World Rapid Champion | Women's World Rapid Champion | |||||
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 Magnus Carlsen |  Anastasia Bodnaruk | |||||
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| Born 30 November 1990 33 years old | Born 30 March 1992 31 years old | |||||
| Rating: 2818 (World No. 2) | Rating: 2265 (World No. 133) | |||||
TheWorld Rapid Chess Championship 2023 was the 2023 edition of the annualWorld Rapid Chess Championship held byFIDE to determine the world champion in chess played under rapid time controls. Since 2012, FIDE has held the World Rapid andBlitz Championships at a joint tournament. The tournament was held inSamarkand, Uzbekistan from 26 to 28 December 2023,[1] using aSwiss-system with 13 rounds for the open tournament and 11 rounds for the women's tournament.[1] Players who were eligible to participate in the open tournament were either rated at least 2550Elo in a FIDE rating list during 2023, or were the reigning national champion. The time control was 15 minutes per player with a 10-second per-move increment.[1]
202 players took part in the open tournament,[2] and 117 in the women's tournament.[3]
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.[1][4]
Open tournament:
Total: $350,000
Women's tournament:
Total: $150,000
For players who finished on the same score, final position was determined by the following tie-breaks, in order:
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.
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