World Blitz Chess Championship 2022

The 2022 World Blitz Chess Championship was the 2022 edition of the annual chess tournament held by FIDE to determine the world champion in chess played under blitz time controls. Since 2012, FIDE has held the World Rapid and Blitz Championships at a joint tournament. The tournament was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan from 29–30 December 2022,[1] using a Swiss-system with 21 rounds for the open tournament and 17 rounds for the women's tournament. Players eligible to participate were to either be rated at least 2550 Elo (2250 Elo for women) in a FIDE rating list during 2022, or be a reigning national champion.[2] Time controls for the tournament were 3+2, meaning each player initially starts with 3 minutes and gains 2 additional seconds following each move.

World Blitz Chess Championship 2022
 
World Blitz Champion
Women's World Blitz Champion
 
  Norway Magnus Carlsen Kazakhstan Bibisara Assaubayeva
 
16/21Scores13/17
  Born 30 November 1990
32 years old
Born 26 February 2004
18 years old
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2023 →

Participants

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176 players took part in the open tournament,[3] and 99 in the women's tournament.[4]

Prize fund

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The prize fund for both the open 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.[5] All amounts are in United States dollars.

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

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The opening ceremony took place on Sunday 25 December. Start times are approximate as all matches in the previous round must finish before the next round can commence. All times are EKT.[6][7]

Open round Women's round Date Time
1 1 Thursday 29 December 15:00
2 2 15:30
3 3 16:00
4 4 16:30
5 5 17:00
6 6 17:30
7 7 18:00
8 8 18:30
9 9 19:00
10 19:30
11 20:00
12 20:30
13 10 Friday 30 December 14:00
14 11 14:30
15 12 15:00
16 13 15:30
17 14 16:00
18 15 16:30
19 16 17:00
20 17 17:30
21 18:00

Tiebreak regulations

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For players who finish on the same score, final position was determined by the following tie-breaks, in order:

  1. Buchholz Cut 1 (the sum of the scores of each of the opponents of a player but reduced by the lowest score of the opponents)
  2. Buchholz (the sum of the scores of each of the opponents of a player)
  3. Average Rating of Opponents Cut 1 (average rating of opponents excluding the lowest rated opponent)
  4. The results of individual games between tied players
  5. Drawing of lots

If two or more players were tied for any position other than first, the above mentioned tiebreak system decided the ranking of the tied players.

If two or more players were tied for first, the top two players who finished the highest on the above mentioned tiebreaks would have played a two game mini match with the time control of 3+2 (with colours of the first game drawn) to decide the winner. If the score is tied 1-1, the players continue to play single 3+2 games until one of the players has won one game (the player who finished highest on the above mentioned tiebreaks shall have the white pieces for the first game and the colours will alternate from the next game).

Open tournament results

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The following table lists all participants, with the results from the 21 rounds. They are ranked according to the results, taking into account the tie-breaks.[3]

Notation: "1 (B 102)" indicates a win (1 point) with black pieces (B) against player of rank 102 (Vladislav Kovalev).

