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World Rapid Championship (2018) The 2018 King Salman FIDE World Rapid Championship was a 15-round Swiss open taking place in St. Petersburg, Russia from 26-28 December. The prize fund was $350,000, with $60,000 for 1st place. Time control: 15 minutes per player for all moves, with a 10-second increment from move one. If there was a tie for 1st place, the top two players would compete in a play-off match consisting of two 3+2 blitz games. If the score was still level, the players would play a sudden death or Armageddon game (in which the player who won the drawing of lots might choose the color, and the player with the white pieces would get 5 minutes to Black's 4, with a 2-second increment after move 60, while a draw counted as a win for Black). Tournament director: Mark Gluhovsky. Chief arbiter: Laurent Freyd. No playoff was necessary, since Daniil Dubov won clear first with 11/15. Official site: http://wrbc2018.com/en/lists/rapid-... Regulations: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A8... Chess-Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr399595.... Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/dan... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/rapid... Chess24: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t... TWIC: http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews... FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... Previous: World Rapid Championship (2017). Next: World Rapid Championship (2019). See also World Rapid Championship (Women) (2018), World Blitz Championship (2018) and World Blitz Championship (Women) (2018)  page 1 of 25; games 1-25 of 601  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Tukhaev vs Carlsen 1-0 72 2018 World Rapid Championship B33 Sicilian 2. Nakamura vs H Teske 1-0 48 2018 World Rapid Championship A04 Reti Opening 3. R Hovhannisyan vs Aronian   1-0 67 2018 World Rapid Championship B06 Robatsch 4. Mamedyarov vs E Gasanov 1-0 21 2018 World Rapid Championship A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 5. Karjakin vs M Yilmaz   1-0 60 2018 World Rapid Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. Harikrishna vs A Hakobyan   1-0 58 2018 World Rapid Championship C53 Giuoco Piano 7. Kamsky vs K Sychev 1-0 44 2018 World Rapid Championship C74 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 8. Giri vs S Golubov 1-0 46 2018 World Rapid Championship B40 Sicilian 9. G Guseinov vs J Geller 1-0 42 2018 World Rapid Championship B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 10. D Andreikin vs A Vaisser   1-0 82 2018 World Rapid Championship C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line 11. Anand vs T Baron 1-0 32 2018 World Rapid Championship B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 12. S Sjugirov vs A Zhigalko 1-0 30 2018 World Rapid Championship E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 13. Gelfand vs P Anisimov   1-0 53 2018 World Rapid Championship D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 14. I Cheparinov vs M Oganian   1-0 48 2018 World Rapid Championship E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 15. Morozevich vs D Gordievsky   1-0 36 2018 World Rapid Championship B20 Sicilian 16. F Amonatov vs N Vlassov   1-0 28 2018 World Rapid Championship B75 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 17. A Zubov vs M Makarov   1-0 49 2018 World Rapid Championship A53 Old Indian 18. A Riazantsev vs N Rashkovsky   1-0 45 2018 World Rapid Championship E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 19. G Sargissian vs T Sanikidze   1-0 70 2018 World Rapid Championship E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 20. B Grachev vs V Zakhartsov   1-0 110 2018 World Rapid Championship A48 King's Indian 21. Kazhgaleyev vs I Bocharov   1-0 72 2018 World Rapid Championship D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 22. R Kevlishvili vs E Najer   1-0 47 2018 World Rapid Championship C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 23. L Pantsulaia vs O Kobo   1-0 35 2018 World Rapid Championship A07 King's Indian Attack 24. E Alekseev vs G Apryshko   1-0 34 2018 World Rapid Championship A04 Reti Opening 25. M Al Sayed vs P Ponkratov   1-0 53 2018 World Rapid Championship C00 French Defense  page 1 of 25; games 1-25 of 601    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing> Dec-29-18    nok: <You should wonder why the (non-speed) world championship isn't held every year as a giant swiss> It is held as a round robin, which is fine, but one player bypasses it, which isn't. No national or continental championships allow such a thing either. The long time control WC is very much the anomaly here. Dec-29-18    SpaceRunner: I think we should just congratulate Dubov for great solid playing in this tournament... Deserved he is the new Champion...He took his opponents to his playground! He will be nice to follow in the future!He is playing for the win! No need to bash Carlsen! like most of the players in the top he is a great and fair sportsman and a worthy champion. Dec-29-18    ChessHigherCat: Congratulations Daniil! And it isn't the first time he beat Mamedyarob (another of my favorites): Mamedyarov vs D Dubov, 2018 Dec-29-18    LameJokes: Congratulations Danil for the well deserved triumph! Considering he lost three games early on, Carlsen did pretty fine. Joint second is not bad at all. Since 1948, the classical champion has enjoyed privilege of playing the challenger directly. No of champions have enjoyed the same. Carlsen is not any more privileged than the rest. If we want, we could make a case for another system. No need to bash Carslen. Dec-29-18    pinoy king: And there you have it, Carlsen's world chess champion title has been usurped by Dubov. Dec-29-18    AylerKupp: <pinoy king> You should really learn the difference between the world chess champion title and the rapid world championship. It's not hard. Dec-29-18    nok: <No of champions have enjoyed the same. Carlsen is not any more privileged than the rest.