World Rapid Chess Championship 2023

The World Rapid Chess Championship 2023 was the 2023 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. The tournament was held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan from 26 to 28 December 2023, using a Swiss-system with 13 rounds for the open tournament and 11 rounds for the women's tournament. Players who were eligible to participate in the open tournament were either rated at least 2550 Elo in a FIDE rating list during 2023, or were the reigning national champion. The time control was 15 minutes per player with a 10-second per-move increment.

202 players took part in the open tournament, and 117 in the women's tournament.

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 was shared between the players. Players outside the brackets did not receive any prize money.

Open tournament:

Total: $350,000

Women's tournament:

Total: $150,000

For players who finished 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 there was a tie for the 1st place, a play-off would be played among all players in tie to determine the new champion.

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