The 2022 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship concluded today in Almaty, Kazakhstan after three days of fights over 13 rounds. Magnus Carlsen emerged as the sole Winner of the event, clinching his 4th World Rapid Champion title. At the final press conference of the rapid event, he sent a strong message: “I will stop [winning titles] when somebody stops me!“.
Vincent Keymer and Fabiano Caruana tied for second place scoring 9.5 points, each, with tiebreak criteria favoring the German teen who won silver, and the American came third.
Final rankings:
Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | GM | Carlsen Magnus | NOR | 2834 | 10 | 100 | 107 | 2660 |
2 | GM | Keymer Vincent | GER | 2590 | 9.5 | 103 | 108 | 2682 |
3 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | USA | 2747 | 9.5 | 96.5 | 102 | 2649 |
4 | GM | Dubov Daniil | FID | 2712 | 9 | 103 | 109 | 2669 |
5 | GM | Erigaisi Arjun | IND | 2628 | 9 | 103 | 108 | 2711 |
6 | GM | Fedoseev Vladimir | FID | 2741 | 9 | 100 | 106 | 2668 |
7 | GM | Artemiev Vladislav | FID | 2727 | 9 | 99.5 | 107 | 2638 |
8 | GM | Rapport Richard | ROU | 2802 | 9 | 85.5 | 91 | 2591 |
9 | GM | Nihal Sarin | IND | 2628 | 8.5 | 96.5 | 103 | 2655 |
10 | GM | Abdusattorov Nodirbek | UZB | 2676 | 8.5 | 96.5 | 102 | 2676 |
11 | GM | Mamedov Rauf | AZE | 2578 | 8.5 | 96.5 | 102 | 2629 |
12 | GM | Giri Anish | NED | 2708 | 8.5 | 96 | 103 | 2634 |
13 | GM | Duda Jan-Krzysztof | POL | 2791 | 8.5 | 95 | 101 | 2627 |
14 | GM | Nepomniachtchi Ian | FID | 2766 | 8.5 | 95 | 101 | 2629 |
15 | GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | IND | 2659 | 8.5 | 93.5 | 99.5 | 2580 |
16 | GM | Sarana Alexey | FID | 2629 | 8.5 | 93.5 | 99 | 2605 |
17 | GM | Maghsoodloo Parham | IRI | 2656 | 8.5 | 90.5 | 95.5 | 2592 |
18 | GM | Grischuk Alexander | FID | 2759 | 8.5 | 88 | 94 | 2563 |
19 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | FRA | 2777 | 8.5 | 87.5 | 93 | 2571 |
20 | GM | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | IND | 2646 | 8.5 | 87 | 93 | 2535 |
21 | GM | Chigaev Maksim | FID | 2548 | 8.5 | 85 | 90 | 2542 |
22 | GM | Le Tuan Minh | VIE | 2442 | 8.5 | 83.5 | 88.5 | 2603 |
23 | GM | Murzin Volodar | FID | 2534 | 8 | 93 | 97 | 2692 |
24 | GM | Yu Yangyi | CHN | 2743 | 8 | 90.5 | 96 | 2608 |
25 | GM | Petrosyan Manuel | ARM | 2539 | 8 | 90.5 | 95.5 | 2602 |
26 | GM | Tabatabaei M. Amin | IRI | 2526 | 8 | 90 | 94 | 2662 |
27 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | AZE | 2746 | 8 | 89.5 | 95.5 | 2574 |
