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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
World Rapid Championship Tournament
Sergey Karjakin11.5/15(+10 -2 =3)[games]
Magnus Carlsen10.5/15(+8 -2 =5)[games]
Veselin Topalov9.5/15(+6 -2 =7)[games]
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov9.5/15(+8 -4 =3)[games]
Alexander Grischuk9/15(+7 -4 =4)[games]
Boris Gelfand8/15(+5 -4 =6)[games]
Peter Svidler7.5/15(+4 -4 =7)[games]
Vasyl Ivanchuk7.5/15(+5 -5 =5)[games]
Teimour Radjabov7.5/15(+4 -4 =7)[games]
Aleksey Dreev7/15(+4 -5 =6)[games]
Alexander Morozevich6.5/15(+3 -5 =7)[games]
Igor Kurnosov6/15(+3 -6 =6)[games]
Murtas Kazhgaleyev6/15(+4 -7 =4)[games]
Victor Bologan6/15(+4 -7 =4)[games]
Vladislav Tkachiev4.5/15(+1 -7 =7)[games]
Anuar Ismagambetov3.5/15(+2 -10 =3)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
World Rapid Championship (2012)

The first official FIDE World Rapid Championship was a 16-player round robin held in Astana, Kazakhstan, 6-8 July 2012. The field consisted of 10 players from the FIDE rating list of January 2012, 3 players qualified from a 9-round Swiss open (for players rated >2300) tournament in Astana on 2-3 July (Kurnosov, Dreev and Tkachiev), 2 players selected by the organizer (Kazhgaleyev and Ismagambetov), and 1 player picked by FIDE (Bologan). Time control: 15 minutes per player for all moves, with 10 seconds added per move from move 1. Prize fund: $200,000, with $40,000 to the winner. Chief arbiter: Andrzej Filipowicz.

Sergey Karjakin won with 11.5/15, ahead of Carlsen (2nd) and Topalov (3rd on tiebreak).

                 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
 1 Karjakin      * 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1  11½
 2 Carlsen       1 * ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1  10½
 3 Topalov       ½ ½ * 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 0 ½   9½
 4 Mamedyarov    1 0 0 * 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1   9½
 5 Grischuk      0 1 0 1 * ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1   9
 6 Gelfand       0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 0   8
 7 Svidler       0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ * 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1   7½
 8 Ivanchuk      0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 * 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1   7½
 9 Radjabov      0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1   7½
10 Dreev         0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ * 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1   7
11 Morozevich    ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 ½ ½   6½
12 Kurnosov      ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1 0 ½ 1   6
13 Kazhgaleyev   0 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 * 0 ½ 1   6
14 Bologan       0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 * 1 ½   6
15 Tkachiev      0 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 0   4½
16 Ismagambetov  0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 *   3½
Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2014051...
Regulations: https://www.fide.com/FIDE/handbook/...
Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/ser...
ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/karja...
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4v...
TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew...
FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament...
Wikipedia article: World Rapid Chess Championship

Previous: Cap D'Agde FRA (2003) was recognized by FIDE as a World Rapid Championship. Next: World Rapid Championship (2013). See also World Blitz Championship (2012)

