Magnus Carlsen and Anastasia Bodnaruk are World Rapid 2023 champions, Humpy Silver

by Shahid Ahmed - 28/12/2023

Magnus Carlsen won his fifth World Rapid and 16th World Championship crown. He remained undefeated. In the press conference he answered to a question that, he did not face strong top players like - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Fabiano Caruana, Alexander Grischuk, Richard Rapport and others. Vidit Gujrathi scored 9/13 to finish fourth. R Praggnanandhaa and Arjun Erigaisi scored 9/13 and 8.5/13 to secure eighth and 15th places. IM Anastasia Bodnaruk won the Women's event. She defeated Koneru Humpy in the Playoffs to clinch the Gold, Humpy had to settle for second place. FM Sahithi Varshini and WGM Priyanka Nutakki scored an impressive 7.5/11 and 7/11 to be placed 13th and 22nd. A total of 11 rounds in Open and nine rounds of Blitz will start today at 3 p.m. local time, 3:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Shahid Ahmed

Vidit and Praggnanandhaa make it into the top ten, Sahithi and Priyanka impressive

IM Anastasia Bodnaruk became the first International Master to become World Rapid Women's champion.

IM Anastasia Bodnaruk and GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR) are World Rapid 2023 champions

Magnus Carlsen is the World Rapid Champion 2023 | Video: ChessBase India

Anastasia Bodnaruk: "Humpy played better than me, but I played faster. This was my way to success | Video: FIDE

Round 10 Open: Carlsen beats Fedoseev, gains sole lead

Vladimir Fedoseev (SLO, 2716) got outplayed by Magnus Carlsen (NOR, 2818). A year and a day ago, Fedoseev managed to draw against Carlsen. However, this time he could not maintain that. Vidit Gujrathi (2691) and Arjun Erigaisi (2654) defeated Anton Korobov (UKR, 2601) and Ivan Cheparinov (BUL, 2618) respectively.

Vladimir Fedoseev vs Magnus Carlsen | Video: ChessBase India

Magnus Carlsen started the final day of Rapid with a victory

Zafar Butaev, General Director of Silk Road Samarkand resort, made the ceremonial first move of Round 10 Open on Vladimir Fedoseev and Magnus Carlsen's board

Round 9 Women: Humpy splits the point with Bodnaruk

GM Koneru Humpy (2444) drew against the eventual champion and then sole leader, IM Anastasia Bodnaruk (2265). In retrospect, she probably should have played the game instead of repeating moves and taking a short 18 move draw. WGM Priyanka Nutakki's five-game unbeaten streak was stopped by IM Leya Garifullina (2287). FM Sahithi Varshini M (2138) defeated her third IM of the event - Stavroula Tsolakidou (GRE, 2349). FIDE Women's World Cup 2023 Finals rematch between GM Aleksandra Goryachkina (2486) and IM Nurgyul Salimova (BUL, 2371) ended in a draw. Battle of former Women's Champions - GM Wenjun Ju (CHN, 2575) and GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR, 2424) also ended in a draw.

IM Nurgyul Salimova (BUL) has to wait a little longer to avenge her FIDE Women's World Cup 2023 Finals loss against GM Aleksandra Goryachkina

GM Wenjun Ju (CHN) faced GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR) for the first time in a rated game since Lausanne GP in March 2020

Round 11 Open: Magnus beats Pouya, Arjun succumbs against Vidit

A tiny inaccuracy by GM Pouya Idani (IRI, 2516) turned out to be massive as he lost to the world no.1, Magnus Carlsen (NOR). In a battle between India no.3 and 4, Vidit Gujrathi (2691) prevailed over Arjun Erigaisi (2654).

Magnus Carlsen vs Pouya Idani | Video: ChessBase India

Magnus Carlsen (NOR) defeated Pouya Idani (IRI) to maintain his sole lead

Arjun Erigaisi vs Vidit Gujrathi | Video: ChessBase India

Vidit Gujrathi got the better of Arjun Erigaisi

Bharath Subramaniyam H bounced back with a victory against Rauf Mamedov (AZE)

Dubov casually sacrifices, creates Masterpiece against Giga Quparadze | Video: ChessBase India

Round 10 Women: Priyanka draws against Anna, Savitha beats Harika

IM Leya Garifullina held GM Koneru Humpy to a draw. WGM Priyanka Nutakki bounced back by sharing the point with GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR). FM Sahithi Varshini M (2138) defeated another IM - Ann Matnadze Bujiashvili (ESP, 2351). WGM Savitha Shri B (2238) won against GM Harika Dronavalli (2440).

GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR) - WGM Priyanka Nutakki: 0.5-0.5

WGM Savitha Shri B seized her advantage using her extra pawn against GM Harika Dronavalli

Round 12 Open: Bharath draws against Praggnanandhaa, Arjun loses versus Fedoseev

Magnus drew against GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB, 2818) to gain full point lead heading into the final round. GM Bharath Subramaniyam H drew against GM Alexander Grischuk (2678). GM Mitrabha Guha (2436) defeated his fourth GM in-a-row who is rated higher than him.

Round 11 Women: Humpy beats Lagno to setup Playoff against Bodnaruk

GM Koneru Humpy defeated GM Kateryna Lagno (2463) to move to 8.5/11, same as IM Anastasia Bodnaruk and GM Tingjie Lei (CHN, 2517). As per the tournament regulations, only top two play the Playoffs. Thus, the Playoffs took place and Bodnaruk won 2.5-1.5. WGM Priyanka Nutakki drew against the reigning two-time World Blitz Women's champion, IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ, 2436). FM Sahithi Varshini won against her first GM of the event - Mariya Muzychuk (UKR). The teenager scored her second hat-trick of the tournament. What a beautiful way to finish her debut where she is gaining 199.2 Elo rating points in Rapid.

The title decider - Humpy vs Bodnaruk | Video: ChessBase India

Two perfectly captured moments by World Class photographer - Lennart Ootes tells you what exactly happened | Photo: FIDE/Lennart Ootes

GM Tingjie Lei vs IM Anastasia Bodnaruk | Video: ChessBase India

Round 13 Open: Magnus draws against Praggnanandhaa to become clear champion.

The FIDE World Cup 2023 final rematch between Magnus and Praggnandhaa ended in a draw. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) and Vidit Gujrathi also drew against each other.

Magnus Carlsen (NOR) vs R Praggnanandhaa | Video: ChessBase India

Magnus Carlsen just needed to draw this game to become a clear champion

For more Round 10 Open and Round 9 Women, Round 11 Open and Round 10 Women, Round 13 Open and Round 9 Women and Post-event press conference photos, please click at the respective links.

Magnus Carlsen tweeted on his triumph

Fabiano Caruana and his friend GM Cristian Chirila (USA) released a new episode of C-Squared podcast on their youtube channel

Dress Code Drama and The Magnus Lounge | Video: C-Squared

A day after FM Anna-Maja Kazarian (NED) got fined for 'not complying official dress code', Nihal Sarin tweeted about enduring some turmoil after the Rapid event got over

GM Hans Niemann tweeted which has now been deleted: Chess has officially become a sport. After my final victory, I was asked to take a urine test. I obliged and was told that the denstiny of my urine was not sufficient and that I needed to wait an hour. After 30 minutes, I insisted on trying again and it was deemed "dense enough".

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Round 13 Open results

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
13	1	1	GM	Carlsen Magnus	2818	9½	½ - ½	8½	GM	Praggnanandhaa R	2706	14
13	3	4	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2767	8½	½ - ½	8½	GM	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	2691	18
13	11	26	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	2654	8	½ - ½	8	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2642	32
13	12	137	GM	Bharath Subramaniyam H	2426	8	0 - 1	7½	GM	Artemiev Vladislav	2721	10
13	13	23	GM	Nihal Sarin	2667	7½	½ - ½	7½	GM	Narayanan S L	2586	58
13	14	74	GM	Quparadze Giga	2559	7½	0 - 1	7½	GM	Gukesh D	2656	24
13	19	134	GM	Mitrabha Guha	2436	7½	0 - 1	7½	GM	Matlakov Maxim	2616	45
13	28	49	GM	Chanda Sandipan	2602	7	0 - 1	7	GM	Lazavik Denis	2509	101
13	40	69	GM	Sjugirov Sanan	2571	6½	0 - 1	6½	GM	Pranav V	2472	122
13	47	86	GM	Demchenko Anton	2538	6½	1 - 0	6½	GM	Aditya Mittal	2381	150
13	52	55	GM	Hovhannisyan Robert	2589	6	1 - 0	6	GM	Adhiban B.	2528	92
13	56	127	GM	Zvjaginsev Vadim	2469	6	½ - ½	6	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2573	68
13	57	138	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2426	6	½ - ½	6	GM	Petrosyan Manuel	2561	72
13	73	129	GM	Pranesh M	2459	5	0 - 1	5	FM	Sapenov Daniyal	2285	174
13	79	30	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2645	4½	1 - 0	4½	FM	Vakhidov Daler	2110	192

