World Rapid Chess Championship 2019

 
World Rapid Champion
Women's World Rapid Champion
 
  Magnus Carlsen Koneru Humpy
 
11½/15Scores9/12
  Born 30 November 1990
29 years old		 Born 31 March 1987
32 years old
  World Rapid Champion Women's World Rapid Champion
  Rating: 2886
(World No. 1)		 Rating: 2438
(World No. 17)

The World Rapid Chess Championship 2019 (known as the King Salman World Rapid & Blitz Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a chess tournament held 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 event took place at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia between 26 and 28 December 2019, using a Swiss-system with 15 rounds for the open tournament and 12 rounds for the women's tournament. Players eligible to participate must either be rated at least 2550 Elo in a FIDE rating list during 2019, or be a reigning national champion. Time controls for the tournament are 15+10, meaning each player initially starts with 15 minutes and gains 10 seconds increment with each move.

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