FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2024 start in New York

The 2024 FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships are set to take place from 26-31 December in New York, USA. The events boast the prize fund of $1Million for Open championships and $428,500 for the Women’s events.

FIDE World Rapid Chess Championships 2024 will be played from 26-28 December, with 13 rounds (swiss system) in the Open competition, and 11 rounds (swiss system) in the Women’s tournament.

World No1 GM Magnus Carlsen (Norway) tops the field of 182 players trying to defend both Blitz and Rapid Champion titles. The other top-seeds are GM Fabiano Caruana (USA), GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France), GM Wei Yi (China), GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE), GM Levon Aronian (USA), GM Alireza Firouzja etc.

Take a look at the Winners who’ve claimed multiple titles at the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships since 2012!

1⃣1⃣ 🏆 Magnus Carlsen has won 11 FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships: 4 Rapid (2014, 2015, 2019, 2022 & 2023) & 5 Blitz (2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 & 2023)… pic.twitter.com/6jzj2N8wkZ
— International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) December 21, 2024

GM Ju Wenjun (China) is the top seeded player in the Women’s Rapid event, followed by GM Lei Tingjie (China), GM Tan Zhongyi (China), GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (Switzerland), GM Zhu Jiner (China), IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (Kazakhstan), GM Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia) and others. IM Anastasia Bodnaruk defends the title in the Rapid tournament, while GM Valentina Gunina defends the title in the Blitz championship.

Anastasia Bodnaruk and Valentina Gunina, reigning FIDE Women's World Champions in Rapid and Blitz, respectively, will come to New York, USA, to defend their titles! 🔥 #RapidBlitz

❓What are your predictions for the upcoming FIDE Women's World Rapid & Blitz Championships? pic.twitter.com/VNQFvmc89D
— International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) December 20, 2024

FIDE World Blitz Chess Championships 2024 will be played on 30-31 December with two stages. First stage will be played according to the swiss system with 13 rounds in the Open section and 11 swiss rounds in the Women’s section. The best-ranked eight players will qualify for the second knock-out phase of the events which will be played on 31st of December.

Detailed information about the event and complete regulations can be found on the official website.

List of players – Open tournament:

No.		Name	FED	Rtg
1	GM	Carlsen, Magnus	NOR	2838
2	GM	Caruana, Fabiano	USA	2766
3	GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	FRA	2763
4	GM	Wei, Yi	CHN	2760
5	GM	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	FID	2758
6	GM	Aronian, Levon	USA	2757
7	GM	Firouzja, Alireza	FRA	2756
8	GM	Nakamura, Hikaru	USA	2755
9	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	UZB	2740
10	GM	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	POL	2740
11	GM	So, Wesley	USA	2739
12	GM	Xiong, Jeffery	USA	2714
13	GM	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	2711
14	GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	USA	2699
15	GM	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	2698
16	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	IND	2694
17	GM	Praggnanandhaa, R	IND	2688
18	GM	Giri, Anish	NED	2678
19	GM	Dubov, Daniil	FID	2677
20	GM	Grischuk, Alexander	FID	2675
21	GM	Onischuk, Alexander	USA	2668
22	GM	Le, Quang Liem	VIE	2657
23	GM	Oparin, Grigoriy	USA	2655
24	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	UZB	2655
25	GM	Sarana, Alexey	SRB	2654
26	GM	van Foreest, Jorden	NED	2651
27	GM	Ivanchuk, Vasyl	UKR	2647
28	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	UAE	2647
29	GM	Robson, Ray	USA	2645
30	GM	Bortnyk, Olexandr	UKR	2642
31	GM	Esipenko, Andrey	FID	2642
32	GM	Cheparinov, Ivan	BUL	2638
33	GM	Lu, Shanglei	CHN	2638
34	GM	Naroditsky, Daniel	USA	2638
35	GM	Anton Guijarro, David	ESP	2635
36	GM	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	ROU	2635
37	GM	Gelfand, Boris	ISR	2630
38	GM	Svane, Rasmus	GER	2629
39	GM	Andriasian, Zaven	ARM	2624
40	GM	Meier, Georg	URU	2624
41	GM	Grigoryan, Karen H.	ARM	2622
42	GM	Lenderman, Aleksandr	USA	2621
43	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	USA	2618
44	GM	Shankland, Sam	USA	2618
45	GM	Sevian, Samuel	USA	2614
46	GM	Safarli, Eltaj	AZE	2611
47	GM	Barbosa, Oliver	PHI	2610
48	GM	Martirosyan, Haik M.	ARM	2609
49	GM	Bluebaum, Matthias	GER	2608
50	GM	Akobian, Varuzhan	USA	2604
51	GM	Petrosian, Tigran L.	ARM	2601
52	GM	Sargsyan, Shant	ARM	2601
53	GM	Fressinet, Laurent	FRA	2598
54	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	SRB	2598
55	GM	Bok, Benjamin	NED	2596
56	GM	Antipov, Mikhail Al.	USA	2591
57	GM	Pichot, Alan	ESP	2591
58	GM	Sadhwani, Raunak	IND	2591
59	GM	Murzin, Volodar	FID	2588
60	GM	Chanda, Sandipan	IND	2585
61	GM	Donchenko, Alexander	GER	2578
62	GM	Shimanov, Aleksandr	FID	2578
63	GM	Hovhannisyan, Robert	ARM	2575
64	GM	Bezold, Michael	GER	2574
65	GM	Bu, Xiangzhi	CHN	2569
66	GM	Volokitin, Andrei	UKR	2569
67	GM	Paravyan, David	FID	2562
68	GM	Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	FID	2561
69	GM	Hong, Andrew	USA	2560
70	GM	Lomasov, Semyon	ISR	2560
71	GM	Tari, Aryan	NOR	2559
72	GM	Kevlishvili, Robby	NED	2558
73	GM	Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos	ESP	2555
74	GM	Dardha, Daniel	BEL	2554
75	GM	Lazavik, Denis	BLR	2553
76	GM	Maze, Sebastien	FRA	2553
77	GM	Moradiabadi, Elshan	USA	2552
78	GM	Plat, Vojtech	CZE	2549
79	GM	Suleymanli, Aydin	AZE	2549
80	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.	IND	2546
81	GM	Bologan, Victor	MDA	2540
82	GM	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	UZB	2540
83	GM	Nesterov, Arseniy	FID	2539
84	GM	Dlugy, Maxim	USA	2538
85	GM	Theodorou, Nikolas	GRE	2535
86	GM	Durarbayli, Vasif	AZE	2531
87	GM	Makhnev, Denis	KAZ	2531