Rank Name Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Total BC1 BS AROC1
1   Magnus Carlsen 2830 1 (B 102) 1 (W 56) 1 (B 68) 1 (W 70) 1 (B 5) ½ (W 23) 1 (B 4) ½ (B 2) ½ (W 8) ½ (W 67) ½ (B 6) ½ (B 10) 1 (W 3) 1 (W 9) 0 (B 12) 1 (W 13) 1 (B 15) 1 (W 40) 0 (B 7) 1 (B 24) 1 (W 19) 16 264 274 2721
2   Hikaru Nakamura 2909 1 (B 39) 1 (W 91) 1 (B 32) 1 (W 18) ½ (B 4) 1 (W 15) 1 (B 23) ½ (W 1) ½ (B 6) ½ (W 5) 1 (B 3) 1 (W 8) ½ (B 9) ½ (B 12) 0 (W 10) 1 (W 30) 1 (B 11) 0 (B 7) ½ (W 24) 1 (B 13) ½ (W 17) 15 272½ 283 2726
3   Haik M. Martirosyan 2745 0 (W 72) 1 (B 113) 1 (W 39) 1 (B 119) 1 (W 38) 0 (B 4) 1 (W 37) 1 (W 115) 1 (B 85) 1 (B 88) 0 (W 2) 1 (B 16) 0 (W 1) 1 (W 13) 1 (B 6) 1 (B 8) ½ (W 12) ½ (B 10) 0 (W 5) 1 (B 7) 1 (W 15) 15 258 267½ 2677
4   Anish Giri 2792 14½ 268 277 2711
5   Jan-Krzysztof Duda
6   Daniil Dubov
7   Alexey Sarana
8   Vladimir Fedoseev
9   Richárd Rapport
10   Vladislav Artemiev
11   Dmitry Andreikin
12   Ian Nepomniachtchi
13   Vincent Keymer
14   Salem Saleh
15   Fabiano Caruana
16   Denis Lazavik
17   Pentala Harikrishna
18   Nihal Sarin
19   Nodirbek Abdusattorov
20   Daniel Dardha
21   Aleksandar Inđić
22   Jakhongir Vakhidov
23   Yu Yangyi
24   Aleksandr Shimanov
25   Jules Moussard
26   Alexander Riazantsev
27   Rauf Mamedov
28   David Antón Guijarro
29   Maxim Matlakov
30   Alexander Grischuk
31   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
32   Zaven Andriasian
33   Tigran L. Petrosian
34   Andrey Esipenko
35   Volodar Murzin
36   Aydin Suleymanli
37   Andrew Tang
38   Shant Sargsyan
39   Nodirbek Yakubboev
40   Mukhiddin Madaminov
41   Christopher Yoo
42   Arjun Erigaisi
43   Mikhail Kobalia
44   Boris Gelfand
45   Bassem Amin
46   Klementy Sychev
47   Hans Niemann
48   Levan Pantsulaia
49   Adhiban Baskaran
50   Sergei Zhigalko
51   Giga Quparadze
52   Vahap Şanal
53   Sam Shankland
54   Pavel Ponkratov
55   Lê Tuấn Minh
56   Zhamsaran Tsydypov
57   Parham Maghsoodloo
58   Pranav V
59   Gabriel Sargissian
60   Aravindh Chithambaram
61   Thai Dai Van Nguyen
62   Aryan Tari
63   Rasmus Svane
64   Samvel Ter-Sahakyan
65   Mahammad Muradli
66   Timur Gareyev
67   Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
68   Ivan Cheparinov
69   Manuel Petrosyan
70   Evgeny Tomashevsky
71   Eric Hansen
72   Surya Shekhar Ganguly
73   Alvar Alonso Rosell
74   Maksim Chigaev
75   Denis Makhnev
76   Ahmed Adly
77   Francisco Vallejo Pons
78   Baadur Jobava
79   Shamsiddin Vokhidov
80   Ehsan Ghaem Maghami
81   Alexei Fedorov
82   David Paravyan
83   Matthias Blübaum
84   Raunak Sadhwani
85   Bardiya Daneshvar
86   Valentin Dragnev
87   Kazybek Nogerbek
88   Jorden van Foreest
89   Tin Jingyao
90   Vidit Gujrathi
91   Sergei Yudin
92   Frederik Svane
93   Zhandos Agmanov
94   Dambasürengiin Batsüren
95   Daniil Lintchevski
96   Bobby Cheng
97   S. L. Narayanan
98   Sébastien Mazé
99   Sanan Sjugirov
100   Amin Tabatabaei
101   Alexandr Predke
102   Vladislav Kovalev
103   Arseniy Nesterov
104   Mamikon Gharibyan
105   Pouya Idani
106   Arystan Isanzhulov
107   Arystanbek Urazayev
108   Alexander Donchenko
109   Johan-Sebastian Christiansen
110   Aman Hambleton
111   Mustafa Yilmaz
112   Gombosuren Munkhgal
113   Srinath Narayanan
114   Vasif Durarbayli
115   Nikita Petrov
116   Vugar Asadli
117   Ameet Ghasi
118   Javokhir Sindarov
119   Rinat Jumabayev
120   Robert Hovhannisyan
121   Evgeniy Najer
122   Aleksej Aleksandrov
123   Rustam Khusnutdinov
124   Ramazan Zhalmakhanov
125   Konstantin Kazakov
126   Abhimanyu Puranik
127   Tigran K. Harutyunyan
128   Abilmansur Abdilkhair
129   Denis Kadrić
130   Alexander Moiseenko
131   Sumiya Bilguun
132   Velimir Ivić
133   Rudik Makarian
134   Nderim Saraci
135   Nikolay Averin
136   Sankalp Gupta
137   Vuk Damjanovic
138   Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov
139   Munkhdalai Amilal
140   Abdulla Gadimbayli
141   Khumoyun Begmuratov
142   Aldiyar Ansat
143   Sabino Brunello
144   Maksim Tsaruk
145   Alexander Khripachenko
146   Petr Kostenko
147   Lev Zverev
148   Harsha Bharathakoti
149   Arjun Kalyan
150   Victor Bologan
151   Vladimir Burmakin
152   Daniyal Sapenov
153   Mustafokhuja Khusenkhojaev
154   Jakob Postlmayer
155   Semetei Tologon Tegin
156   Boris Savchenko
157   Artem Uskov
158   Savva Vetokhin
159   Momchil Petkov
160   Benjamin Haldorsen
161   Aziz Degenbaev
162   Andrei Shishkov
163   Alisher Suleymenov
164   Azamat Utegaliyev
165   Ediz Gurel
166   Edgar Mamedov
167   Egor Korelskiy
168   Melis Mamatov
169   Endrit Uruci
170   Ergali Suleimen
171   Ali Elier
172   Imangali Akhilbay
173   Ernur Amangeldy
174   Elijah Everett
175   Niilo Man Nissinen
176   Dinmukhammed Tulendinov