28 | GM | Svane Rasmus | GER | 2641 | 8 | 89 | 94.5 | 2552 |
29 | GM | Gelfand Boris | ISR | 2641 | 8 | 88 | 93.5 | 2502 |
30 | GM | Andreikin Dmitry | FID | 2631 | 8 | 87.5 | 93.5 | 2539 |
31 | GM | Anton Guijarro David | ESP | 2640 | 8 | 87.5 | 93 | 2534 |
32 | GM | Salem A.R. Saleh | UAE | 2644 | 8 | 85.5 | 91.5 | 2552 |
33 | GM | Sadhwani Raunak | IND | 2532 | 8 | 85 | 87.5 | 2572 |
34 | GM | Asadli Vugar | AZE | 2500 | 8 | 84.5 | 89.5 | 2578 |
35 | GM | Esipenko Andrey | FID | 2694 | 8 | 84.5 | 89 | 2553 |
36 | GM | Najer Evgeniy | FID | 2590 | 8 | 82 | 86.5 | 2451 |
37 | GM | Yudin Sergei | FID | 2454 | 8 | 81.5 | 87 | 2606 |
38 | IM | Nogerbek Kazybek | KAZ | 2409 | 8 | 81 | 86.5 | 2590 |
39 | GM | Vokhidov Shamsiddin | UZB | 2481 | 8 | 80 | 85 | 2612 |
40 | GM | Andriasian Zaven | ARM | 2624 | 8 | 76.5 | 81.5 | 2497 |
41 | GM | Martirosyan Haik M. | ARM | 2575 | 7.5 | 98 | 103 | 2605 |
42 | GM | Lazavik Denis | FID | 2453 | 7.5 | 92 | 98 | 2615 |
43 | GM | Donchenko Alexander | GER | 2597 | 7.5 | 90.5 | 95 | 2566 |
44 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | USA | 2795 | 7.5 | 86.5 | 92.5 | 2550 |
45 | GM | Moiseenko Alexander | UKR | 2570 | 7.5 | 86.5 | 91.5 | 2474 |
46 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | ARM | 2640 | 7.5 | 86 | 88.5 | 2528 |
47 | GM | Paravyan David | FID | 2609 | 7.5 | 84.5 | 90 | 2495 |
48 | GM | Nesterov Arseniy | FID | 2497 | 7.5 | 82.5 | 87 | 2567 |
49 | GM | Suleymanli Aydin | AZE | 2503 | 7.5 | 82.5 | 86.5 | 2642 |
50 | GM | Cheng Bobby | AUS | 2476 | 7.5 | 82.5 | 85.5 | 2550 |
51 | GM | Yoo Christopher Woojin | USA | 2463 | 7.5 | 81.5 | 86 | 2627 |
52 | GM | Yilmaz Mustafa | TUR | 2521 | 7.5 | 80 | 84 | 2612 |
53 | GM | Durarbayli Vasif | AZE | 2513 | 7.5 | 79.5 | 84 | 2551 |
54 | GM | Adly Ahmed | EGY | 2588 | 7.5 | 76 | 80.5 | 2417 |
55 | GM | Quparadze Giga | GEO | 2538 | 7 | 98.5 | 103 | 2686 |
56 | GM | Tomashevsky Evgeny | FID | 2628 | 7 | 93.5 | 99.5 | 2583 |
57 | GM | Van Foreest Jorden | NED | 2693 | 7 | 92.5 | 98.5 | 2610 |
58 | GM | Gareyev Timur | USA | 2617 | 7 | 91.5 | 97 | 2592 |
59 | GM | Ter-Sahakyan Samvel | ARM | 2531 | 7 | 89 | 92 | 2638 |
60 | GM | Maze Sebastien | FRA | 2574 | 7 | 88.5 | 93.5 | 2550 |
61 | GM | Predke Alexandr | FID | 2584 | 7 | 88.5 | 93 | 2564 |
62 | GM | Shimanov Aleksandr | FID | 2616 | 7 | 88.5 | 90 | 2574 |
63 | GM | Amin Bassem | EGY | 2567 | 7 | 88 | 92 | 2688 |
64 | GM | Tsydypov Zhamsaran | FID | 2550 | 7 | 86.5 | 91.5 | 2623 |
65 | GM | Ponkratov Pavel | FID | 2569 | 7 | 86.5 | 91 | 2495 |
