Photos by Maria Emelianova

Ivanchuk scored 11.0/15 and with the best tie-break became the World Rapid Champion!

Ivanchuk's performance

Final Ranking after 15 Rounds

Rk. SNo     Name FED RtgI Pts.  TB1   TB2   TB3   TB4  n w we w-we K rtg+/-
1 10   GM Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2771 11,0 2747 129,0 0,0 7 15 11 8,19 2,81 20 56,2
2 12   GM Grischuk Alexander RUS 2767 11,0 2740 128,5 0,0 7 15 11 8,23 2,77 20 55,4
3 1   GM Carlsen Magnus NOR 2906 11,0 2701 127,5 0,0 7 15 11 11,52 -0,52 20 -10,4
4 5   GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2805 10,0 2738 130,5 0,0 8 15 10 9,00 1,00 20 20,0
5 13   GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2743 10,0 2724 122,5 0,0 7 15 10 8,11 1,89 20 37,8
6 3   GM Nepomniachtchi Ian RUS 2812 10,0 2713 125,5 0,0 8 15 10 9,65 0,35 20 7,0
7 62   GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2605 10,0 2669 112,0 0,0 8 15 10 6,67 3,33 20 66,6
8 51   GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2643 9,5 2758 125,5 0,0 7 15 9,5 5,77 3,73 20 74,6
9 11   GM Aronian Levon ARM 2770 9,5 2749 133,0 0,0 7 15 9,5 8,15 1,35 20 27,0
10 6   GM Dominguez Perez Leinier CUB 2803 9,5 2711 127,5 0,0 8 15 9,5 9,51 -0,01 20 -0,2

Anna Muzychuk lead right from the start and won the event with an extra point over her nearest rivals

Final Ranking after 12 Rounds

Rk. SNo     Name FED Rtg Pts.  TB1   TB2   TB3   TB4  n w we w-we K rtg+/-
1 2   GM Muzychuk Anna UKR 2570 9,5 2491 74,5 0,0 5 12 9,5 7,44 2,06 20 41,2
2 3   GM Kosteniuk Alexandra RUS 2553 8,5 2489 77,0 0,0 6 12 8,5 7,18 1,32 20 26,4
3 5   GM Dzagnidze Nana GEO 2549 8,0 2455 76,5 0,0 6 12 8 7,66 0,34 20 6,8
4 21   IM Khademalsharieh Sarasadat IRI 2386 7,5 2499 76,5 0,0 5 12 7,5 4,54 2,96 20 59,2
5 6   GM Ju Wenjun CHN 2542 7,5 2463 75,0 0,0 6 12 7,5 7,45 0,05 20 1,0
6 27   WGM Abdumalik Zhansaya KAZ 2323 7,5 2445 65,5 0,0 5 11 6,5 4,10 2,40 20 48,0
7 1   GM Lagno Kateryna RUS 2594 7,0 2488 76,5 0,0 6 12 7 7,87 -0,87 20 -17,4
8 4   GM Stefanova Antoaneta BUL 2552 7,0 2449 70,0 0,0 6 12 7 7,92 -0,92 20 -18,4
9 28   WGM Saduakassova Dinara KAZ 2321 7,0 2449 69,5 0,0 6 12 7 4,60 2,40 20 48,0
10 10   GM Koneru Humpy IND 2486 7,0 2419 72,5 0,0 6 12 7 7,36 -0,36 20 -7,2

Performance of Indian players

SNo   Name RtgI FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pts. Rk. K rtg+/- Group
10 GM Koneru Humpy 2486 IND 1 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 0       7,0 10 20 -7,20 Women World Rapid
14 GM Harika Dronavalli 2464 IND 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 1       6,5 16 20 -13,80 Women World Rapid
7 GM Anand Viswanathan 2802 IND 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 9,0 16 20 -13,40 Open World Rapid
50 GM Adhiban B. 2645 IND 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 8,5 34 20 -3,60 Open World Rapid
51 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2643 IND 1 1 1 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 1 1 9,5 8 20 74,60 Open World Rapid
54 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2631 IND ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 9,0 21 20 19,00 Open World Rapid
71 GM Debashis Das 2571 IND ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 1 7,0 70 20 -5,60 Open World Rapid
75 GM Lalith Babu M R 2549 IND 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 0 7,5 60 20 -13,80 Open World Rapid
94 GM Neelotpal Das 2387 IND ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 6,0 90 20 7,00 Open World Rapid

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