 page 2 of 5; games 26-50 of 120  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
26. Mamedyarov vs Topalov 0-1602012World Rapid ChampionshipD80 Grunfeld
27. Karjakin vs Grischuk 1-0332012World Rapid ChampionshipB12 Caro-Kann Defense
28. Ivanchuk vs A Ismagambetov 1-0402012World Rapid ChampionshipA65 Benoni, 6.e4
29. Radjabov vs Tkachiev  ½-½342012World Rapid ChampionshipD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
30. Kazhgaleyev vs Gelfand  ½-½612012World Rapid ChampionshipE21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights
31. Svidler vs I Kurnosov  ½-½362012World Rapid ChampionshipB81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
32. I Kurnosov vs Carlsen 0-1642012World Rapid ChampionshipC67 Ruy Lopez
33. Gelfand vs Svidler ½-½852012World Rapid ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
34. Tkachiev vs Kazhgaleyev  ½-½262012World Rapid ChampionshipC78 Ruy Lopez
35. A Ismagambetov vs Radjabov 0-1562012World Rapid ChampionshipE67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
36. Grischuk vs Ivanchuk  ½-½492012World Rapid ChampionshipC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
37. Topalov vs Karjakin  ½-½282012World Rapid ChampionshipA15 English
38. Morozevich vs Mamedyarov 0-1642012World Rapid ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
39. Bologan vs Dreev  ½-½342012World Rapid ChampionshipB12 Caro-Kann Defense
40. I Kurnosov vs Kazhgaleyev 1-0482012World Rapid ChampionshipC78 Ruy Lopez
41. Carlsen vs Dreev ½-½482012World Rapid ChampionshipB11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4
42. Mamedyarov vs Bologan  1-0422012World Rapid ChampionshipE73 King's Indian
43. Karjakin vs Morozevich  ½-½612012World Rapid ChampionshipC07 French, Tarrasch
44. Ivanchuk vs Topalov  ½-½1132012World Rapid ChampionshipD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
45. Radjabov vs Grischuk 1-0662012World Rapid ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
46. Kazhgaleyev vs A Ismagambetov 1-0442012World Rapid ChampionshipD22 Queen's Gambit Accepted
47. Svidler vs Tkachiev  ½-½392012World Rapid ChampionshipC18 French, Winawer
48. I Kurnosov vs Gelfand  1-0352012World Rapid ChampionshipC42 Petrov Defense
49. Gelfand vs Carlsen  ½-½452012World Rapid ChampionshipD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
50. Tkachiev vs I Kurnosov  ½-½542012World Rapid ChampionshipB36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto
 page 2 of 5; games 26-50 of 120  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Jul-08-12  Eyal: Congrats to Karjakin, with a fantastic finish of 4.5/5 today (including wins over Ivanchuk, Radjabov & Svidler). He's first with 11.5, Carlsen second with 10.5 (only 2/5 today - two losses and a single win against the weakest player in the tournament), and Topalov should be joining them on the podium as third with 9.5 (the same as Mamedyarov, but Topalov won their game and head-to-head result is the first tiebreak).
Jul-08-12  Eyal: Btw, in terms of prize money this means 40,000$ for Karjakin. His Norwegian 1990-contemporary will have to settle for 33,000.
Jul-08-12  gigeorg: What a great and inspiring performance by Topalov as well.To come back and play like this after all the beatings he took in the past two years is simply amazing and is what he ultimately needed to do,forget who he was what he had and had not done and simply play chess.
Jul-08-12  Shams: <Eyal> Wow, pretty good prize fund for a rapid event.
Jul-08-12  achieve: Chessinfinite

Excellent points.

Jul-08-12  AuN1: karjakin is a bad ass. i like how everyone wrote him off, as well as the rest of the field after carlsen took a big lead yesterday. where are all of the carlsen funboys now?
Jul-08-12  parmetd: I didn't write him off. I won big bucks :)
Jul-08-12  notyetagm: <voratco: <Looks like Carlsen has the World Rapid title in the bag now.>

Looks like the bag has a hole in it. LOL.>

Yep, I was wrong. I said it was "money in the bank".

Sometimes I forget that Carlsen is not a chess god and *is* capable of losing.

Jul-08-12  notyetagm: <AuN1: ... where are all of the carlsen funboys now?>

We're here, sulking, lamenting our lost chessbucks.

Jul-08-12  voyager39: Hail the new Rapid champ Karjakin! A fabulous and convincing victory.
Jul-08-12  voyager39: And I am happy for Topalov - he could have been #2 but for the terrible snafu where he blundered away a simple mating net against Carlsen. Yet, Topa seems to be back on his feet again and that's good for the game.
Jul-08-12  voyager39: <Chessinfinite> <One thing Carlsen must have learnt, having a good rating only means so much in chess, not everything. All this should be a good learning experience for him for the more important Candidates coming up. (All 3 players who stopped his final run are his opponents in the Candidates next yr)> Touché
Jul-08-12  Bobwhoosta: <AuN1>

Well, we're not in the same place you were when Carlsen was winning. That is, somewhere else.

