World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2021

[Neil Frarey]

assuming the tiebreak rules are logical (which they aren't), why wouldn't Carlsen and Fabi at least have a playoff for the bronze?

nodirbek is the deserving winner anyway so no big deal to me

FIDE doesn't care.

[Connor Gherasim]

assuming the tiebreak rules are logical (which they aren't), why wouldn't Carlsen and Fabi at least have a playoff for the bronze?

nodirbek is the deserving winner anyway so no big deal to me

[Neil Frarey]

GM Magnus Carlsen...

Congratulations to 17-year-old Nodirbek Abdusattorov on winning the 2021 World Rapid Championship! He beat Magnus Carlsen in rapid chess and then Ian Nepomniachtchi in a blitz playoff:

https://twitter.com/chess24com/statu...22139421286412

[Neil Frarey]

GM Hikaru Nakamura...

Seeing the World Rapid Championship go from 15 rounds to 13 was an oddity, but seeing these tiebreak rules for a "World Championship" is beyond laughable.

https://twitter.com/GMHikaru/status/1475919615423361024

[Neil Frarey]

Congrats GM Alexandra Kosteniuk!!!

FIDE World Rapid Champion 2021

1	3	Kosteniuk Alexandra	GM	CFR	2515	9.0	69.0	73.5	2377
2	19	Assaubayeva Bibisara	IM	KAZ	2369	8.5	65.0	69.5	2263
3	5	Gunina Valentina	GM	CFR	2499	8.0	72.5	78.0	2374
4	1	Lagno Kateryna	GM	CFR	2545	8.0	68.5	73.5	2299
5	78	Serikbay Assel	WIM	KAZ	2023	7.5	72.0	77.0	2399
6	7	Koneru Humpy	GM	IND	2483	7.5	68.0	71.0	2281
7	9	Dzagnidze Nana	GM	GEO	2471	7.5	67.5	72.0	2307
8	20	Paehtz Elisabeth	IM	GER	2367	7.5	63.0	67.5	2232
9	11	Stefanova Antoaneta	GM	BUL	2443	7.5	62.5	65.5	2291
10	30	Michna Marta	WGM	GER	2291	7.5	61.5	65.5	2146
11	10	Abdumalik Zhansaya	GM	KAZ	2449	7.5	60.5	64.0	2236
12	15	Mammadova Gulnar	IM	AZE	2388	7.5	60.0	65.0	2246
13	6	Muzychuk Anna	GM	UKR	2497	7.5	58.5	63.0	2198
14	49	Vaishali R	IM	IND	2201	7.0	69.0	72.5	2407
15	4	Muzychuk Mariya	GM	UKR	2501	7.0	68.5	73.5	2310
16	2	Goryachkina Aleksandra	GM	CFR	2521	7.0	63.5	68.0	2225
17	41	Nomin-Erdene Davaademberel	IM	MGL	2235	7.0	63.0	67.0	2253
18	22	Gaponenko Inna	IM	UKR	2348	7.0	61.0	65.5	2240
19	23	Berend Elvira	WGM	LUX	2344	7.0	55.5	58.5	2102
20	18	Kashlinskaya Alina	IM	CFR	2377	7.0	53.5	57.5	2107
21	17	Girya Olga	GM	CFR	2380	7.0	53.5	54.5	2129
22	64	Pavlidou Ekaterini	WIM	GRE	2110	6.5	73.5	78.0	2422
23	14	Shuvalova Polina	IM	CFR	2400	6.5	71.0	76.0	2379
24	37	Garifullina Leya	WGM	CFR	2245	6.5	64.0	67.5	2222
25	48	Muetsch Annmarie	WIM	GER	2203	6.5	63.0	68.0	2217
26	68	Balajayeva Khanim	WGM	AZE	2093	6.5	62.0	65.5	2305
27	35	Osmak Yuliia	IM	UKR	2253	6.5	60.5	64.0	2254
28	21	Danielian Elina	GM	ARM	2359	6.5	60.0	64.5	2191
29	74	Kiolbasa Oliwia	WIM	POL	2067	6.5	59.5	64.0	2274
30	31	Pourkashiyan Atousa	WGM	IRI	2290	6.5	59.0	62.5	2104
31	12	Atalik Ekaterina	IM	TUR	2419	6.5	58.0	62.0	2232
32	39	Socko Monika	GM	POL	2238	6.5	58.0	61.5	2180
33	72	Kamalidenova Meruert	WIM	KAZ	2070	6.0	65.0	70.0	2358
34	16	Batsiashvili Nino	GM	GEO	2380	6.0	64.0	67.5	2232
35	61	Paramzina Anastasya	WGM	CFR	2130	6.0	62.5	63.5	2367
36	46	Movsesian Julia	WGM	CZE	2224	6.0	61.0	63.5	2237
37	88	Beydullayeva Govhar	WIM	AZE	1924	6.0	60.5	65.0	2247
38	98	Vantika Agrawal	WGM	IND	1729	6.0	58.5	63.0	2259
39	45	Kulon Klaudia	IM	POL	2227	6.0	58.0	62.5	2068
40	80	Nurgali Nazerke	WIM	KAZ	2002	6.0	56.5	60.5	2290
41	59	Lach Aleksandra	WIM	POL	2132	6.0	56.5	60.0	2181
42	34	Kovanova Baira	WGM	CFR	2255	6.0	55.5	59.0	2127
43	75	Smirnova Ekaterina	WIM	CFR	2064	6.0	51.0	52.0	2165
44	38	Mamedjarova Turkan	WGM	AZE	2239	5.5	63.5	68.0	2192
45	26	Zatonskih Anna	IM	USA	2327	5.5	62.0	66.5	2229
46	42	Ovod Evgenija	IM	CFR	2235	5.5	62.0	65.5	2183
47	52	Doluhanova Evgeniya	WGM	UKR	2194	5.5	62.0	63.0	2249
48	57	Sliwicka Alicja	WIM	POL	2166	5.5	59.0	63.5	2247
49	25	Padmini Rout	IM	IND	2337	5.5	59.0	63.5	2130
50	56	Mamedjarova Zeinab	WGM	AZE	2171	5.5	58.5	62.0	2209
103 players

[Neil Frarey]

A couple of games from the final Rd...

