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.
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World Blitz Champion |
Women's World Blitz Champion | |||||
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 Magnus Carlsen |
 Bibisara Assaubayeva | |||||
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Born 30 November 1990 32 years old |
Born 26 February 2004 18 years old | |||||
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Participants edit
176 players took part in the open tournament,[3] and 99 in the women's tournament.[4]
Prize fund edit
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 edit
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 |
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| 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 edit
For players who finish on the same score, final position was determined by the following tie-breaks, in order:
- 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)
- Buchholz (the sum of the scores of each of the opponents of a player)
- Average Rating of Opponents Cut 1 (average rating of opponents excluding the lowest rated opponent)
- The results of individual games between tied players
- 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 edit
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).
Women's tournament results edit
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.
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Regulations for the FIDE Open World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2022" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-12-17.
- ^ a b "Results - OPEN Blitz". FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ "Results - Women Blitz". FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ "FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship 2022". Chess.com. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
- ^ "Schedule". FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
- ^ World Chess (2022-12-20). "World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2022: all you need to know". Worldchess.com. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
- ^ "Results - WOMEN Blitz". FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-19.