World Blitz Chess Championship 2022 Explained

Comp1:Magnus Carlsen
Comp2:Bibisara Assaubayeva
Title1:World Blitz Champion
Title2:Women's World Blitz Champion
Flag1:NOR
Flag2:KAZ
Dob1:30 November 1990
Age1:32 years old
Dob2:26 February 2004
Age2:18 years old
Prev:2021
Prev Link:World Blitz Chess Championship 2021
Next:2023
Next Link:World Blitz Chess Championship 2023
Score1:16/21
Score2:13/17

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.

Participants

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

Prize fund

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.[4] All amounts are in United States dollars.

Open tournament:

Total: $350,000

Women's tournament:

Total: $150,000

Schedule

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.[5] [6]

Open roundWomen's roundDateTime
11Thursday 29 December15:00
2215:30
3316:00
4416:30
5517:00
6617:30
7718:00
8818:30
9919:00
1019:30
1120:00
1220:30
1310Friday 30 December14:00
141114:30
151215:00
161315:30
171416:00
181516:30
191617:00
201717:30
2118:00

Tiebreak regulations

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

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.[7]

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

RankNameRating123456789101112131415161718192021Total
1 Magnus Carlsen2830162642742721
2 Hikaru Nakamura29091 (B 39)1 (W 91)½ (B 4)1 (W 15)1 (B 23)½ (B 6)1 (B 3)1 (W 8)½ (B 12)1 (W 30)0 (B 7)½ (W 24)½ (W 17)15272½2832726
3 Haik M. Martirosyan27450 (W 72)1 (B 113)1 (W 39)1 (B 119)1 (W 38)0 (B 4)1 (W 115)1 (B 85)1 (B 88)0 (W 2)1 (B 16)1 (B 6)1 (B 8)½ (W 12)½ (B 10)1 (B 7)1 (W 15)15258267½2677
4 Anish Giri279214½268 2772711
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
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

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.

RankNameRating1234567891011121314151617TotalBC1BSAROC1
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
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 and References

  1. Web site: 2022-12-12. A chess highlight at the end of the year: the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz World Championships 2022. 2022-12-17. Chessbase. en.
  2. Web site: 2022-12-17. Regulations for the FIDE Open World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2022.
  3. Web site: Results - Women Blitz. 2022-12-30. FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2022. en.
  4. Web site: FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship 2022. 2022-12-17. Chess.com. en-US.
  5. Web site: Schedule. 2022-12-17. FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships. en-GB.
  6. Web site: World Chess . 2022-12-20 . World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2022: all you need to know . 2022-12-20 . Worldchess.com.
  7. Web site: Results - OPEN Blitz. 2022-12-30. FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2022. en-GB.
  8. Web site: Results - WOMEN Blitz. 2022-01-19. FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2022. en-GB.