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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.
Vassily Ivanchuk - on day 1 he scored 3.5/5, on day 2 he
finished with 4.5/5. (Screenshot from the live transmission)
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | RtgI | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | ||
| 1 | 10 |
|
GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | UKR | 2771 | 8,0 | 2726 | 59,0 |
| 2 | 5 |
|
GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | AZE | 2805 | 7,5 | 2701 | 57,0 |
| 3 | 3 |
|
GM | Nepomniachtchi Ian | RUS | 2812 | 7,5 | 2669 | 51,5 |
| 4 | 11 |
|
GM | Aronian Levon | ARM | 2770 | 7,0 | 2762 | 60,5 |
| 5 | 51 |
|
GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | IND | 2643 | 7,0 | 2743 | 54,0 |
| 6 | 21 |
|
GM | Korobov Anton | UKR | 2714 | 7,0 | 2739 | 59,5 |
| 7 | 12 |
|
GM | Grischuk Alexander | RUS | 2767 | 7,0 | 2721 | 57,0 |
| 8 | 7 |
|
GM | Anand Viswanathan | IND | 2802 | 7,0 | 2686 | 55,0 |
| 9 | 1 |
|
GM | Carlsen Magnus | NOR | 2906 | 7,0 | 2685 | 54,0 |
| 10 | 6 |
|
GM | Dominguez Perez Leinier | CUB | 2803 | 7,0 | 2677 | 51,5 |
| 11 | 47 |
|
GM | Li Chao B | CHN | 2648 | 6,5 | 2758 | 57,0 |
| 12 | 13 |
|
GM | Yu Yangyi | CHN | 2743 | 6,5 | 2739 | 54,5 |
| 13 | 42 |
|
GM | Bu Xiangzhi | CHN | 2663 | 6,5 | 2724 | 52,5 |
| 14 | 39 |
|
GM | Riazantsev Alexander | RUS | 2671 | 6,5 | 2666 | 48,5 |
| 15 | 14 |
|
GM | Melkumyan Hrant | ARM | 2736 | 6,5 | 2655 | 51,0 |
| 16 | 9 |
|
GM | Radjabov Teimour | AZE | 2788 | 6,5 | 2652 | 49,5 |
| 17 | 23 |
|
GM | Tomashevsky Evgeny | RUS | 2710 | 6,5 | 2640 | 52,0 |
| 18 | 30 |
|
GM | Amonatov Farrukh | TJK | 2693 | 6,5 | 2630 | 49,5 |
| 19 | 19 |
|
GM | Onischuk Vladimir | UKR | 2720 | 6,5 | 2624 | 48,0 |
| 20 | 26 |
|
GM | Cheparinov Ivan | BUL | 2699 | 6,5 | 2609 | 45,0 |
| 21 | 56 |
|
GM | Pantsulaia Levan | GEO | 2622 | 6,0 | 2784 | 60,0 |
| 22 | 61 |
|
GM | Wei Yi | CHN | 2609 | 6,0 | 2744 | 53,0 |
| 23 | 35 |
|
GM | Bortnyk Olexandr | UKR | 2678 | 6,0 | 2670 | 47,5 |
| 24 | 8 |
|
GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | FRA | 2795 | 6,0 | 2660 | 57,0 |
| 25 | 28 |
|
GM | Akopian Vladimir | ARM | 2698 | 6,0 | 2640 | 51,5 |
| 26 | 38 |
|
GM | Howell David W L | ENG | 2671 | 6,0 | 2631 | 49,0 |
| 27 | 27 |
|
GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | RUS | 2699 | 6,0 | 2629 | 47,0 |
| 28 | 34 |
|
GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | ESP | 2685 | 6,0 | 2618 | 47,0 |
| 29 | 20 |
|
GM | Dubov Daniil | RUS | 2716 | 6,0 | 2563 | 43,5 |
| 30 | 33 |
|
GM | Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | VIE | 2685 | 5,5 | 2705 | 51,0 |
...106 players
Source: chess-results.com
Shakriyar Mamedyarov scored 3.5/5 on day 2. His loss in round 10
against Ivanchuk cost him the clear lead.
