World Rapid Chess Championship

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The World Rapid Chess Championship is an annual elite tournament organized by FIDE to determine the world champion in rapid time-control chess.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chess tournament
rapid chess competition
world championship
competitionClass rapid chess
continentOfTypicalHost Asia NERFINISHED
Europe NERFINISHED
eligibility open to qualified players from all federations
firstEdition 2001
format Swiss system
followed by playoff in case of tie
frequency annual
governingBody FIDE NERFINISHED
governsTitle World Rapid Chess Champion NERFINISHED
hasGenderCategory open
women
hasMediaCoverage live broadcast with commentary
hasOnlineBroadcast chess streaming platforms
notableChampion Daniil Dubov NERFINISHED
Fabiano Caruana NERFINISHED
Hikaru Nakamura NERFINISHED
Ian Nepomniachtchi NERFINISHED
Magnus Carlsen NERFINISHED
Nodirbek Abdusattorov NERFINISHED
Sergey Karjakin NERFINISHED
Viswanathan Anand NERFINISHED
Vladimir Kramnik NERFINISHED
notableWomenChampion Alexandra Kosteniuk GENERATED
Anna Muzychuk GENERATED
Humpy Koneru GENERATED
Ju Wenjun GENERATED
Kateryna Lagno GENERATED
numberOfRounds typically 11 or 12 rounds in women section
typically 15 rounds in open section
oftenHeldTogetherWith World Blitz Chess Championship NERFINISHED
organizer FIDE NERFINISHED
participantType elite chess players
grandmasters
purpose to determine the world rapid chess champion
rankingSystem score-based with tiebreaks
reintroduced 2012
scope worldwide
sport chess
timeControl rapid
titleAwardedBy FIDE Presidential Board NERFINISHED
typicalStartTime late December
typicalTimeControl 15 minutes plus 10 seconds increment per move
usesRules FIDE Laws of Chess NERFINISHED
usesTiebreakCriteria Buchholz system NERFINISHED
direct encounter
playoff games
usesTimeControlDefinition FIDE rapid time control

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Viswanathan Anand participatedIn World Rapid Chess Championship