Women's tournament results

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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.[8]

Notation: "1 (B 57)" indicates a win (1 point) with black pieces (B) against player of rank 57 (Xeniya Balabayeva). 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.

Rank Name Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Total BC1 BS AROC1
1   Bibisara Assaubayeva
2   Koneru Humpy
3   Polina Shuvalova
4   Tan Zhongyi
5   Meri Arabidze
6   Kateryna Lagno
7   Nana Dzagnidze
8   Olga Badelka
9   Elisabeth Pähtz
10   Gunay Mammadzada
11   Antoaneta Stefanova
12   Zhansaya Abdumalik
13   Harika Dronavalli
14   Elina Danielian
15   Alexandra Kosteniuk
16   Umida Omonova
17   Padmini Rout
18   Anna Zatonskih
19   Valentina Gunina
20   Aleksandra Goryachkina
21   Tania Sachdev
22   Sarasadat Khademalsharieh
23   Nino Batsiashvili
24   Janelle Mae Frayna
25   Aleksandra Maltsevskaya
26   Nataliya Buksa
27   Lela Javakhishvili
28   Davaadembereliin Nomin-Erdene
29   Gong Qianyun
30   Daria Voit
31   Bela Khotenashvili
32   Anna Ushenina
33   Ekaterina Borisova
34   Savitha Shri B
35   Olga Girya
36   Evgenija Ovod
37   Afruza Khamdamova
38   Teodora Injac
39   Baira Kovanova
40   Leya Garifullina
41   Alina Bivol
42   Yuliia Osmak
43   Mariam Mkrtchyan
44   Nafisa Muminova
45   Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova
46   Turmunkh Munkhzul
47   Ulviyya Fataliyeva
48   Meruert Kamalidenova
49   Anna Lhotska
50   Daria Charochkina
51   Susanna Gaboyan
52   Govhar Beydullayeva
53   Gulnar Mammadova
54   Olga Druzhinina
55   Khanim Balajayeva
56   Nazerke Nurgali
57   Xeniya Balabayeva
58   Sofio Gvetadze
59   Anna Shukhman
60   Inna Gaponenko
61   Amina Kairbekova
62   Laman Hajiyeva
63   Lu Miaoyi
64   Zarina Nurgaliyeva
65   Lara Schulze
66   Guliskhan Nakhbayeva
67   Alua Nurmanova
68   Irina Petrova
69   Jovana Eric
70   Khishigbaatar Bayasgalan
71   Sopio Tereladze
72   Elnaz Kaliakhmet
73   Atousa Pourkashiyan
74   Liya Kurmangaliyeva
75   Altan-Ulzii Enkhtuul
76   Assel Serikbay
77   Viktoriia Kirchei
78   Alfia Nasybullina
79   Zeinep Sultanbek
80   Kristina Kim
81   Arnash Bauyrzhan
82   Yao Lan
83   Monika Machlik
84   Ayaulym Kaldarova
85   Aleksandra Samaganova
86   Ekaterina Atalik
87   Asiya Assylkhan
88   Irina Mikhaylova
89   Siti Zulaikha Foudzi
90   Galina Mikheeva
91   Tumurbaatar Nomindalai
92   Anastasya Paramzina
93   Lilit Mkrtchian
94   Gulnar Balakanova
95   Bakhyt Balakanova
96   Marina Martins De Aguiar
97   Jocelyn Chen
98   Aidana Madi
99   Dinara Saduakassova

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "A chess highlight at the end of the year: the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz World Championships 2022". Chessbase. 2022-12-12. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  2. ^ "Regulations for the FIDE Open World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2022" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-12-17.
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  4. ^ "Results - Women Blitz". FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  5. ^ "FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship 2022". Chess.com. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  6. ^ "Schedule". FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  7. ^ World Chess (2022-12-20). "World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2022: all you need to know". Worldchess.com. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
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