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Round 11 Women results

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
11	2	8	GM	Koneru Humpy	2444	7½	1 - 0	7½	GM	Lagno Kateryna	2463	6
11	9	69	WGM	Priyanka Nutakki	2205	6½	½ - ½	6½	IM	Assaubayeva Bibisara	2436	10
11	11	80	FM	Sahithi Varshini M	2138	6½	1 - 0	6	GM	Muzychuk Mariya	2457	7
11	13	13	WGM	Divya Deshmukh	2422	6	½ - ½	6	WGM	Savitha Shri B	2238	60
11	14	61	IM	Fataliyeva Ulviyya	2227	6	1 - 0	6	IM	Vaishali Rameshbabu	2373	20
11	25	9	GM	Dronavalli Harika	2440	5	1 - 0	5½	WIM	Serikbay Assel	2113	88
11	33	46	WGM	Pourkashiyan Atousa	2281	5	1 - 0	5		Velpula Sarayu	1751	110
11	37	56	IM	Padmini Rout	2255	4½	½ - ½	4½	FM	Kurmangaliyeva Liya	2094	91
11	40	84	WIM	Kairbekova Amina	2129	4½	0 - 1	4½	WGM	Rakshitta Ravi	1921	103
11	41	105	WFM	Allahverdiyeva Ayan	1903	4½	1 - 0	4½	IM	Soumya Swaminathan	2104	89

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Final standings in Open

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	1	GM	Carlsen, Magnus	NOR	2818	10	99	103,5	2640	0	0,44	10	4,4
2	11	GM	Fedoseev, Vladimir	SLO	2716	9,5	98	102	2627	0	1,25	10	12,5
3	15	GM	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	2699	9	99,5	105,5	2651	0	1,41	10	14,1
4	18	GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	IND	2691	9	98,5	104,5	2625	0	1,16	10	11,6
5	79	GM	Murzin, Volodar	FID	2547	9	97	101	2661	0	3,86	10	38,6
6	4	GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	FRA	2767	9	96	102	2620	0	-0,15	10	-1,5
7	13	GM	Dubov, Daniil	FID	2712	9	94	100,5	2591	0	0,28	10	2,8
8	14	GM	Praggnanandhaa, R	IND	2706	9	93,5	98,5	2552	0	-0,23	10	-2,3
9	37	GM	Andreikin, Dmitry	FID	2629	9	92	98	2582	0	1,50	10	15
10	20	GM	Grischuk, Alexander	FID	2678	9	92	98	2537	0	-0,05	10	-0,5
11	9	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	UZB	2727	9	91	97	2581	0	-0,10	10	-1
12	7	GM	Svidler, Peter	FID	2737	9	90	96	2578	0	-0,29	10	-2,9
13	6	GM	Caruana, Fabiano	USA	2762	9	89,5	95,5	2556	0	-1,10	10	-11
14	31	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	IRI	2644	9	84,5	89	2560	0	0,87	10	8,7
15	26	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	IND	2654	8,5	100,5	107	2623	0	1,26	10	12,6
16	43	GM	Cheparinov, Ivan	BUL	2618	8,5	98	104	2632	0	1,97	10	19,7
17	45	GM	Matlakov, Maxim	FID	2616	8,5	92	97	2616	0	1,73	10	17,3
18	50	GM	Korobov, Anton	UKR	2601	8,5	91	96	2562	0	1,10	10	11
19	8	GM	Rapport, Richard	ROU	2735	8,5	90,5	96,5	2599	0	-0,47	10	-4,7
20	32	GM	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	FID	2642	8,5	90	95	2484	0	-0,81	10	-8,1

