FIDE King Salman World Rapid Championship/Final

Board 1 Round 15 No.1 and No.3 … Carlsen goes undefeated and becomes 3x World Champion in Rapid Chess.

Carlsen’s first World Title in Rapids play was in 2014 and then 2015. He also holds the No.1 rating [Rapid]

Top 10 Rapids Final [15 Rounds]

Another tie for 2nd place in the @worldrapidblitz with 10.5/15 like last year (3rd place on tiebreaks again as well). Happy with 13 of my games (loss to Shirov when he played perfectly and not converting against MVL). Hard to complain about the overall result though.

— Hikaru Nakamura (@GMHikaru) December 28, 2019

REPRESENTING : 16 year old phenom Alireza Firouzja playing under the FIDE flag wins the SILVER.

Rd 15 Firouzja -Mamedyarov 1-0

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O Ne7 9. Rd1 d4 10. Nb1 c5 11. d3 Nbc6 12. a4 O-O 13. Na3 a6 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Qe2 Rab8 16. Nc4 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Na5 Rfc8 19. Nxc6 Nxc6 20. f4 Ne7 21. e5 c4 22. Bb4 Nf5 23. g4 Ne3 24. Bd6 Qd8 25. Bxb8 Rxb8 26. g5 h6 27. h4 Bf8 28. Rdc1 hxg5 29. hxg5 Kg7 30. Qf2 Bb4 31. b3 Qh8 32. bxc4 bxc4 33. Rcb1 Qh5 34. Ra8 Rb6 35. Bf3 Qh3 36. Qh2 Qxh2+ 37. Kxh2 Nxc2 38. dxc4 d3 39. Be4 Ne1 40. Rd8 d2 41. Rxd2 1-0

India has another World Champion Grand Master Humpy Koneru .

Rd13 Koneru, Humpy – Lei, Tingjie 0-1

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Re8 16. h3 Nf6 17. Qf4 Qc7 18. Ne5 Re7 19. d5 exd5 20. exd5 Qd6 21. Ng6 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Qxf4 23. Nxf4 Kf8 24. h4 Rd8 25. Re5 Ne8 26. f3 Nd6 27. Kf2 b5 28. Re2 Rc8 29. Rc2 0-1

Rd14 Lei, Tingjie – Koneru, Humpy 0-1

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 h6 7. f3 Ne7 8. Qd2 f5 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. Nge2 c5 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Bc2 Be6 13. Rd1 Nc8 14. Bb3 f4 15. Bf2 Qe7 16. Ba4 Bd7 17. Nc1 O-O 18. c5 d5 19. exd5 e4 20. d6 Qe8 21. Qe2 e3 22. Bg1 Bf5 23. Nd3 g5 24. h4 a5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Bb3+ Be6 27. Ba4 Na7 28. Qc2 Rb8 29. Kf1 Qg6 30. Re1 Bf5 31. Rd1 Nd7 32. Qe2 Bxd3 33. Rxd3 Nxc5 34. Bb3+ Rxb3 35. axb3 Qxd3 36. Qxd3 Nxd3 37. Ke2 Nc1+ 38. Kd1 Nxb3 39. Ne4 Rf5 40. g4 Rd5+ 41. Kc2 Nd4+ 42. Kd3 Nxf3+ 43. Ke2 Nd4+ 44. Kd3 Nab5 45. d7 Rxd7 0-1

TIE BREAK -Armageddon (Black has less time yet a draw equals a Win)

Rd15 Lei, Tingjie – Koneru, Humpy 1/2-1/2

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 O-O 7. Bb3 Bg4 8. c3 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. Bc2 Nfd7 11. d4 Ne6 12. Nf1 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Bg5 14. Be3 Bf4 15. Ng3 g6 16. d5 cxd5 17. exd5 Ng5 18. Kg2 h5 19. Qd2 h4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Ne4 h3+ 22. Kh1 Nxf3 23. Qxf4 Nxe1 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rg1 Re5 26. c4 Qe7 27. Rg3 Re8 28. f3 Kg7 29. Rxh3 Rh8 30. Rg3 Rh4 31. Qd2 Nc5 32. Qc3 Nxe4 33. fxe4 Qf6 34. Qe3 b6 35. Rg1 Reh5 36. Rg2 Qf1+ 37. Qg1 Qf3 38. Bd1 Rxh2+ 39. Qxh2 Rxh2+ 40. Kxh2 Qxd1 41. Kg3 Qe1+ 42. Kf3 Qf1+ 43. Rf2 Qd3+ 44. Kf4 f6 45. b3 Qh3 46. Rf3 Qh6+ 47. Kg3 Qg5+ 48. Kh3 Qh5+ 49. Kg3 Qe5+ 50. Kf2 Qxe4 51. Re3 Qf4+ 52. Ke2 Qg4+ 53. Kd3 Qf5+ 54. Kc3 Kf7 55. b4 Qf4 56. Rh3 Qe5+ 57. Kb3 g5 58. Rh7+ Kg6 59. Rxa7 g4 60. Ra8 g3 61. Ka4 Kg7 62. Ra7+ Kg6 63. Ra8 Kg7 64. Ra7+ Kg6 65. Ra8 Kg7 66. Ra7+ Kg6 ½-½

"This is my first world title so I am very happy and excited with this victory," women's world rapid champion Humpy Koneru. "I did not have any expectations to finish first."#rapidblitz #India #chess #quoteoftheday https://t.co/StHkF6FMl2

— International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) December 28, 2019