Caruana vs Nepo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czxVYCkkd70

Nakamura vs Carlsen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS1NxmwXhzA

[Neil Frarey]

World Rapid 2021 Warsaw POL Sun 26th Dec 2021 - Thu 30th Dec 2021

Leading Final Round 13 Standings

1	59	Abdusattorov Nodirbek	GM	UZB	2593	9.5	103.0	109.0	2674
2	4	Nepomniachtchi Ian	GM	CFR	2798	9.5	100.5	107.5	2699
3	1	Carlsen Magnus	GM	NOR	2842	9.5	97.0	103.0	2691
4	6	Caruana Fabiano	GM	USA	2770	9.5	95.0	100.0	2649
5	3	Duda Jan-Krzysztof	GM	POL	2801	9.0	98.0	103.0	2679
6	14	Aronian Levon	GM	USA	2728	9.0	96.0	100.0	2544
7	2	Nakamura Hikaru	GM	USA	2836	9.0	95.5	102.0	2650
8	15	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	GM	AZE	2727	9.0	92.0	98.0	2588
9	174	Gukesh D	GM	IND	2050	9.0	91.0	95.0	2619
10	10	Rapport Richard	GM	HUN	2750	9.0	88.0	94.0	2592
11	9	Karjakin Sergey	GM	CFR	2757	9.0	78.5	82.5	2519
12	69	Van Foreest Jorden	GM	NED	2563	8.5	98.0	103.5	2715
13	8	Grischuk Alexander	GM	CFR	2763	8.5	97.5	102.5	2655
14	21	Fedoseev Vladimir	GM	CFR	2692	8.5	94.0	98.5	2639
15	173	Mitrabha Guha	IM	IND	2107	8.5	90.0	95.5	2622
16	12	Dubov Daniil	GM	CFR	2735	8.5	90.0	95.5	2561
17	5	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	GM	FRA	2773	8.5	86.0	92.0	2562
18	13	Salem A.R. Saleh	GM	UAE	2729	8.5	85.0	90.5	2556
19	26	Sarana Alexey	GM	CFR	2680	8.5	84.0	89.0	2537
20	33	Firouzja Alireza	GM	FRA	2656	8.0	97.5	102.5	2626
21	42	Volokitin Andrei	GM	UKR	2631	8.0	95.5	101.0	2642
22	35	Gelfand Boris	GM	ISR	2648	8.0	94.0	98.5	2525
23	47	Cheparinov Ivan	GM	BUL	2621	8.0	93.5	98.0	2640
24	23	Korobov Anton	GM	UKR	2689	8.0	92.5	98.5	2579
25	7	Giri Anish	GM	NED	2767	8.0	92.0	98.0	2618
26	24	Onyshchuk Volodymyr	GM	UKR	2687	8.0	89.0	95.0	2535
27	49	Petrosian Tigran L.	GM	ARM	2621	8.0	89.0	94.0	2559
28	55	Efimenko Zahar	GM	UKR	2609	8.0	88.0	93.0	2524
29	152	Sargsyan Shant	GM	ARM	2344	8.0	87.0	92.0	2599
30	34	Matlakov Maxim	GM	CFR	2652	8.0	86.5	92.0	2572
31	20	Sargissian Gabriel	GM	ARM	2693	8.0	86.0	91.0	2540
32	105	Shevchenko Kirill	GM	UKR	2508	8.0	85.5	88.5	2641
33	143	Martirosyan Haik M.	GM	ARM	2377	8.0	84.5	90.5	2600
34	64	Bluebaum Matthias	GM	GER	2575	8.0	84.0	89.0	2539
35	28	Svane Rasmus	GM	GER	2677	8.0	82.5	87.5	2518
36	17	Artemiev Vladislav	GM	CFR	2714	8.0	81.5	86.0	2535
37	56	Chigaev Maksim	GM	CFR	2605	8.0	80.5	84.0	2522
38	46	Howell David W L	GM	ENG	2624	8.0	78.0	82.5	2491
39	45	Anton Guijarro David	GM	ESP	2627	7.5	99.5	105.5	2589
40	27	Jobava Baadur	GM	GEO	2679	7.5	98.0	103.0	2573
41	154	Niemann Hans Moke	GM	USA	2327	7.5	93.0	99.5	2660
42	54	Hovhannisyan Robert	GM	ARM	2613	7.5	92.5	97.5	2625
43	102	Maghsoodloo Parham	GM	IRI	2512	7.5	92.0	98.0	2693
44	38	Alekseenko Kirill	GM	CFR	2637	7.5	90.0	93.5	2601
45	44	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	GM	IND	2629	7.5	89.5	94.5	2551
46	85	Fridman Daniel	GM	GER	2542	7.5	89.5	94.0	2585
47	68	Najer Evgeniy	GM	CFR	2565	7.5	88.5	94.0	2600
48	92	Mastrovasilis Dimitrios	GM	GRE	2534	7.5	87.0	88.5	2607
49	25	Saric Ivan	GM	CRO	2684	7.5	86.0	92.0	2521
50	11	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	GM	POL	2743	7.5	86.0	91.5	2578
176 players