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The Rapid World Championship is a 15 rounds Swiss event with a time-control 15 minutes+ 10 seconds additional time per move, starting from move 1. The event will be played on three days with five rounds each day. The total prize fund is 200,000 USD of which the winner will receive 40,000 USD.
The spacious playing hall
The Rapid and Blitz World Championships take place from 25th to 30th December in Doha, Qatar, and the Rapid World Championship is the first tournament Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin play after their World Championship match in New York in November.
After defending his title with difficulty, Carlsen, who had won the Rapid World Championship 2015 in Berlin, will probably try to show why he is the number one in the world - and according to the current rapid ratings he is indeed favorite to win the tournament.
... 106 players
Source: chess-results.com
However, Carlsen had a difficult start into the tournament: in the first round he drew against Surya Shekhar Ganguly and in round two he was convincingly outplayed by Levon Pantsulaia and lost.
But after this slow start the World Champion recovered and won in round three to five to finish day one with 3.5/5.
Magnus Carlsen vs Surya Ganguly
Sergey Karjakin fared worse: after pushing too hard against Nils Grandelius in round one he began the tournament with a loss. After wins in rounds two and three he lost again in round four and in round five once again had to show his amazing defensive skills to draw the game and to finish day one with 2.5/5.
Nils Grandelius
Sergey Karjakin resigns
No hard feelings - Sergey Karjakin and Nils Grandelius
It was Anton Korobov from Ukraine who had the best start into the tournament. Korobov, the number 21 seed, won all his games on day one and now leads the tournament with 5.0/5. Half a point behind follows Levon Aronian who just conceded a draw.
In round four Korobov played with Black against Alexander Grischuk and showed aggressive play and a keen tactical eye.
In round five Korobov won against Yu Yangyi with a violent attack which drove Black's king from the kingside to the queenside.
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | RtgI | Pts. | TB1 | ||
| 1 | 21 |
|
GM | Korobov Anton | UKR | 2714 | 5,0 | 2676 |
| 2 | 11 |
|
GM | Aronian Levon | ARM | 2770 | 4,5 | 2714 |
| 3 | 56 |
|
GM | Pantsulaia Levan | GEO | 2622 | 4,0 | 2788 |
| 4 | 67 |
|
GM | Bok Benjamin | NED | 2589 | 4,0 | 2740 |
| 5 | 47 |
|
GM | Li Chao B | CHN | 2648 | 4,0 | 2738 |
| 6 | 51 |
|
GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | IND | 2643 | 4,0 | 2726 |
| 7 | 12 |
|
GM | Grischuk Alexander | RUS | 2767 | 4,0 | 2686 |
| 8 | 5 |
|
GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | AZE | 2805 | 4,0 | 2668 |
| 9 | 14 |
|
GM | Melkumyan Hrant | ARM | 2736 | 4,0 | 2629 |
| 10 | 93 |
|
GM | Sanal Vahap | TUR | 2411 | 3,5 | 2729 |
| 11 | 13 |
|
GM | Yu Yangyi | CHN | 2743 | 3,5 | 2703 |
| 12 | 10 |
|
GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | UKR | 2771 | 3,5 | 2696 |
| 13 | 84 |
|
IM | Atabayev Yusup | TKM | 2493 | 3,5 | 2696 |
| 14 | 74 |
|
GM | Khusnutdinov Rustam | KAZ | 2549 | 3,5 | 2691 |
| 15 | 7 |
|
GM | Anand Viswanathan | IND | 2802 | 3,5 | 2674 |
| 16 | 6 |
|
GM | Dominguez Perez Leinier | CUB | 2803 | 3,5 | 2663 |
| 17 | 3 |
|
GM | Nepomniachtchi Ian | RUS | 2812 | 3,5 | 2659 |
| 18 | 2 |
|
GM | Nakamura Hikaru | USA | 2839 | 3,5 | 2651 |
| 19 | 23 |
|
GM | Tomashevsky Evgeny | RUS | 2710 | 3,5 | 2646 |
| 20 | 1 |
|
GM | Carlsen Magnus | NOR | 2906 | 3,5 | 2643 |
| 21 | 15 |
|
GM | Zhigalko Sergei | BLR | 2728 | 3,5 | 2643 |
| 22 | 8 |
|
GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | FRA | 2795 | 3,5 | 2640 |
| 23 | 25 |
|
GM | Dreev Aleksey | RUS | 2705 | 3,5 | 2589 |
| 24 | 61 |
|
GM | Wei Yi | CHN | 2609 | 3,0 | 2786 |
| 25 | 54 |
|
GM | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | IND | 2631 | 3,0 | 2745 |
| 26 | 39 |
|
GM | Riazantsev Alexander | RUS | 2671 | 3,0 | 2728 |
| 27 | 70 |
|
GM | Tregubov Pavel V. | RUS | 2576 | 3,0 | 2718 |
| 28 | 42 |
|
GM | Bu Xiangzhi | CHN | 2663 | 3,0 | 2714 |
| 29 | 82 |
|
GM | Pichot Alan | ARG | 2519 | 3,0 | 2689 |
| 30 | 76 |
|
GM | Borisek Jure | SLO | 2547 | 3,0 | 2681 |
| 31 | 33 |
|
GM | Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | VIE | 2685 | 3,0 | 2673 |
| 32 | 38 |
|
GM | Howell David W L | ENG | 2671 | 3,0 | 2646 |
| 33 | 16 |
|
GM | Artemiev Vladislav | RUS | 2723 | 3,0 | 2633 |
| 34 | 102 |
|
IM | Xu Yi | CHN | 2250 | 3,0 | 2629 |
| 35 | 22 |
|
GM | Jobava Baadur | GEO | 2710 | 3,0 | 2627 |
| 36 | 9 |
|
GM | Radjabov Teimour | AZE | 2788 | 3,0 | 2614 |
| 37 | 30 |
|
GM | Amonatov Farrukh | TJK | 2693 | 3,0 | 2595 |
| 38 | 18 |
|
GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | POL | 2721 | 3,0 | 2591 |
| 39 | 48 |
|
GM | Vitiugov Nikita | RUS | 2648 | 3,0 | 2590 |
| 40 | 28 |
|
GM | Akopian Vladimir | ARM | 2698 | 3,0 | 2587 |
...106 players
Source: chess-results.com
In the women's tournament only twelve rounds are played and only 34 players start. Top seed is Kateryna Lagno, followed by Anna Muzychuk and Alexandra Kosteniuk.