88	GM	Woodward, Andy	USA	2530
89	GM	Nogerbek, Kazybek	KAZ	2526
90	GM	Moroni, Luca Jr	ITA	2525
91	GM	Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	DEN	2524
92	GM	Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan	IRI	2522
93	GM	Liang, Awonder	USA	2519
94	GM	Corrales Jimenez, Fidel	USA	2516
95	GM	Harsha, Bharathakoti	IND	2516
96	GM	Vescovi, Giovanni	BRA	2514
97	GM	Hakobyan, Aram	ARM	2513
98	GM	Kadric, Denis	MNE	2513
99	GM	Andersen, Mads	DEN	2512
100	GM	Erenburg, Sergey	USA	2510
101	GM	Jumabayev, Rinat	KAZ	2503
102	IM	Makarian, Rudik	FID	2498
103	GM	Pranav, V	IND	2497
104	GM	Grebnev, Aleksey	FID	2496
105	GM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	FID	2495
106	GM	Amar, Elham	NOR	2494
107	GM	Le Tuan, Minh	VIE	2492
108	GM	Brodsky, David	USA	2491
109	GM	Khanin, Semen	FID	2484
110	GM	Bharath, Subramaniyam H	IND	2475
111	GM	Benjamin, Joel	USA	2473
112	GM	Dragnev, Valentin	AUT	2473
113	IM	Lou, Yiping	CHN	2471
114	GM	Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian	NOR	2468
115	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	UZB	2466
116	GM	Muradli, Mahammad	AZE	2464
117	GM	Gagunashvili, Merab	GEO	2460
118	GM	Zarnicki, Pablo	ARG	2460
119	GM	Jacobson, Brandon	USA	2459
120	GM	Madaminov, Mukhiddin	UZB	2456
121	GM	Rasulov, Vugar	AZE	2456
122	GM	Wagner, Dennis	GER	2456
123	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	IND	2455
124	GM	Svane, Frederik	GER	2455
125	GM	Lodici, Lorenzo	ITA	2450
126	GM	Bilguun, Sumiya	MGL	2438
127	IM	Tsaruk, Maksim	FID	2437
128	GM	Dudin, Gleb	HUN	2436
129	GM	Matviishen, Viktor	UKR	2436
130	GM	Batsuren, Dambasuren	MGL	2435
131	IM	Samadov, Read	AZE	2434
132	IM	Druska, Juraj	SVK	2433
133	GM	Horvath, Dominik	AUT	2430
134	IM	Isanzhulov, Arystan	KAZ	2427
135	GM	Tang, Andrew	USA	2425
136	GM	Blohberger, Felix	AUT	2423
137	GM	Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan	KAZ	2423
138	IM	Urazayev, Arystanbek	KAZ	2423
139	IM	Saraci, Nderim	KOS	2419
140	FM	Papasimakopoulos, Alexandros	GRE	2417
141	GM	Suleymenov, Alisher	KAZ	2413
142	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman	IND	2411
143	GM	Escobar Forero, Alder	COL	2409
144	IM	Sardana, Rishi	AUS	2409
145	IM	Makoto, Rodwell	ZIM	2407
146	GM	Kacharava, Nikolozi	GEO	2405
147	IM	Gan-Erdene, Sugar	MGL	2405
148	IM	Thavandiran, Shiyam	CAN	2405
149	IM	Oro, Faustino	ARG	2404
150	GM	Hungaski, Robert	USA	2402
151	GM	Gretarsson, Helgi Ass	ISL	2392
152	IM	Damjanovic, Vuk	SRB	2375
153	IM	Macovei, Andrei	MDA	2375
154	IM	Can, Isik	TUR	2371
155	IM	Mamedov, Edgar	KAZ	2356
156	IM	Gaehwiler, Gabriel	SUI	2353
157	IM	Manafov, Vugar	AZE	2349
158	IM	Ansat, Aldiyar	KAZ	2338
159	IM	Rosen, Eric	USA	2325
160	IM	Juksta, Karolis	LTU	2309
161	IM	Amartuvshin, Ganzorig	MGL	2298
162	GM	Ohanyan, Emin	ARM	2295
163	IM	Schnaider, Ilan	ARG	2285
164	FM	Larrea, Manuel	URU	2254
165	CM	Sharshenbekov, Emir	KGZ	2243
166	IM	Bai, Adelard	TPE	2232
167	FM	Degenbaev, Aziz	KGZ	2227
168	IM	Kvaloy, Aksel Bu	NOR	2226
169	FM	Grahn, Vidar	SWE	2206
170	IM	Banh Gia, Huy	VIE	2203
171	IM	Manon, Reja Neer	BAN	2193
172	FM	Wanyama, Harold	UGA	2191
173	IM	Hardaway, Brewington	USA	2181
174	CM	Pereira, Fabian	PAR	2148
175	FM	Soo, Kai Jie	AUS	2112
176	CM	Meylan, Andre	MNC	2083
177	FM	Smirnov, Mark	KAZ	2045
178		Omolo, Kenneth	KEN	1947
179		Ahmed, Nidal	PLE	1827
180		Algharyani, Hamzah Alnaji	LBA	1795
181		Saeid, Munjid Shanani	LBA	1741
182		Wong, Hayoung	KOR	1704

