Four players tie for the top of World Rapid Championship 2024 – Day 2 recap

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The second day of the FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship 2024 saw four rounds in the Open section, three in Women’s event, and a wholesome jeans drama as Magnus Carlsen got expelled from the event because of the dress code breach.

Heading into the last day of the Rapid championship, defending World Rapid and Blitz Champion Magnus Carlsen will not be on the spot, as he withdrew from both events after the #JeansGate case. Despite Carlsen’s bad results on both Day 1 and Day 2, the current leaders will not need to look after if he is catching up for the title or not.

After nine played rounds, as many as four players tie for the top: GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland, 2740 rapid rating), GM Arjun Erigaisi (India, 2694 rapid rating), GM Alexander Grischuk (FIDE, 2675 rapid rating) and GM Volodar Murzin (FIDE, 2588 rapid rating).

10 players trail by half a point and tie from 5-14 place looking for the opportunity to leap on the top: GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE, 2758 rapid rating), GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan, 2740 rapid rating), GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan, 2711), GM Leinier Dominguez Perez (USA, 2699 rapid rating), GM Anish Giri (Netherlands, 2678 rapid rating), GM Javokhir Sindarov (Uzbekistan, 2655 rapid rating), GM Andrey Esipenko (FIDE, 2642 rapid rating), GM Daniel Naroditsky (USA, 2638 rapid rating), GM Samuel Sevian (USA, 2614 rapid rating) and GM Denis Lazavik (FIDE, 2553 rapid rating).

The 10th round of the event starts today at 14:00 (local New York time) and live games can be followed here.

