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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]
Le Quang Liem9.5/15(+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 60 of 61; games 1476-1500 of 1,517  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1476. T Baron vs S Grigoriants  ½-½422019World Rapid ChampionshipD02 Queen's Pawn Game
1477. E Postny vs G Gajewski  0-1702019World Rapid ChampionshipD38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation
1478. R Yanchenko vs V Belov  ½-½402019World Rapid ChampionshipD92 Grunfeld, 5.Bf4
1479. S Vokhidov vs M Bosiocic  1-0392019World Rapid ChampionshipB48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
1480. B Savchenko vs P Zarnicki  1-0932019World Rapid ChampionshipC42 Petrov Defense
1481. A Donchenko vs A Huzman  1-0422019World Rapid ChampionshipD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
1482. S Drygalov vs V Nozdrachev  ½-½262019World Rapid ChampionshipE15 Queen's Indian
1483. K Piorun vs I Krsnik Cohar  ½-½562019World Rapid ChampionshipD12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
1484. N Studer vs A Rychagov  ½-½902019World Rapid ChampionshipA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
1485. Yagupov vs R Khusnutdinov  0-1552019World Rapid ChampionshipB36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto
1486. S Narayanan vs P Potapov  1-0442019World Rapid ChampionshipB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
1487. M Yilmaz vs S Atabayev  0-1642019World Rapid ChampionshipD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
1488. D Tsoi vs E Romanov  0-1492019World Rapid ChampionshipA03 Bird's Opening
1489. S Golubov vs D Kryakvin  ½-½392019World Rapid ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
1490. E Gasanov vs Kazhgaleyev  0-1522019World Rapid ChampionshipE21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights
1491. A Deviatkin vs R Ruck  1-0472019World Rapid ChampionshipA00 Uncommon Opening
1492. A Suleymanli vs I Rozum  1-0232019World Rapid ChampionshipA14 English
1493. A Triapishko vs V Zarubitski  1-0522019World Rapid ChampionshipA06 Reti Opening
1494. D Frolyanov vs V Kazakouski  1-0432019World Rapid ChampionshipB28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation
1495. V Moiseenko vs A Gutenev  0-1602019World Rapid ChampionshipA16 English
1496. S Pogosyan vs K Sychev  ½-½732019World Rapid ChampionshipA00 Uncommon Opening
1497. A Tari vs A Kim  0-1572019World Rapid ChampionshipB50 Sicilian
1498. V Dragnev vs M Vavulin  0-1572019World Rapid ChampionshipA10 English
1499. A Tsvetkov vs S Novikov  1-0332019World Rapid ChampionshipE73 King's Indian
1500. A Reshetnikov vs T Batchuluun  ½-½72019World Rapid ChampionshipD40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch
 page 60 of 61; games 1476-1500 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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