66 | GM | Sargsyan Shant | ARM | 2561 | 7 | 86 | 90 | 2658 |
67 | GM | Indjic Aleksandar | SRB | 2547 | 7 | 85.5 | 90.5 | 2627 |
68 | GM | Bluebaum Matthias | GER | 2617 | 7 | 85 | 90 | 2509 |
69 | GM | Sindarov Javokhir | UZB | 2596 | 7 | 85 | 88 | 2476 |
70 | IM | Gharibyan Mamikon | ARM | 2382 | 7 | 83.5 | 89 | 2556 |
71 | GM | Nguyen Thai Dai Van | CZE | 2534 | 7 | 83.5 | 88.5 | 2589 |
72 | GM | Kobalia Mikhail | FID | 2534 | 7 | 83 | 86.5 | 2487 |
73 | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | BUL | 2652 | 7 | 82.5 | 88.5 | 2539 |
74 | IM | Daneshvar Bardiya | IRI | 2419 | 7 | 81.5 | 86 | 2552 |
75 | GM | Pantsulaia Levan | GEO | 2522 | 7 | 80.5 | 86 | 2550 |
76 | FM | Uskov Artem | FID | 2396 | 7 | 80.5 | 84.5 | 2555 |
77 | GM | Petrov Nikita | FID | 2519 | 7 | 80.5 | 84.5 | 2521 |
78 | GM | Harikrishna Pentala | IND | 2646 | 7 | 80 | 85 | 2511 |
79 | GM | Pranav V | IND | 2430 | 7 | 80 | 83 | 2579 |
80 | GM | Muradli Mahammad | AZE | 2447 | 7 | 78.5 | 83.5 | 2555 |
81 | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | ESP | 2682 | 7 | 78 | 83 | 2478 |
82 | GM | Adhiban B. | IND | 2538 | 7 | 78 | 82 | 2430 |
83 | GM | Tin Jingyao | SGP | 2462 | 7 | 77.5 | 79 | 2545 |
84 | IM | Ansat Aldiyar | KAZ | 2291 | 7 | 77 | 82 | 2518 |
85 | IM | Madaminov Mukhiddin | UZB | 2337 | 7 | 76.5 | 81.5 | 2551 |
86 | GM | Narayanan S.L. | IND | 2605 | 7 | 73 | 78 | 2469 |
87 | GM | Tang Andrew | USA | 2439 | 7 | 70.5 | 73 | 2369 |
88 | GM | Yakubboev Nodirbek | UZB | 2573 | 6.5 | 93.5 | 99 | 2621 |
89 | GM | Zhigalko Sergei | FID | 2612 | 6.5 | 89.5 | 94.5 | 2499 |
90 | GM | Petrosian Tigran L. | ARM | 2623 | 6.5 | 86.5 | 92 | 2523 |
91 | GM | Puranik Abhimanyu | IND | 2549 | 6.5 | 85.5 | 90 | 2542 |
92 | IM | Suleymenov Alisher | KAZ | 2440 | 6.5 | 85 | 86.5 | 2596 |
93 | IM | Tologon Tegin Semetei | KGZ | 2319 | 6.5 | 84.5 | 90 | 2565 |
94 | GM | Moussard Jules | FRA | 2625 | 6.5 | 81.5 | 87 | 2513 |
95 | GM | Hovhannisyan Robert | ARM | 2630 | 6.5 | 80 | 84 | 2442 |
96 | GM | Ivic Velimir | SRB | 2489 | 6.5 | 79 | 84 | 2583 |
97 | GM | Gadimbayli Abdulla | AZE | 2399 | 6.5 | 76.5 | 80.5 | 2514 |
98 | FM | Suyarov Mukhammadzokhid | UZB | 2089 | 6.5 | 75 | 79 | 2485 |
99 | IM | Makarian Rudik | FID | 2466 | 6.5 | 70.5 | 74 | 2461 |
100 | GM | Niemann Hans Moke | USA | 2592 | 6 | 93 | 98 | 2553 |
101 | GM | Sanal Vahap | TUR | 2547 | 6 | 87.5 | 91.5 | 2532 |
102 | GM | Kovalev Vladislav | FID | 2523 | 6 | 85.5 | 89.5 | 2628 |
103 | GM | Savchenko Boris | FID | 2592 | 6 | 85 | 90 | 2506 |