With 3.5/5 Magnus Carlsen repeated his result of day 1. With five rounds to go he is one point
behind Ivanchuk and still has chances to win the tournament. (Screenshot from the live transmission)
Things did not go too well for Anton Korobov (right), who had been leading
the tournament with 5.0/5 after day 1. On day 2 he just managed to get 2.0/5.
Levon Aronian will neither be too happy about his result on day 2. He scored 2.5/5.
Hikaru Nakamura, who started as second seed into the tournament,
is not in top shape in Doha, and after 10 rounds he has 5.5 points.
Sergey Karjakin (left) also has 5.5/10. Here Karjakin shares a smile
with Laurent Fressinet, who was second of Magnus Carlsen at the
Karjakin vs Carlsen World Championship match in New York.
In the women's tournament Anna Muzychuk kept her form. After day 1 she led the field with 4.0/4, after day 2 she has 7.0/8. With 5.5/8 her closest rivals, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Kateryna Lagno and Sarasadat Khademalsharieh follow 1.5 points behind.
Anna Muzychuk (right) dominates the tournament.
Ju Wenjun, number two on the women's world ranking list,
does not look too happy. She finishes day 2 with 4.0/8.
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | ||
| 1 | 2 |
|
GM | Muzychuk Anna | UKR | 2570 | 7,0 | 2490 | 35,0 |
| 2 | 3 |
|
GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | RUS | 2553 | 5,5 | 2499 | 35,0 |
| 3 | 1 |
|
GM | Lagno Kateryna | RUS | 2594 | 5,5 | 2481 | 35,5 |
| 4 | 21 |
|
IM | Khademalsharieh Sarasadat | IRI | 2386 | 5,5 | 2477 | 28,5 |
| 5 | 15 |
|
IM | Javakhishvili Lela | GEO | 2461 | 5,0 | 2486 | 33,5 |
| 6 | 25 |
|
IM | Kashlinskaya Alina | RUS | 2357 | 5,0 | 2480 | 33,0 |
| 7 | 5 |
|
GM | Dzagnidze Nana | GEO | 2549 | 5,0 | 2445 | 32,0 |
| 8 | 17 |
|
IM | Batsiashvili Nino | GEO | 2417 | 5,0 | 2444 | 31,0 |
| 9 | 8 |
|
GM | Ushenina Anna | UKR | 2498 | 5,0 | 2422 | 32,0 |
| 10 | 9 |
|
GM | Gunina Valentina | RUS | 2491 | 5,0 | 2389 | 32,0 |
| 11 | 13 |
|
WGM | Goryachkina Aleksandra | RUS | 2466 | 4,5 | 2504 | 34,5 |
| 12 | 18 |
|
IM | Gaponenko Inna | UKR | 2406 | 4,5 | 2495 | 36,0 |
| 13 | 12 |
|
GM | Zhao Xue | CHN | 2479 | 4,5 | 2392 | 26,5 |
| 14 | 28 |
|
WGM | Saduakassova Dinara | KAZ | 2321 | 4,0 | 2494 | 31,5 |
| 15 | 6 |
|
GM | Ju Wenjun | CHN | 2542 | 4,0 | 2457 | 32,0 |
| 16 | 14 |
|
GM | Harika Dronavalli | IND | 2464 | 4,0 | 2434 | 32,5 |
| 17 | 7 |
|
WGM | Tan Zhongyi | CHN | 2501 | 4,0 | 2422 | 31,0 |
| 18 | 4 |
|
GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | BUL | 2552 | 4,0 | 2414 | 29,0 |
| 19 | 19 |
|
GM | Zhukova Natalia | UKR | 2402 | 4,0 | 2395 | 28,5 |
| 20 | 26 |
|
IM | Gvetadze Sofio | GEO | 2326 | 4,0 | 2383 | 28,0 |
The final rounds will be played on December 28. Round 11 will begin at 3 pm local time (1 pm Berlin, 7 am New York).