Standings after 9 played rounds – FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship 2024:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	GM	Murzin, Volodar	FID	2588	7
2	GM	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	POL	2740	7
3	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	IND	2694	7
4	GM	Grischuk, Alexander	FID	2675	7
5	GM	Sevian, Samuel	USA	2614	6.5
6	GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	USA	2699	6.5
7	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	UZB	2740	6.5
8	GM	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	2711	6.5
9	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	UZB	2655	6.5
	GM	Naroditsky, Daniel	USA	2638	6.5
11	GM	Giri, Anish	NED	2678	6.5
12	GM	Lazavik, Denis	FID	2553	6.5
13	GM	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	FID	2758	6.5
14	GM	Esipenko, Andrey	FID	2642	6.5
15	GM	Sadhwani, Raunak	IND	2591	6
16	GM	Jacobson, Brandon	USA	2459	6
17	GM	Nakamura, Hikaru	USA	2755	6
18	GM	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	2698	6
19	GM	Aronian, Levon	USA	2757	6
20	GM	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	ROU	2635	6
21	GM	Firouzja, Alireza	FRA	2756	6
22	GM	Dubov, Daniil	FID	2677	6
23	GM	Muradli, Mahammad	AZE	2464	6
24	GM	Caruana, Fabiano	USA	2766	6
25	GM	Robson, Ray	USA	2645	6
26	GM	Praggnanandhaa, R	IND	2688	6
27	GM	Antipov, Mikhail Al.	USA	2591	6
28	GM	Bu, Xiangzhi	CHN	2569	6
29	GM	Bluebaum, Matthias	GER	2608	6
30	GM	Wei, Yi	CHN	2760	6
31	GM	Sargsyan, Shant	ARM	2601	5.5
32	GM	Pranav, V	IND	2497	5.5
33	GM	Jumabayev, Rinat	KAZ	2503	5.5
34	GM	Lu, Shanglei	CHN	2638	5.5
35	GM	Shankland, Sam	USA	2618	5.5
36	GM	Lomasov, Semyon	ISR	2560	5.5
37	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	UZB	2466	5.5
38	IM	Isanzhulov, Arystan	KAZ	2427	5.5
39	GM	Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	DEN	2524	5.5
40	GM	Martirosyan, Haik M.	ARM	2609	5.5
41	IM	Can, Isik	TUR	2371	5.5
42	GM	Grigoryan, Karen H.	ARM	2622	5.5
43	GM	Theodorou, Nikolas	GRE	2535	5.5
44	GM	Bortnyk, Olexandr	UKR	2642	5.5
45	GM	Volokitin, Andrei	UKR	2569	5.5
46	IM	Chasin, Nico	USA	2300	5.5
47	GM	Gelfand, Boris	ISR	2630	5.5
48	GM	Anton Guijarro, David	ESP	2635	5.5
49	GM	So, Wesley	USA	2739	5.5
50	GM	Dardha, Daniel	BEL	2554	5.5
51	GM	Xiong, Jeffery	USA	2714	5.5
52	GM	Cheparinov, Ivan	BUL	2638	5.5
53	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.	IND	2546	5.5
54	GM	Meier, Georg	URU	2624	5.5
55	GM	Durarbayli, Vasif	AZE	2531	5
56	IM	Makarian, Rudik	FID	2498	5
57	GM	Andriasian, Zaven	ARM	2624	5
58	GM	Pichot, Alan	ESP	2591	5
59	GM	Nogerbek, Kazybek	KAZ	2526	5
60	GM	Lenderman, Aleksandr	USA	2621	5
61	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	IND	2455	5
62	GM	Safarli, Eltaj	AZE	2611	5
63	GM	Paravyan, David	FID	2562	5
64	GM	Svane, Rasmus	GER	2629	5
65	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	USA	2618	5
66	GM	Hong, Andrew	USA	2560	5
67	GM	Tari, Aryan	NOR	2559	5
68	GM	Carlsen, Magnus	NOR	2838	5
69	GM	Shimanov, Aleksandr	FID	2578	5
70	GM	Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	FID	2561	5
71	GM	Liang, Awonder	USA	2519	5
72	GM	Khanin, Semen	FID	2484	5
73	GM	Ivanchuk, Vasyl	UKR	2647	5
74	IM	Manafov, Vugar	AZE	2349	5
75	GM	Akobian, Varuzhan	USA	2604	5
76	IM	Ansat, Aldiyar	KAZ	2338	5
77	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman	IND	2411	5
78	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	UAE	2647	5
79	GM	van Foreest, Jorden	NED	2651	5
80	GM	Suleymanli, Aydin	AZE	2549	5
81	GM	Le, Quang Liem	VIE	2657	5
82	GM	Woodward, Andy	USA	2530	4.5
83	GM	Nesterov, Arseniy	FID	2539	4.5
84	GM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	FID	2495	4.5
85	GM	Svane, Frederik	GER	2455	4.5