104 | IM | Urazayev Arystanbek | KAZ | 2535 | 6 | 83 | 88 | 2567 |
105 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | IND | 2576 | 6 | 82.5 | 86.5 | 2508 |
106 | GM | Sankalp Gupta | IND | 2402 | 6 | 79 | 84.5 | 2581 |
107 | GM | Ghaem Maghami Ehsan | IRI | 2549 | 6 | 78 | 81 | 2490 |
108 | GM | Dragnev Valentin | AUT | 2444 | 6 | 77 | 81.5 | 2530 |
109 | GM | Dardha Daniel | BEL | 2511 | 6 | 77 | 81 | 2455 |
110 | FM | Sapenov Daniyal | KAZ | 2312 | 6 | 76.5 | 82 | 2514 |
111 | Utegaliyev Azamat | KAZ | 2415 | 6 | 76.5 | 81 | 2537 | |
112 | GM | Makhnev Denis | KAZ | 2513 | 6 | 75 | 77.5 | 2518 |
113 | GM | Tari Aryan | NOR | 2556 | 6 | 74 | 78.5 | 2407 |
114 | GM | Fedorov Alexei | FID | 2531 | 6 | 74 | 77.5 | 2442 |
115 | GM | Hambleton Aman | CAN | 2450 | 6 | 73.5 | 75 | 2489 |
116 | GM | Jumabayev Rinat | KAZ | 2531 | 6 | 73 | 76.5 | 2471 |
117 | GM | Riazantsev Alexander | FID | 2570 | 6 | 72 | 76 | 2443 |
118 | GM | Svane Frederik | GER | 2466 | 6 | 69.5 | 73.5 | 2450 |
119 | GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | FID | 2450 | 6 | 66 | 69.5 | 2402 |
120 | GM | Sjugirov Sanan | FID | 2584 | 5.5 | 89 | 93 | 2525 |
121 | GM | Harsha Bharathakoti | IND | 2574 | 5.5 | 82.5 | 87.5 | 2495 |
122 | GM | Idani Pouya | IRI | 2523 | 5.5 | 80.5 | 84.5 | 2511 |
123 | GM | Matlakov Maxim | FID | 2671 | 5.5 | 78.5 | 83.5 | 2522 |
124 | GM | Brunello Sabino | ITA | 2725 | 5.5 | 76.5 | 81.5 | 2488 |
125 | IM | Agmanov Zhandos | KAZ | 2403 | 5.5 | 74.5 | 78.5 | 2553 |
126 | GM | Harutyunyan Tigran K. | ARM | 2441 | 5.5 | 74.5 | 78 | 2521 |
127 | GM | Kadric Denis | MNE | 2482 | 5.5 | 71 | 74 | 2469 |
128 | IM | Gurel Ediz | TUR | 2345 | 5.5 | 71 | 72.5 | 2434 |
129 | IM | Zhalmakhanov Ramazan | KAZ | 2399 | 5.5 | 70.5 | 73 | 2416 |
130 | GM | Vakhidov Jakhongir | UZB | 2530 | 5.5 | 70 | 74.5 | 2506 |
131 | GM | Batsuren Dambasuren | MGL | 2430 | 5.5 | 69 | 72.5 | 2465 |
132 | GM | Khusnutdinov Rustam | KAZ | 2432 | 5.5 | 68 | 72 | 2418 |
133 | GM | Narayanan Srinath | IND | 2518 | 5.5 | 68 | 72 | 2374 |
134 | GM | Christiansen Johan-Sebastian | NOR | 2513 | 5.5 | 68 | 71.5 | 2377 |
135 | GM | Munkhgal Gombosuren | MGL | 2413 | 5.5 | 67 | 70.5 | 2377 |
136 | IM | Ghasi Ameet K | ENG | 2536 | 5.5 | 62.5 | 65.5 | 2293 |
137 | GM | Demchenko Anton | FID | 2565 | 5 | 88 | 94 | 2511 |
138 | GM | Shankland Sam | USA | 2657 | 5 | 82 | 87 | 2520 |
139 | FM | Amilal Munkhdalai | MGL | 2225 | 5 | 81 | 86 | 2518 |
140 | FM | Tsaruk Maksim | FID | 2334 | 5 | 79.5 | 85 | 2579 |
