World Rapid Chess Championship 2019

The World Rapid Chess Championship 2019 (known as the King Salman World Rapid & Blitz Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a chess tournament held to determine the world champion in chess played under rapid time controls. Since 2012, FIDE has held the World Rapid and Blitz Championships at a joint tournament.

The event took place at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia between 26 and 28 December 2021, using a Swiss-system with 15 rounds for the open tournament and 12 rounds for the women's tournament. Players eligible to participate must either be rated at least 2550 Elo in a FIDE rating list during 2019, or be a reigning national champion. Time controls for the tournament are 15+10, meaning each player initially starts with 15 minutes and gains 10 seconds increment with each move.

Participants
207 players took part in the open tournament, and 122 in the women's tournament.

Prize Fund
The prize fund for both the open's and women's tournament is shown below. In case of a tie (except for first place) all prize money is shared between the players. Players outside the brackets do not receive any prize money. All amounts are in USD.

Open tournament:

1st place: $60,000

2nd place: $50,000

3rd place: $40,000

4th place: $30,000

5th place: $25,000

6th place: $22,000

7th place: $18,000

8th place: $14,000

9th place: $11,000

10th place: $8,000

11th–16th places: $5,000

17th–25th places: $3,000

26th–35th places: $1,500

Total: $350,000

Women's tournament:

1st place: $40,000

2nd place: $30,000

3rd place: $20,000

4th place: $15,000

5th place: $10,000

6th place: $7,000

7th place: $6,000

8th place: $5,000

9th place: $4,000

10th place: $3,000

11th–15th places: $2,000

Total: $150,000

Schedule
The opening ceremony took place on Wednesday 25 December. Start times are approximate as all matches in the previous round must finish before the next round can commence. All times are CET.

Open tournament results
The following table lists all participants, with the results from the 15 rounds. They are ranked according to the results, taking into account the tie-breaks.

Notation: "1 (W 56)" indicates a win (1 point) with white pieces (W) against player of rank 56 (Azamat Utegaliyev). The first tiebreak (labeled BC1) is the Buchholz Cut 1 score, the second tiebreak (labeled BS) is the Buchholz score, and the third tiebreak (labelled AROC1) is the average rating of opponents cut 1.

Women's tournament results
The following table lists all participants, with the results from the 17 rounds. They are ranked according to the results, taking into account the tie-breaks.

Notation: "1 (W 106)" indicates a win (1 point) with white pieces (W) against player of rank 106 (Margarita Potapova). The first tiebreak (labeled BC1) is the Buchholz Cut 1 score, the second tiebreak (labeled BS) is the Buchholz score, and the third tiebreak (labelled AROC1) is the average rating of opponents cut 1.