86	GM	Donchenko, Alexander	GER	2578	4.5
87	IM	Gan-Erdene, Sugar	MGL	2405	4.5
88	GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	FRA	2763	4.5
89	IM	Bai, Adelard	TPE	2232	4.5
90	GM	Lodici, Lorenzo	ITA	2450	4.5
91	FM	Adewumi, Tanitoluwa	USA	2262	4.5
92	GM	Moroni, Luca Jr	ITA	2525	4.5
93	IM	Mamedov, Edgar	KAZ	2356	4.5
94	GM	Oparin, Grigoriy	USA	2655	4.5
95	GM	Bok, Benjamin	NED	2596	4.5
96	IM	Oro, Faustino	ARG	2404	4.5
97	GM	Kadric, Denis	MNE	2513	4.5
98	GM	Sarana, Alexey	SRB	2654	4.5
99	GM	Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos	ESP	2555	4.5
100	GM	Amar, Elham	NOR	2494	4.5
101	IM	Damjanovic, Vuk	SRB	2375	4.5
102	GM	Moradiabadi, Elshan	USA	2552	4.5
103	GM	Petrosian, Tigran L.	ARM	2601	4
104	GM	Dudin, Gleb	HUN	2436	4
105	GM	Grebnev, Aleksey	FID	2496	4
106	IM	Hardaway, Brewington	USA	2181	4
107	IM	Tsaruk, Maksim	FID	2437	4
108	GM	Chirila, Ioan-Cristian	ROU	2500	4
109	GM	Ohanyan, Emin	ARM	2295	4
110	GM	Zarnicki, Pablo	ARG	2460	4
111	GM	Hakobyan, Aram	ARM	2513	4
112	IM	Amartuvshin, Ganzorig	MGL	2298	4
113	GM	Le Tuan, Minh	VIE	2492	4
114	GM	Escobar Forero, Alder	COL	2409	4
115	GM	Onischuk, Alexander	USA	2668	4
116	IM	Samadov, Read	AZE	2434	4
117	IM	Lou, Yiping	CHN	2471	4
118	GM	Brodsky, David	USA	2491	4
119	FM	Smirnov, Mark	KAZ	2045	4
120	GM	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	UZB	2540	4
121	GM	Tang, Andrew	USA	2425	4
122	GM	Suleymenov, Alisher	KAZ	2413	4
123	GM	Harsha, Bharathakoti	IND	2516	4
124	IM	Sardana, Rishi	AUS	2409	4
125	GM	Madaminov, Mukhiddin	UZB	2456	4
126	GM	Barbosa, Oliver	PHI	2610	4
127	GM	Gagunashvili, Merab	GEO	2460	4
128	GM	Hovhannisyan, Robert	ARM	2575	4
129	GM	Bezold, Michael	GER	2574	4
130	CM	Sharshenbekov, Emir	KGZ	2243	4
131	GM	Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan	KAZ	2423	3.5
132	GM	Matviishen, Viktor	UKR	2436	3.5
133	GM	Corrales Jimenez, Fidel	USA	2516	3.5
134	GM	Fressinet, Laurent	FRA	2598	3.5
135	GM	Kacharava, Nikolozi	GEO	2405	3.5
136	GM	Batsuren, Dambasuren	MGL	2435	3.5
137	GM	Rasulov, Vugar	AZE	2456	3.5
138	GM	Kobalia, Mikhail	FID	2522	3.5
139	IM	Schnaider, Ilan	ARG	2285	3.5
140	IM	Urazayev, Arystanbek	KAZ	2423	3.5
141	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	SRB	2598	3.5
142	GM	Andersen, Mads	DEN	2512	3.5
143	IM	Banh Gia, Huy	VIE	2203	3.5
144	IM	Saraci, Nderim	KOS	2419	3.5
145	IM	Juksta, Karolis	LTU	2309	3.5
146	GM	Kevlishvili, Robby	NED	2558	3.5
147	GM	Benjamin, Joel	USA	2473	3.5
148	GM	Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan	IRI	2522	3.5
149	GM	Erenburg, Sergey	USA	2510	3.5
150	GM	Blohberger, Felix	AUT	2423	3.5
151	IM	Manon, Reja Neer	BAN	2193	3.5
152	IM	Macovei, Andrei	MDA	2375	3
153	GM	Bologan, Victor	MDA	2540	3
154	IM	Bilych, Oleksii	UKR	2450	3
155	IM	Kvaloy, Aksel Bu	NOR	2226	3
156	IM	Gaehwiler, Gabriel	SUI	2353	3
157	GM	Horvath, Dominik	AUT	2430	3
158	IM	Druska, Juraj	SVK	2433	3
159	GM	Hungaski, Robert	USA	2402	3
160	GM	Dlugy, Maxim	USA	2538	3
161	FM	Degenbaev, Aziz	KGZ	2227	3
162	GM	Chanda, Sandipan	IND	2585	3
163	GM	Dragnev, Valentin	AUT	2473	3
164	IM	Thavandiran, Shiyam	CAN	2405	3
165	GM	Gretarsson, Helgi Ass	ISL	2392	3
166	FM	Wanyama, Harold	UGA	2191	3
167	IM	George, Kevin	EGY	2212	2.5
168	GM	Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian	NOR	2468	2.5
169	IM	Rosen, Eric	USA	2325	2.5
170	FM	Papasimakopoulos, Alexandros	GRE	2417	2.5
171	IM	Makoto, Rodwell	ZIM	2407	2.5
172	GM	Wagner, Dennis	GER	2456	2
173	FM	Esquivel Golcher, Luis Enrique	PAN	2073	2
174	FM	Soo, Kai Jie	AUS	2112	2
175	CM	Pereira, Fabian	PAR	2148	2
176	CM	Meylan, Andre	MNC	2083	2
177	FM	Larrea, Manuel	URU	2254	2
178		Wong, Hayoung	KOR	1704	2
179	FM	Grahn, Vidar	SWE	2206	1.5
180		Ahmed, Nidal	PLE	1827	1