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World Rapid Championship Tournament

Magnus Carlsen11.5/15(+8 -0 =7)[games]
Alireza Firouzja10.5/15(+8 -2 =5)[games]
Hikaru Nakamura10.5/15(+7 -1 =7)[games]
Vladislav Artemiev10.5/15(+6 -0 =9)[games]
Levon Aronian10/15(+6 -1 =8)[games]
Leinier Dominguez Perez10/15(+5 -0 =10)[games]
Jan-Krzysztof Duda10/15(+7 -2 =6)[games]
Daniil Dubov10/15(+5 -0 =10)[games]
Anton Korobov10/15(+7 -2 =6)[games]
David Anton Guijarro10/15(+7 -2 =6)[games]
Yangyi Yu10/15(+7 -2 =6)[games]
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov9.5/15(+7 -3 =5)[games]
Quang Liem Le9.5/15(+7 -3 =5)[games]
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave9.5/15(+5 -1 =9)[games]
Ilia Smirin9.5/15(+7 -3 =5)[games]
Anish Giri9.5/15(+5 -1 =9)[games]
Hrant Melkumyan9.5/15(+7 -3 =5)[games]
Peter Svidler9.5/15(+5 -1 =9)[games]
Pavel Ponkratov9.5/15(+8 -4 =3)[games]
Alexander Motylev9.5/15(+6 -2 =7)[games]
Alexander Grischuk9.5/15(+5 -1 =9)[games]
Evgeny Alekseev9.5/15(+6 -2 =7)[games]
Vladimir Fedoseev9.5/15(+7 -3 =5)[games]
Dmitry Andreikin9.5/15(+5 -1 =9)[games]
Boris Gelfand9.5/15(+6 -2 =7)[games]
Ivan Cheparinov9.5/15(+6 -2 =7)[games]
Timur Gareyev9.5/15(+9 -5 =1)[games]
Hao Wang9/15(+5 -2 =8)[games]
Ian Nepomniachtchi9/15(+4 -1 =10)[games]
Boris Grachev9/15(+3 -0 =12)[games]
Sergey Karjakin9/15(+5 -2 =8)[games]
Gadir Guseinov9/15(+6 -3 =6)[games]
* (204 players total; 172 players not shown. Click here for longer list.)

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
World Rapid Championship (2019)

The 2019 King Salman FIDE World Rapid Championship was a 15-round Swiss open held at Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia, 26-28 December, with the participation of 158 GM's, including defending champion Daniil Dubov. The prize fund was $350,000, with $60,000 to the winner. Time control: 15 minutes per player for all moves, with 10 seconds added per move from move one. If there was a tie for 1st place, the top two players according to the first eligible tie-break criterion 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 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). No players with baseball caps, t-shirts, jeans, shorts, sneakers or inappropriate dress were allowed in the playing area. No penalty was imposed on a player if he was late for any of his games. Chief arbiter: Panagiotis Nikolopoulos.

Magnus Carlsen took his 3rd title with 11.5/15.

Official site: https://wrbc2019.com/
Regulations: https://handbook.fide.com/files/han...
Chess-Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr499127....
Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/car...
ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/rapid...
Chess24: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t...
TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew...
FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament...

Previous: World Rapid Championship (2018). Next: World Rapid Championship (2021). See also World Rapid Championship (Women) (2019), World Blitz Championship (2019) and World Blitz Championship (Women) (2019)

 page 59 of 61; games 1451-1475 of 1,517  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1451. A Riazantsev vs G Meier  1-0412019World Rapid ChampionshipA10 English
1452. S Zhigalko vs D Yuffa  ½-½952019World Rapid ChampionshipB12 Caro-Kann Defense
1453. K Alekseenko vs R Jumabayev  1-0602019World Rapid ChampionshipC50 Giuoco Piano
1454. A Timofeev vs A Utegaliyev  0-1842019World Rapid ChampionshipA37 English, Symmetrical
1455. A Pashikian vs A Adly  0-1532019World Rapid ChampionshipE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
1456. M Kobalia vs F Vallejo Pons  ½-½362019World Rapid ChampionshipC18 French, Winawer
1457. Vitiugov vs X Xu  ½-½452019World Rapid ChampionshipA45 Queen's Pawn Game
1458. C Aravindh vs E Najer  ½-½572019World Rapid ChampionshipE21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights
1459. A Sarana vs I Salgado Lopez  ½-½362019World Rapid ChampionshipC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
1460. V Murzin vs I Ivanisevic  ½-½402019World Rapid ChampionshipB10 Caro-Kann
1461. N Sarin vs B Amin  ½-½512019World Rapid ChampionshipA99 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky Variation with b3
1462. D Gukesh vs Sasikiran  1-0272019World Rapid ChampionshipA20 English
1463. M Perunovic vs Abdusattorov  1-0392019World Rapid ChampionshipB23 Sicilian, Closed
1464. Jakovenko vs R Sadhwani  1-0272019World Rapid ChampionshipB67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
1465. B Socko vs E Can  0-1642019World Rapid ChampionshipB06 Robatsch
1466. N Guliyev vs P V Vishnu  0-1442019World Rapid ChampionshipB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
1467. I Popov vs J Christiansen  1-0512019World Rapid ChampionshipC55 Two Knights Defense
1468. N Petrov vs E Hansen  ½-½122019World Rapid ChampionshipA20 English
1469. I Iljiushenok vs Zvjaginsev  0-1512019World Rapid ChampionshipC45 Scotch Game
1470. M Petrosyan vs S Khanin  1-0372019World Rapid ChampionshipA20 English
1471. Indjic vs H Bharathakoti  0-1452019World Rapid ChampionshipD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
1472. Sakaev vs R Kezin  ½-½142019World Rapid ChampionshipD85 Grunfeld
1473. Bluebaum vs K Mesropov  ½-½632019World Rapid ChampionshipA10 English
1474. S P Sethuraman vs A Ismagambetov  ½-½662019World Rapid ChampionshipB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
1475. T M Tran vs A Rosell  ½-½342019World Rapid ChampionshipD38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation
 page 59 of 61; games 1451-1475 of 1,517  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jan-06-20  fabelhaft: Winning an event like this with a full point is quite impressive, and that after a couple of ”safe” draws in the last rounds, before which he had +8-0=5. The opponent that stands out as a ”weakie” is untitled Utegaliev. But he went undefeated against the five strongest opponents he faced apart from Carlsen (including Candidate Alekseenko, who he finished ahead of), which shows how difficult it is to just beat the ”weak” players in these events.
Jan-06-20  fabelhaft: It’s as if the participants play totally unrelated events in some cases. Gareyev finished 27th, but with three rounds left he had only faced opponents in the 2300s and 2400s. Smirin scored 9.5/15 just like Gareyev but the average rating of his opponents over the fifteen rounds was more than 250 Elo higher.

Firouzja had an amazing result after playing very strong opposition, beating Karjakin, Mamedyarov and Wang Hao.

More than 80 participants were rated 2600+, 35 were 2700+.

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