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Final standings in Women

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	51	IM	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	FID	2265	8,5	73,5	76,5	2414	0	4,49	10	44,9
2	8	GM	Koneru, Humpy	IND	2444	8,5	71,5	76,5	2328	0	1,19	10	11,9
3	3	GM	Lei, Tingjie	CHN	2517	8,5	71	75	2315	0	0,05	10	0,5
4	21	IM	Salimova, Nurgyul	BUL	2371	8	71	74	2293	0	1,05	20	21
5	29	WGM	Zhai, Mo	CHN	2351	8	70	75	2336	0	1,91	20	38,2
6	1	GM	Ju, Wenjun	CHN	2575	8	66	69,5	2325	0	-1,00	10	-10
7	14	GM	Gunina, Valentina	FID	2412	8	65,5	70,5	2272	0	0,35	10	3,5
8	6	GM	Lagno, Kateryna	FID	2463	7,5	69	72,5	2338	0	-0,05	10	-0,5
9	5	GM	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	FID	2486	7,5	68,5	73,5	2283	0	-0,94	10	-9,4
10	42	IM	Garifullina, Leya	FID	2287	7,5	68,5	72	2343	0	2,41	20	48,2
11	65	WGM	Yu, Jennifer	USA	2217	7,5	67	70,5	2387	0	3,74	20	74,8
12	28	IM	Narva, Mai	EST	2351	7,5	61,5	65	2322	0	1,31	20	26,2
13	80	FM	Sahithi, Varshini M	IND	2138	7,5	60	63,5	2377	0	4,78	40	191,2
14	11	GM	Zhu, Jiner	CHN	2431	7	76,5	81,5	2358	0	0,24	10	2,4
15	59	WIM	Lu, Miaoyi	CHN	2239	7	69	72,5	2395	0	3,14	40	125,6
16	12	GM	Muzychuk, Anna	UKR	2424	7	68,5	72	2282	0	-0,71	10	-7,1
17	48	WGM	Munkhzul, Turmunkh	MGL	2279	7	67,5	72,5	2408	0	2,82	20	56,4
18	102	WFM	Nurgaliyeva, Zarina	KAZ	1963	7	65,5	70,5	2309	0	5,67	40	226,8
19	10	IM	Assaubayeva, Bibisara	KAZ	2436	7	65,5	69,5	2266	0	-1,05	10	-10,5
20	61	IM	Fataliyeva, Ulviyya	AZE	2227	7	64	68	2369	0	2,71	20	54,2

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Round 10 Open pairings

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
10	5	18	GM	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	2691	6½	6½	GM	Korobov Anton	2601	50
10	6	26	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	2654	6½	6½	GM	Cheparinov Ivan	2618	43
10	8	137	GM	Bharath Subramaniyam H	2426	6½	6½	GM	Andreikin Dmitry	2629	37
10	15	88	GM	Nesterov Arseniy	2534	6	6	GM	Nihal Sarin	2667	23
10	20	14	GM	Praggnanandhaa R	2706	5½	5½	GM	Holt Conrad	2548	77
10	22	24	GM	Gukesh D	2656	5½	5½	GM	Kobalia Mikhail	2539	85
10	31	58	GM	Narayanan S L	2586	5½	5½	IM	Gurel Ediz	2313	165
10	32	150	GM	Aditya Mittal	2381	5½	5½	GM	Predke Alexandr	2586	59
10	40	105	GM	Makhnev Denis	2504	5	5	GM	Chanda Sandipan	2602	49
10	48	122	GM	Pranav V	2472	4½	4½	GM	Duda Jan-Krzysztof	2772	3
10	49	134	GM	Mitrabha Guha	2436	4½	4½	GM	Jobava Baadur	2671	22
10	50	140	IM	Galchenko Matvey	2416	4½	4½	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2645	30
10	52	60	GM	Sadhwani Raunak	2586	4½	4½	GM	Zvjaginsev Vadim	2469	127
10	61	72	GM	Petrosyan Manuel	2561	4	4	GM	Pranesh M	2459	129
10	77	158	FM	Amilal Munkhdalai	2340	3½	3½	GM	Adhiban B.	2528	92
10	82	198		Sklokin Sergey	1946	3½	3½	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	2426	138
10	84	68	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2573	3	3	FM	Zverev Lev	2269	176

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