World Rapid Chess Championship 2024

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World Rapid Chess Championship 2024
 
World Rapid Champion
Women’s World Rapid Champion
 
VolodarMurzin23.jpg
HumpyKoneru.jpg
  FIDE flag icon.png Volodar Murzin Flag of India.svg Koneru Humpy
 
10/13Scores8½/11
  Born 18 July 2006
18 years old
Born 31 March 1987
37 years old
  Rating: 2588
(World No. 169)
Rating: 2431
(World No. 13)
  2023
2025  

The World Rapid Chess Championship 2024 was the 2024 edition of the annual World Rapid Chess Championship held by FIDE to determine the world champions in chess played under rapid time controls. The tournament was held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City from 26 to 28 December 2024, using a Swiss system with 13 rounds for the open tournament and 11 rounds for the women's tournament. Players eligible to participate in the open tournament had to either be rated at least 2550 Elo in a FIDE rating list during 2024, or be a reigning national champion. The time control was 15 minutes per player with a 10-second per-move increment. Since 2012, FIDE has held the World Rapid and Blitz Championships at a joint tournament. [1]

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Prize Fund

The prize fund for both the open and women's tournaments is shown below. In case of a tie all prize money is divided equally between players with the same score. [2] [3]

Open tournament
  • 1st place: $90,000
  • 2nd place: $70,000
  • 3rd place: $56,000
  • 4th place: $45,000
  • 5th place: $36,000
  • 6th place: $29,000
  • 7th place: $24,000
  • 8th place: $20,000
  • 9th place: $17,000
  • 10th place: $15,000
  • 11th–15th places: $10,000 each
  • 16th–20th places: $7,000 each
  • 21st–30th places: $4,300 each
  • 31st-40th places: $2,000 each


Women's tournament
  • 1st place: $60,000
  • 2nd place: $40,000
  • 3rd place: $28,000
  • 4th place: $22,000
  • 5th place: $18,000
  • 6th place: $15,000
  • 7th place: $12,000
  • 8th place: $9,000
  • 9th place: $6,500
  • 10th place: $4,000
  • 11th–15th places: $1,800 each
  • 16th-20th places: $1,000 each
Total: $550,000Total: $228,500

Results

The top 20 players in the open division were: [4]

RankSNoPlayerPointsTB1
159 FIDE flag icon.png Volodar Murzin 10100.5
220 FIDE flag icon.png Alexander Grischuk 9.596.5
35 FIDE flag icon.png Ian Nepomniachtchi 9.591
414 Flag of the United States.svg Leinier Dominguez Perez 9101.5
516 Flag of India.svg Arjun Erigaisi 997.5
624 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Javokhir Sindarov 992.5
77 Flag of France.svg Alireza Firouzja 992
819 FIDE flag icon.png Daniil Dubov 992
941 Flag of Armenia.svg Karen H. Grigoryan 988.5
1045 Flag of the United States.svg Samuel Sevian 8.599.5
1118 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anish Giri 8.596.5
12113 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Mahammad Muradli 8.594.0
1315 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Yangyi 8.593.5
1413 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 8.593.0
152 Flag of the United States.svg Fabiano Caruana 8.591.0
1629 Flag of the United States.svg Ray Robson 8.591.0
1717 Flag of India.svg R Praggnanandhaa 8.588.0
1830 Flag of Ukraine.svg Olexandr Bortnyk 8.586.5
194 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wei Yi 8.586.0
2043 Flag of the United States.svg Hans Niemann 8.583.5


The top 20 players in the women's division were: [5]

RankSNoPlayerPointsTB1
110 Flag of India.svg Koneru Humpy 8.563.0
21 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ju Wenjun 8.075.0
38 FIDE flag icon.png Kateryna Lagno 8.072.0
43 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tan Zhongyi 8.067.0
512 Flag of India.svg Harika Dronavalli 8.065.0
64 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alexandra Kosteniuk 8.064.5
783 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Afruza Khamdamova 8.064.0
86 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Bibisara Assaubayeva 7.569.0
930 Flag of Indonesia.svg Irene Kharisma Sukandar 7.567.5
1023 Flag of Greece.svg Stavroula Tsolakidou 7.561.5
1170 Flag of Peru.svg Deysi Cori 7.561.0
1211 Flag of Ukraine.svg Mariya Muzychuk 7.558.5
1335 Flag of Mongolia.svg Turmunkh Munkhzul 7.068.5
1415 Flag of Germany.svg Elisabeth Paehtz 7.067.5
1543 Flag of Germany.svg Dinara Wagner 7.063.5
1626 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Meruert Kamalidenova 7.062.0
1714 Flag of Ukraine.svg Anna Muzychuk 7.061.5
185 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Jiner 7.061.0
199 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhao Xue 7.057.5
2016 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Qian 7.057.0

Withdrawal of Magnus Carlsen

Following round six of the tournament, defending champion Magnus Carlsen was warned and fined for wearing jeans, which violated the dress code. He refused to change his attire, which prompted the organizers to not pair him for round nine. He had scored 5/8 in the first eight rounds. Instead of continuing the next day, Carlsen decided to withdraw from the tournament, and also announced he would not participate in the World Blitz Chess Championship. [6] FIDE released a statement that the "decision was made impartially and applies equally to all players", noting that participant Ian Nepomniachtchi was fined for wearing a sport shoes, and then complied with the rules by changing into approved attire. [7] Carlsen responded in an interview with Levy Rozman, "I am pretty tired of FIDE, so I want no more of this". [8] [9] However, on 29 December, after FIDE altered the dress code to allow jeans, Carlsen reversed his decision and announced that he would take part in the World Blitz Chess Championship after all. [10] [11]

References

  1. "FIDE World Rapid and Blitz in New York preview: An epic ending to 2024". FIDE. 23 December 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  2. "Regulations for the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2024" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-12-26.
  3. "Regulations for the FIDE Women's World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2024" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-12-26.
  4. "OPEN RAPID". FIDE . Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  5. "WOMEN RAPID". FIDE . Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  6. Levin (AnthonyLevin), Anthony (2024-12-27). "BREAKING: Carlsen Quits Rapid & Blitz Championships Over Dress Code Disagreement". Chess.com. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  7. "FIDE statement regarding Magnus Carlsen's dress code breach". www.fide.com. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  8. "'I'm out, f*** you': Magnus Carlsen disqualified from World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2024 for wearing jeans". The Indian Express. 2024-12-28. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  9. "Magnus Carlsen Disqualified From World Rapid And Blitz Championship For Wearing Jeans". Times Now. 2024-12-28. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  10. "Magnus Carlsen Makes U-Turn, Confirms World Blitz Participation". chess.com. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  11. "Magnus Carlsen's Return: The Chess Icon's Dress Code Standoff Reaches a Truce". devdiscourse.com. Retrieved 29 December 2024.