World Rapid Chess Championship 2019

	World Rapid Champion	Women's World Rapid Champion
	Magnus Carlsen	Koneru Humpy
	11½/15 Scores 9/12
	Born 30 November 1990 29 years old	Born 31 March 1987 32 years old
	World Rapid Champion	Women's World Rapid Champion
	Rating: 2886 (World No. 1)	Rating: 2438 (World No. 17)
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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,^[1] 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.^[2] Time controls for the tournament are 15+10, meaning each player initially starts with 15 minutes and gains 10 seconds increment with each move.