2017-12-26

World Rapid Championship 2017


The World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships are a tournaments held by FIDE to determine the World Champion in chess since 2012.

Previous Championships: Rapid 2014 | Rapid 2013 |  Rapid 2012 

The 2017 King Salman FIDE World Rapid Championship is a 15-round Swiss open taking place in the Apex Convention Centre in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh from 26-28 December. The prize fund is $750,000, with $250,000 for 1st place.

The time control is 15 minutes per player for all moves, with a 10-second increment from move 1. No playoffs will be held if players end on the same number of points, with monetary prizes shared equally.

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Schedule: (UTC)
Round 1      Dec 26, 2017    11:00 
Round 2      Dec 26, 2017    12:15 
Round 3      Dec 26, 2017    13:30 
Round 4      Dec 26, 2017    14:45 
Round 5      Dec 26, 2017    15:00 
Round 6      Dec 27, 2017    11:00 
Round 7      Dec 27, 2017    12:15 
Round 8      Dec 27, 2017    13:30 
Round 9      Dec 27, 2017    14:45 
Round 10    Dec 27, 2017    15:00 
Round 11    Dec 28, 2017    11:00 
Round 12    Dec 28, 2017    12:15 
Round 13    Dec 28, 2017    13:30 
Round 14    Dec 28, 2017    14:45 
Round 15    Dec 28, 2017    16:00   

The 2017 world rapid champion is the Indian grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand. The winner in the women's section is Nana Dzagnidze. Congratulations!


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