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | ||
| 1 |
|
GM | Lagno Kateryna | RUS | 2594 |
| 2 |
|
GM | Muzychuk Anna | UKR | 2570 |
| 3 |
|
GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | RUS | 2553 |
| 4 |
|
GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | BUL | 2552 |
| 5 |
|
GM | Dzagnidze Nana | GEO | 2549 |
| 6 |
|
GM | Ju Wenjun | CHN | 2542 |
| 7 |
|
WGM | Tan Zhongyi | CHN | 2501 |
| 8 |
|
GM | Ushenina Anna | UKR | 2498 |
| 9 |
|
GM | Gunina Valentina | RUS | 2491 |
| 10 |
|
GM | Koneru Humpy | IND | 2486 |
| 11 |
|
IM | Paehtz Elisabeth | GER | 2483 |
| 12 |
|
GM | Zhao Xue | CHN | 2479 |
| 13 |
|
WGM | Goryachkina Aleksandra | RUS | 2466 |
| 14 |
|
GM | Harika Dronavalli | IND | 2464 |
| 15 |
|
IM | Javakhishvili Lela | GEO | 2461 |
| 16 |
|
GM | Zhu Chen | QAT | 2446 |
| 17 |
|
IM | Batsiashvili Nino | GEO | 2417 |
| 18 |
|
IM | Gaponenko Inna | UKR | 2406 |
| 19 |
|
GM | Zhukova Natalia | UKR | 2402 |
| 20 |
|
IM | Arabidze Meri | GEO | 2395 |
...34 players
Source: chess-results.com
After four rounds Anna Muzychuk is the only player with a 100 percent score. She won all her games and leads the tournament with 4.0/4. Half a point behind follows Inna Gaponenko with 3.5/4.
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | ||
| 1 | 2 |
|
GM | Muzychuk Anna | UKR | 2570 | 4,0 | 2493 |
| 2 | 18 |
|
IM | Gaponenko Inna | UKR | 2406 | 3,5 | 2487 |
| 3 | 3 |
|
GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | RUS | 2553 | 3,0 | 2484 |
| 4 | 13 |
|
WGM | Goryachkina Aleksandra | RUS | 2466 | 3,0 | 2482 |
| 5 | 1 |
|
GM | Lagno Kateryna | RUS | 2594 | 3,0 | 2430 |
| 6 | 17 |
|
IM | Batsiashvili Nino | GEO | 2417 | 2,5 | 2548 |
| 7 | 23 |
|
IM | Pham Le Thao Nguyen | VIE | 2365 | 2,5 | 2524 |
| 8 | 29 |
|
WGM | Geldiyeva Mahri | TKM | 2220 | 2,5 | 2489 |
| 9 | 15 |
|
IM | Javakhishvili Lela | GEO | 2461 | 2,5 | 2481 |
| 10 | 33 |
|
WFM | Hallaeva Bahar | TKM | 2112 | 2,5 | 2477 |
| 11 | 6 |
|
GM | Ju Wenjun | CHN | 2542 | 2,5 | 2429 |
| 12 | 8 |
|
GM | Ushenina Anna | UKR | 2498 | 2,5 | 2390 |
| 13 | 9 |
|
GM | Gunina Valentina | RUS | 2491 | 2,5 | 2344 |
| 14 | 10 |
|
GM | Koneru Humpy | IND | 2486 | 2,5 | 2315 |
| 15 | 21 |
|
IM | Khademalsharieh Sarasadat | IRI | 2386 | 2,0 | 2532 |
| 16 | 27 |
|
WGM | Abdumalik Zhansaya | KAZ | 2323 | 2,0 | 2484 |
| 17 | 25 |
|
IM | Kashlinskaya Alina | RUS | 2357 | 2,0 | 2480 |
| 18 | 22 |
|
IM | Charochkina Daria | RUS | 2385 | 2,0 | 2447 |
| 19 | 5 |
|
GM | Dzagnidze Nana | GEO | 2549 | 2,0 | 2423 |
| 20 | 14 |
|
GM | Harika Dronavalli | IND | 2464 | 2,0 | 2411 |
Rounds six to ten will be played on December 27. Round six will begin at 3 pm local time.