Carlsen fanboy, presenting for duty, sir! **Salutes**

Jul-08-12  Bobwhoosta: You know, one thing I find seriously enlightening is Carlsen detractors now think it's time to gloat when he gets second place.

Seems to say a lot...

Jul-08-12  Kinghunt: Here is the live rating list for rapid chess after this event:

Carlsen 2845
Karjakin 2843
Aronian 2819
Kramnik 2802
Anand 2794
Topalov 2779
Grischuk 2772
Mamedyarov 2768
Radjabov 2747
Ivanchuk 2737
Gelfand 2729
Svidler 2728
Morozevich 2713

Note that some rapid events that took place earlier in the year are not included.

Jul-08-12  whiteshark: < Heaven knows, we all make mistakes. That's life, and chess.

<>> (Woody Allen)

Jul-08-12  Jim Bartle: "You know, one thing I find seriously enlightening is Carlsen detractors now think it's time to gloat when he gets second place."

Well, it certainly is shameful to lose to such weakies as Ivanchuk and Grischuk.

Jul-08-12  badest: <voyager39: And I am happy for Topalov - he could have been #2 but for the terrible snafu where he blundered away a simple mating net against Carlsen. Yet, Topa seems to be back on his feet again and that's good for the game.> Indeed. He also did quite well against the stronger players (losses only towards Tkachiev and Kazhgaleyev, esp. the Tkachiev loss was a classic Topa achievement ;)

Chessgames: shouldn't Topa be 3rd in the table. He won the game against Shak (which is the first tie-break criterion).

Jul-08-12  Arcturar: Congrats to Karjakin for a well-deserved victory!

Congrats to Topalov for looking like himself again. Perhaps he has come back to stay with the big guns for more than just this tournament.

Congrats to Carlsen for a solid performance and a strong attempt.

Finally, congrats to Boris Gelfand. 6th place out of 16 players in such a field is really quite a good performance. I doubt many will mention or even notice it though, which is too bad.

Jul-08-12  Everett: I love rapids, chess at the pace of life! Who wants to sit on their tuchus for 5 hours when one can play quite good chess in an hour? Hour to play, hour to analyze, and twenty-two hours to live!

Even better here, five games a day, packed with information regarding one's intuition under time pressure. I think rapid (25m + inc.) is a great time control.

Jul-08-12  Everett: BTW, I wonder if they can have a prize for the least draws while having a winning record. This could also reward those who strive to win each game. Both Karjakin and Mamedyarov fit the bill.
Jul-08-12  Everett: Sorry I missed all the other kibitzing; where are Aronian, Kramnik, Anand and Nakamura?
Jul-08-12  messachess: This is great for Karjakin. It's interesting what Korchnoi said a few years ago in an interview when he was talking about the young players. He liked Carlsen and Morozevich, but not Karjakin. I wonder what he thinks now.
Jul-08-12  drik: <Chessinfinite: One thing Carlsen must have learnt, having a good rating only means so much in chess, not everything.>

I'm sure he learnt this whilst carving his way through higher rated players as a teenager. He outperformed his rating - Karajakin just did so by a greater margin.

<All this should be a good learning experience for him for the more important.>

He might learn how to bounce back immediately after a loss - but I think rapids are different. You have minutes instead of hours to compose yourself ... & who plays the Berlin in Rapids?

The Berlin needs greater precision from black than white, which is fine when you have time. The fact is that rapid & blitz need a different opening repetoire to standard & it doesn't look as if Carlsen has prepared one. I used to play the Sicilian regardless of time control, when a blitz specialist took me aside and explained that I was burning time defending & liquidating into won endings, which I lost on time. In the fast stuff the initiative trumps strategy.

Jul-09-12  Augalv: <OBIT: This is rapid chess. You can't assume Karjakin will be able to get a short draw, even with the White pieces. Well, except in this case he is playing a countryman, so the likelihood of a draw is looking pretty good.>

You are funny.

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