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 (except for first place) 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:

• 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

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 (the sum of the scores of each of the opponents of a player but reduced by the lowest score of the opponents)
2. Buchholz (the sum of the scores of each of the opponents of a player)
3. Average Rating of Opponents Cut 1 (average rating of opponents excluding the lowest rated opponent)
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 (Samvel Ter-Sahakyan) with black pieces that resulted in a win (1 point).

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 (B 58)" indicates a win (1 point) with black pieces (B) against player of rank 58 (Jovana Eric). 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.

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