# World Rapid Chess Championship 2024

The World Rapid Chess Championship 2024 was the 2024 edition of the annual World Rapid Chess Championship held by FIDE to determine the world champions in chess played under rapid time controls. The tournament was held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City from 26 to 28 December 2024, using a Swiss system with 13 rounds for the open tournament and 11 rounds for the women's tournament. Players eligible to participate in the open tournament had to either be rated at least 2550 Elo in a FIDE rating list during 2024, or be a reigning national champion. The time control was 15 minutes per player with a 10-second per-move increment. Since 2012, FIDE has held the World Rapid and Blitz Championships at a joint tournament.

## Prize Fund

The prize fund for both the open and women's tournaments is shown below. In case of a tie all prize money is divided equally between players with the same score.
| Open tournament 1st place: $90,0002nd place: $70,0003rd place: $56,0004th place: $45,0005th place: $36,0006th place: $29,0007th place: $24,0008th place: $20,0009th place: $17,00010th place: $15,00011th–15th places: $10,000 each16th–20th places: $7,000 each21st–30th places: $4,300 each31st-40th places: $2,000 each | Women's tournament 1st place: $60,0002nd place: $40,0003rd place: $28,0004th place: $22,0005th place: $18,0006th place: $15,0007th place: $12,0008th place: $9,0009th place: $6,50010th place: $4,00011th–15th places: $1,800 each16th-20th places: $1,000 each |
| Total: $550,000 | Total: $228,500 |

## Results

The top 20 players in the open division were:
| Rank | SNo | Player | Points | TB1 |
| 1 | 59 | Volodar Murzin | 10 | 100.5 |
| 2 | 20 | Alexander Grischuk | 9.5 | 96.5 |
| 3 | 5 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 9.5 | 91 |
| 4 | 14 | Leinier Dominguez Perez | 9 | 101.5 |
| 5 | 16 | Arjun Erigaisi | 9 | 97.5 |
| 6 | 24 | Javokhir Sindarov | 9 | 92.5 |
| 7 | 7 | Alireza Firouzja | 9 | 92 |
| 8 | 19 | Daniil Dubov | 9 | 92 |
| 9 | 41 | Karen H. Grigoryan | 9 | 88.5 |
| 10 | 45 | Samuel Sevian | 8.5 | 99.5 |
| 11 | 18 | Anish Giri | 8.5 | 96.5 |
| 12 | 113 | Mahammad Muradli | 8.5 | 94.0 |
| 13 | 15 | Yu Yangyi | 8.5 | 93.5 |
| 14 | 13 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 8.5 | 93.0 |
| 15 | 2 | Fabiano Caruana | 8.5 | 91.0 |
| 16 | 29 | Ray Robson | 8.5 | 91.0 |
| 17 | 17 | R Praggnanandhaa | 8.5 | 88.0 |
| 18 | 30 | Olexandr Bortnyk | 8.5 | 86.5 |
| 19 | 4 | Wei Yi | 8.5 | 86.0 |
| 20 | 43 | Hans Niemann | 8.5 | 83.5 |
The top 20 players in the women's division were:
| Rank | SNo | Player | Points | TB1 |
| 1 | 10 | Koneru Humpy | 8.5 | 63.0 |
| 2 | 1 | Ju Wenjun | 8.0 | 75.0 |
| 3 | 8 | Kateryna Lagno | 8.0 | 72.0 |
| 4 | 3 | Tan Zhongyi | 8.0 | 67.0 |
| 5 | 12 | Harika Dronavalli | 8.0 | 65.0 |
| 6 | 4 | Alexandra Kosteniuk | 8.0 | 64.5 |
| 7 | 83 | Afruza Khamdamova | 8.0 | 64.0 |
| 8 | 6 | Bibisara Assaubayeva | 7.5 | 69.0 |
| 9 | 30 | Irene Kharisma Sukandar | 7.5 | 67.5 |
| 10 | 23 | Stavroula Tsolakidou | 7.5 | 61.5 |
| 11 | 70 | Deysi Cori | 7.5 | 61.0 |
| 12 | 11 | Mariya Muzychuk | 7.5 | 58.5 |
| 13 | 35 | Turmunkh Munkhzul | 7.0 | 68.5 |
| 14 | 15 | Elisabeth Paehtz | 7.0 | 67.5 |
| 15 | 43 | Dinara Wagner | 7.0 | 63.5 |
| 16 | 26 | Meruert Kamalidenova | 7.0 | 62.0 |
| 17 | 14 | Anna Muzychuk | 7.0 | 61.5 |
| 18 | 5 | Zhu Jiner | 7.0 | 61.0 |
| 19 | 9 | Zhao Xue | 7.0 | 57.5 |
| 20 | 16 | Huang Qian | 7.0 | 57.0 |

## Withdrawal of Magnus Carlsen

Following round six of the tournament, defending champion Magnus Carlsen was warned and fined for wearing jeans, which violated the dress code. He refused to change his attire, which prompted the organizers to not pair him for round nine. He had scored 5/8 in the first eight rounds. Instead of continuing the next day, Carlsen decided to withdraw from the tournament, and also announced he would not participate in the World Blitz Chess Championship. FIDE released a statement that the "decision was made impartially and applies equally to all players", noting that participant Ian Nepomniachtchi was fined for wearing a sport shoes, and then complied with the rules by changing into approved attire. Carlsen responded in an interview with Levy Rozman, "I am pretty tired of FIDE, so I want no more of this". However, on 29 December, after FIDE altered the dress code to allow jeans, Carlsen reversed his decision and announced that he would take part in the World Blitz Chess Championship after all.