> A number of champions have enjoyed it, but Carlsen is very aware of the problem, and shuts up about it by pure opportunism. Dec-29-18    Diademas: <nok: <No of champions have enjoyed the same. Carlsen is not any more privileged than the rest.> A number of champions have enjoyed it, but Carlsen is very aware of the problem, and shuts up about it by pure opportunism.> And in what universe do you think it's possible to be World Champion without being opportunistic? Dec-29-18    nok: <And in what universe do you think it's possible to be World Champion without being opportunistic?> Opportunism in-game is one thing, blanket excuses another. Dec-29-18    Diademas: He has as the only reigning WC argued for less priveleges. I don't agree with him, but short of resigning his reign, I'm not sure what you expect from him. https://www.chess.com/news/view/mag... Dec-29-18    nok: Carlsen conflates privilege abolition and changing the tournament format, which is a red herring. He just has to play with the other candidates. Dec-29-18    WorstPlayerEver: Well done, Danny Boy! Dec-29-18    Diademas: < nok: Carlsen conflates privilege abolition and changing the tournament format, which is a red herring. He just has to play with the other candidates.> A suggestion with a fanbase of one. So a tournament that gives him even less privileges is a red herring, and only your suggestion would show any integrity. It can't be easy to be World Champion. Dec-29-18    nok: <So a tournament that gives him even less privileges is a red herring, and only your suggestion would show any integrity.> You're not paying attention. The tournament Carlsen bypasses is currently a round robin. Changing it to a knockout can be considered, but it's not the matter at hand. The format is irrelevant if Carlsen just plays the winner. Notice that Carlsen's proposal was criticized purely because it involved a knockout. That's a red herring. Dec-29-18    Diademas: <nok: <So a tournament that gives him even less privileges is a red herring, and only your suggestion would show any integrity.> You're not paying attention. The tournament Carlsen bypasses is currently a round robin. Changing it to a knockout can be considered, but it's not the matter at hand. The format is irrelevant if Carlsen just plays the winner. Notice that Carlsen's proposal was criticized purely because it involved a knockout. That's a red herring.> I'll take that as a yes. Dec-29-18    frogbert: <keypusher: Does being on first board affect the pairings?> Of course not. It's simply a practical arrangement. In addition to making tv coverage (much) easier, it also allows spectators to watch Carlsen up close, something that wouldn't have been possible in any other way. He's the main star of the chess circus, whether one likes it or not. Besides, always being in the limelight like Carlsen is, can certainly not be any advantage. The extra psychological pressure this adds shouldn't be disregarded. Being able to hide on a lower table after failing in the first two rounds is something I would've preferred, for one. Cool that a member of Carlsen's team won the title! Regarding their individual encounter, Carlsen said on Norwegian tv that it was psychologically tough to face someone that knows your entire opening repertoire. Dec-29-18    CountryGirl: Winning 4 games in a row with Black ... wow! That was powerful. Dec-29-18    starry2013: Maybe they could just give it another name like 'board x' so people aren't bothered as much. Dec-29-18    perfidious: <AK: <pinoy king> You should really learn the difference between the world chess champion title and the rapid world championship. It's not hard.> In which life may we expect such a miracle from <pinhead king>, one of the most wilfully ignorant posters to ever favour this site with his supreme inanities? Dec-30-18    Sokrates: LOL - very <perfidious> and spot on! Dec-30-18    beatgiant: I think the point of the remark was supposed to be that Carlsen defended his <world chess champion> title by winning the <rapid> tiebreak, but now he's not even the <rapid world champion>. The flaw in the argument, of course, is that neither Caruana nor Dubov have the complete package to best Carlsen in both formats in a single match. In fact, it's not obvious to me that Dubov would beat Carlsen even in a rapid match. Dec-30-18    SugarDom: Is this a FIDE official world rapid championship? Dec-30-18    moronovich: <SugarDom: Is this a FIDE official world rapid championship?> Yes, it is. Dec-30-18    Tabanus: Correction slips sent for 20 wrong game results (1 every 75 games, a little more than usual), as follows: T L Petrosian vs A Tukhaev, 2018 (1-0), T L Petrosian vs R Khusnutdinov, 2018 (1-0), P Maghsoodloo vs K Alekseenko, 2018 (0-1), D G Fridman vs V Moiseenko, 2018 (1-0), S Novikov vs D Bocharov, 2018 (0-1), N Abdusattorov vs I Salgado Lopez, 2018 (0-1), Kirill Shubin vs Dmitry Tsoi, 2018 (0-1), Smirin vs P Carlsson, 2018 (0-1), P Tregubov vs B Belyakov, 2018 (1-0), A Hakobyan vs Y Dzhumagaliev, 2018 (1-0), R Kevlishvili vs T Gareyev, 2018 (1-0), Kirill Shubin vs P Potapov, 2018 (0-1), A Zhigalko vs S Bilguun, 2018 (1-0), J van Foreest vs Z Tsydypov, 2018 (1/2), M Tissir vs Z Tsydypov, 2018 (0-1), Sarin Nihal vs Huzman, 2018 (1/2), A Sokolovs vs V Ovchinnikov, 2018 (1-0), Ahmed M Al Thebaiti vs T Hirneise, 2018 (1/2), G Apryshko vs Abdullah F Khayat, 2018 (1-0), I Iljiushenok vs V Ovchinnikov, 2018 (1-0) Will CG correct them? We'll see. Dec-30-18    Sokrates: Carlsen winner of the blitz with stunning 17/21 and no defeats. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 3) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing> NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. Nothing in violation of United States law. No cyberstalking or malicious posting of negative or private information (doxing/doxxing) of members. No trolling. 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