FIDE World Rapid Championship 2021

  • 11 Jan 2022

The 2021 World Rapid Championship was organized at Warsaw, Poland from December 26 through December 30.

Winners

  • Men’s: GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan) won the champion. Ian Alexandrovich Nepomniachtchi (Russia) came second, while Magnus Carlsen (Norway) –the winner of previous title (2019) came third. The event did not take place in 2020 due to Covid 19. Viswanathan Anand from India won this title in 2017 at Riyadh (Saudi Arabia).
  • Women’s: GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia) won her first Women's World Rapid Chess Championship title after coming in second in 2012, 2014, and 2016.