FIDE has published the list of participants in the Rapid and Blitz World Championships

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12/6/2024 – FIDE has published the participants in the Rapid and Blitz World Championships. 300 players will take part. Magnus Carlsen and Ju Wenjun top the seeding lists which are full of world class players.

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FIDE press release

Full list of participants for 2024 WRB announced

Around 300 players have registered for the World Rapid and Blitz Championships, set to take place in New York this Christmas, with more names expected in the coming weeks

If you happen to be somewhere around Manhattan between Christmas and New Year, don't be surprised if you bump into a Grandmaster! Consider this a gentle warning for New York's chess hustlers: the world's top GMs are descending on the Big Apple for the strongest tournament ever held on U.S. soil.

FIDE is pleased to announce the extended list of players confirmed for the event. As of now, the list includes 180 players in the Open and 109 players in the Women's section.

Elite players headline the Open competition

All eyes will be on the world's top-rated player and former world champion in classical chess, Magnus Carlsen, who enters the tournament as the top seed, determined to defend his titles in both Rapid and Blitz formats.

Chess fans will also be able to see three former World Championship Challengers in action – current U.S. champion Fabiano Caruana, Ian Nepomniachtchi from Moscow, and Israeli GM Boris Gelfand.

The U.S. chess elite is taking advantage of playing on home turf as many top Grandmasters have registered, including: Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So, Levon Aronian, Jeffrey Xiong, Leinier Domignuez Perez, Hans Niemann, Sam Shankland, and others.

The stellar lineup also includes the strongest players from the biggest chess nations in the world, such as India, China, Ukraine, France, Uzbekistan, and others.

Rapid Open

No. Name Rtg
1 Carlsen, Magnus 2838
2 Caruana, Fabiano 2766
3 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2763
4 Wei, Yi 2760
5 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2758
6 Aronian, Levon 2757
7 Firouzja, Alireza 2756
8 Nakamura, Hikaru 2755
9 Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2740
10 Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 2740
11 So, Wesley 2739
12 Xiong, Jeffery 2714
13 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2711
14 Dominguez Perez, Leinier 2699
15 Yu, Yangyi 2698
16 Erigaisi, Arjun 2694
17 Praggnanandhaa, R 2688
18 Giri, Anish 2678
19 Dubov, Daniil 2677
20 Grischuk, Alexander 2675
21 Onischuk, Alexander 2668
22 Le, Quang Liem 2657
23 Oparin, Grigoriy 2655
24 Sindarov, Javokhir 2655
25 Gukesh, D 2654
26 Sarana, Alexey 2654
27 van Foreest, Jorden 2651
28 Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 2650
29 Ivanchuk, Vasyl 2647
30 Salem, A.R. Saleh 2647

187 players

Women's Champions past and present join the line-up

In the Women's competition, current World Champion in classical chess Ju Wenjun leads the field. She is joined by four former world champions Tan Zhongyi, Mariya Muzychuk, Alexandra Kosteniuk, and Zhu Chen.

Representing the U.S. are the nation's current women's champion Carissa Yip, as well as former U.S. women's champions Irina Krush and Jennifer Yu.

Other prominent contenders for the top places will also be there, including Kateryna Lagno, Humpy Koneru, Harika Dronavalli, Nana Dzagnidze and Bibisara Assaubayeva.

Rapid Women

1
GM Ju, Wenjun 8603006 CHN 2536
2
GM Lei, Tingjie 8605114 CHN 2518
3
GM Tan, Zhongyi 8603642 CHN 2502
4
GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra 4128125 SUI 2486
5
GM Zhu, Jiner 8608059 CHN 2449
6
IM Assaubayeva, Bibisara 13708694 KAZ 2444
7
GM Dzagnidze, Nana 13601903 GEO 2436
8
GM Lagno, Kateryna 14109336 FID 2433
9
GM Zhao, Xue 8601283 CHN 2433
10
GM Koneru, Humpy 5008123 IND 2431
11
GM Muzychuk, Mariya 14114550 UKR 2422
12
GM Dronavalli, Harika 5015197 IND 2416
13
IM Lee, Alice 30941822 USA 2415
14
GM Muzychuk, Anna 14111330 UKR 2408
15
GM Paehtz, Elisabeth 4641833 GER 2406
16
WGM Huang, Qian 8602689 CHN 2399
17
GM Khotenashvili, Bella 13602640 GEO 2394
18
IM Divya, Deshmukh 35006916 IND 2393
19
IM Yip, Carissa 2090732 USA 2389
20
GM Gunina, Valentina 4167570 FID 2388
21
IM Narva, Mai 4500512 EST 2384
22
GM Krush, Irina 2012782 USA 2382
23
IM Tsolakidou, Stavroula 4264312 GRE 2381
24
IM Bulmaga, Irina 13903063 ROU 2378
25
IM Kashlinskaya, Alina 4198026 POL 2378
26
IM Kamalidenova, Meruert 13712802 KAZ 2368
27
IM Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat 12512214 ESP 2359
28
GM Vaishali, Rameshbabu 5091756 IND 2355
29
IM Shuvalova, Polina 24171760 FID 2355
30
IM Sukandar, Irine Kharisma 7101937 INA 2354

112 players

The full list of participants in both the Rapid and the Blitz can be found here:
chess-results.com/tnr1074690.aspx?lan=1&art=0&flag=30.

Tickets for both the Rapid and the Blitz as well as for the Wall Street Gambit Conference are available here: tickets.fide.com/ 

For more information about the event, visit the official website:
worldrapidandblitz.fide.com/

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