World Rapid Chess Championship 2021

World Rapid Chess Championship 2021
 
World Rapid Champion
Women's World Rapid Champion
 
  Uzbekistan Nodirbek Abdusattorov [a] Alexandra Kosteniuk
 
9½/13Scores9/11
  Born 18 September 2004
17 years old		 Born 23 April 1984
37 years old
  Rating: 2593
(World No. 132)		 Rating: 2515
(World No. 6)
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The World Rapid Chess Championship 2021 is the 2021 edition of the annual World Rapid Chess Championship held by FIDE 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. Originally planned to be held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, new coronavirus restrictions introduced by the Kazakh government prompted FIDE to change the location of the tournament[1] to Warsaw, Poland.[2]

The event took place at the Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw between 26 and 28 December 2021,[3] using a Swiss-system with 13 rounds for the open tournament and 11 rounds for the women's tournament. Players eligible to participate in the open tournament must either be rated at least 2550 Elo in a FIDE rating list during 2021, or be a reigning national champion.[4] Time controls for the tournament are 15+10, meaning each player initially starts with 15 minutes and gains 10 seconds increment with each move.


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  2. ^ "World Rapid & Blitz Championship 2021 to be held in Warsaw, Poland". www.fide.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-10. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
  3. ^ "World Rapid and Blitz Championships - Live!". Chess News. 2021-12-27. Archived from the original on 2021-12-28. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
  4. ^ "Regulations for the FIDE Open World Rapid & Blitz Championships 25-31 December 2021" (PDF). 2021-12-28. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-12-29. Retrieved 2021-12-29.