141 | GM | Lintchevski Daniil | FID | 2520 | 5 | 76.5 | 80.5 | 2471 |
142 | GM | Bilguun Sumiya | MGL | 2468 | 5 | 76 | 79.5 | 2534 |
143 | GM | Burmakin Vladimir | FID | 2412 | 5 | 75 | 79 | 2492 |
144 | GM | Arjun Kalyan | IND | 2426 | 5 | 74 | 78.5 | 2473 |
145 | GM | Alonso Rosell Alvar | ESP | 2472 | 5 | 73.5 | 78.5 | 2542 |
146 | FM | Zverev Lev | FID | 2257 | 5 | 72 | 75.5 | 2476 |
147 | FM | Mamatov Melis | KGZ | 2299 | 5 | 72 | 75.5 | 2420 |
148 | GM | Petkov Momchil | BUL | 2411 | 5 | 71 | 74.5 | 2503 |
149 | GM | Kostenko Petr | KAZ | 2404 | 5 | 66.5 | 69 | 2387 |
150 | IM | Saraci Nderim | KOS | 2441 | 5 | 65 | 67.5 | 2304 |
151 | IM | Haldorsen Benjamin | NOR | 2349 | 5 | 63.5 | 66 | 2275 |
152 | Elier Ali | LBA | 2188 | 5 | 63 | 66.5 | 2420 | |
153 | FM | Abdilkhair Abilmansur | KAZ | 2171 | 5 | 62 | 65.5 | 2377 |
154 | Khusenkhojaev Mustafokhuja | TJK | 2161 | 4.5 | 80 | 85 | 2526 | |
155 | FM | Averin Nikolay | FID | 2240 | 4.5 | 71 | 74.5 | 2478 |
156 | FM | Damjanovic Vuk | SRB | 2266 | 4.5 | 70 | 75 | 2494 |
157 | IM | Kazakov Konstantin | KAZ | 2311 | 4.5 | 67.5 | 71 | 2406 |
158 | IM | Vetokhin Savva | FID | 2358 | 4.5 | 60.5 | 63.5 | 2258 |
159 | Everett Elijah | WLS | 2125 | 4.5 | 60.5 | 62 | 2315 | |
160 | GM | Rakhmanov Aleksandr | FID | 2633 | 4 | 80.5 | 85.5 | 2478 |
161 | GM | Sychev Klementy | FID | 2489 | 4 | 74.5 | 79 | 2489 |
162 | GM | Jobava Baadur | GEO | 2688 | 4 | 73 | 76.5 | 2444 |
163 | FM | Khripachenko Alexander | FID | 2348 | 4 | 68 | 70.5 | 2400 |
164 | Degenbaev Aziz | KGZ | 2039 | 4 | 66.5 | 68 | 2390 | |
165 | FM | Begmuratov Khumoyun | UZB | 2292 | 4 | 64 | 68 | 2379 |
166 | FM | Mamedov Edgar | KAZ | 2157 | 4 | 64 | 67.5 | 2412 |
167 | FM | Postlmayer Jakob | AUT | 2182 | 4 | 62.5 | 64 | 2412 |
168 | IM | Shishkov Andrei | EST | 2272 | 4 | 60 | 62.5 | 2285 |
169 | Amangeldy Ernur | KAZ | 1952 | 4 | 57.5 | 59 | 2351 | |
170 | FM | Uruci Endrit | KOS | 2353 | 4 | 55 | 56.5 | 2201 |
171 | CM | Nurgaliyev Sauat | KAZ | 2016 | 3.5 | 68 | 72 | 2403 |
172 | Akhilbay Imangali | KAZ | 1963 | 3.5 | 66.5 | 70.5 | 2450 | |
173 | Suleimen Ergali | KAZ | 2046 | 3.5 | 58 | 59.5 | 2364 | |
174 | GM | Hansen Eric | CAN | 2579 | 3 | 77 | 80.5 | 2544 |
175 | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | AZE | 2596 | 3 | 67.5 | 70.5 | 2396 |
176 | FM | Korelskiy Egor | FID | 2256 | 3 | 67 | 68.5 | 2431 |
177 | CM | Tulendinov Dinmukhammed | KAZ | 1986 | 3 | 65.5 | 69 | 2375 |
178 | CM | Nissinen Niilo Man | HKG | 1905 | 2 | 58.5 | 61.5 | 2272 |