List of players – Women’s tournament:

No.		Name	FED	RtgI
1	GM	Ju, Wenjun	CHN	2536
2	GM	Lei, Tingjie	CHN	2518
3	GM	Tan, Zhongyi	CHN	2502
4	GM	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	SUI	2486
5	GM	Zhu, Jiner	CHN	2449
6	IM	Assaubayeva, Bibisara	KAZ	2444
7	GM	Dzagnidze, Nana	GEO	2436
8	GM	Lagno, Kateryna	FID	2433
9	GM	Zhao, Xue	CHN	2433
10	GM	Koneru, Humpy	IND	2431
11	GM	Muzychuk, Mariya	UKR	2422
12	GM	Dronavalli, Harika	IND	2416
13	IM	Lee, Alice	USA	2415
14	GM	Muzychuk, Anna	UKR	2408
15	GM	Paehtz, Elisabeth	GER	2406
16	WGM	Huang, Qian	CHN	2399
17	GM	Khotenashvili, Bella	GEO	2394
18	IM	Divya, Deshmukh	IND	2393
19	IM	Yip, Carissa	USA	2389
20	GM	Gunina, Valentina	FID	2388
21	IM	Narva, Mai	EST	2384
22	GM	Krush, Irina	USA	2382
23	IM	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	GRE	2381
24	IM	Bulmaga, Irina	ROU	2378
25	IM	Kashlinskaya, Alina	POL	2378
26	IM	Kamalidenova, Meruert	KAZ	2368
27	IM	Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat	ESP	2359
28	GM	Vaishali, Rameshbabu	IND	2355
29	IM	Shuvalova, Polina	FID	2355
30	IM	Sukandar, Irine Kharisma	INA	2354
31	IM	Vantika, Agrawal	IND	2352
32	IM	Song, Yuxin	CHN	2347
33	IM	Garifullina, Leya	FID	2336
34	GM	Batsiashvili, Nino	GEO	2333
35	WGM	Munkhzul, Turmunkh	MGL	2333
36	GM	Zhu, Chen	QAT	2330
37	FM	Sahithi, Varshini M	IND	2329
38	IM	Javakhishvili, Lela	GEO	2321
39	IM	Mammadzada, Gunay	AZE	2319
40	IM	Lu, Miaoyi	CHN	2317
41	IM	Guichard, Pauline	FRA	2316
42	IM	Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim	USA	2307
43	IM	Wagner, Dinara	GER	2307
44	IM	Sargsyan, Anna M.	ARM	2306
45	IM	Mkrtchian, Lilit	ARM	2305
46	WGM	Abrahamyan, Tatev	USA	2305
47	IM	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	FID	2302
48	GM	Danielian, Elina	ARM	2301
49	IM	Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	MGL	2299
50	WGM	Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	USA	2296
51	WGM	Yu, Jennifer	USA	2296
52	IM	Injac, Teodora	SRB	2295
53	IM	Skripchenko, Almira	FRA	2295
54	IM	Garcia Martin, Marta	ESP	2291
55	IM	Kiolbasa, Oliwia	POL	2291
56	IM	Mammadova, Gulnar	AZE	2289
57	WGM	Charkhalashvili, Inga	GEO	2289
58	WGM	Toncheva, Nadya	BUL	2283
59	WCM	Mungunzul, Bat-Erdene	MGL	2281
60	WGM	Pourkashiyan, Atousa	USA	2277
61	GM	Socko, Monika	POL	2275
62	IM	Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra	POL	2269
63	IM	Padmini, Rout	IND	2267
64	WGM	Nurman, Alua	KAZ	2260
65	IM	Kulon, Klaudia	POL	2258
66	WGM	Priyanka, Nutakki	IND	2256
67	WIM	Kairbekova, Amina	KAZ	2256
68	IM	Melia, Salome	GEO	2252
69	WIM	Agrest, Inna	SWE	2248
70	WGM	Balabayeva, Xeniya	KAZ	2247
71	WGM	Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia	USA	2244
72	IM	Cori T., Deysi	PER	2243
73	GM	Zhukova, Natalia	UKR	2242
74	IM	Balajayeva, Khanim	AZE	2242
75	IM	Fataliyeva, Ulviyya	AZE	2237
76	WIM	Mou, Iris	USA	2226
77	FM	Peycheva, Gergana	BUL	2222
78	WGM	Heinemann, Josefine	GER	2218
79	WGM	Wu, Rochelle	USA	2217
80	WGM	Beydullayeva, Govhar	AZE	2212
81	WGM	Sliwicka, Alicja	POL	2206
82	WGM	Krasteva, Beloslava	BUL	2196
83	WGM	Mamedjarova, Zeinab	AZE	2194
84	WGM	Uuriintuya, Uurtsaikh	MGL	2188
85	WIM	Khamdamova, Afruza	UZB	2188
86	WFM	Nurgaliyeva, Zarina	KAZ	2175
87	WFM	Kaliakhmet, Elnaz	KAZ	2162
88	WGM	Ouellet, Maili-Jade	CAN	2149
89		Lyutsinger, Iren	FID	2140
90	FM	Melekhina, Alisa	USA	2139
91	WGM	Belenkaya, Dina	ISR	2136
92	WIM	Mkrtchyan, Mariam	ARM	2136
93	WFM	Sevcikova, Lucia	SVK	2132
94	WGM	Kurmangaliyeva, Liya	KAZ	2128
95	FM	Jarocka, Liwia	POL	2127
96	WIM	Serikbay, Assel	KAZ	2121
97	WGM	Mamedjarova, Turkan	AZE	2109
98	WIM	Stanford, Sheila Barth	NOR	2103
99	WIM	Gomez Barrera, Javiera Belen	CHI	2088
100		Machlik, Monika	NOR	2079
101	WIM	Nilssen, Ellen Fredericia	DEN	2071
102	WIM	Vidyarthi, Omya	USA	2039
103	WIM	Vargas, Gabriela	PAR	2025
104	WFM	Paragua, Megan Althea	USA	2017
105	WFM	Kaldarova, Ayaulym	KAZ	2011
106	WIM	Munkhzul, Davaakhuu	MGL	2006
107	WIM	Sultanbek, Zeinep	KAZ	2001
108	WCM	Lesbekova, Assel	KGZ	1973
109	WFM	Noshin, Anjum	BAN	1910
110	WFM	Durrfeld, Sofie Bech	DEN	1875
111	WCM	Berezovska, Svetlana	MNC	1850
112	WCM	Derlich, Sarah Sima	DEN	1807
113	WCM	Berezovsky, Fiorina	MNC	1786
114	WCM	Berikkyzy, Alanna	KAZ	1724
115		Naisanga, Sheba Valentine	UGA	1626

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