana Eric
70	Khishigbaatar Bayasgalan
71	Sopio Tereladze
72	Elnaz Kaliakhmet
73	Atousa Pourkashiyan
74	Liya Kurmangaliyeva
75	Altan-Ulzii Enkhtuul
76	Assel Serikbay
77	Viktoriia Kirchei
78	Alfia Nasybullina
79	Zeinep Sultanbek
80	Kristina Kim
81	Arnash Bauyrzhan
82	Yao Lan
83	Monika Machlik
84	Ayaulym Kaldarova
85	Aleksandra Samaganova
86	Ekaterina Atalik
87	Asiya Assylkhan
88	Irina Mikhaylova
89	Siti Zulaikha Foudzi
90	Galina Mikheeva
91	Tumurbaatar Nomindalai
92	Anastasya Paramzina
93	Lilit Mkrtchian
94	Gulnar Balakanova
95	Bakhyt Balakanova
96	Marina Martins De Aguiar
97	Jocelyn Chen
98	Aidana Madi
99	Dinara Saduakassova

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Magnus Carlsen	Bibisara Assaubayeva
16/21	13/17
Born 30 November 1990 32 years old	Born 26 February 2004 18 years old

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