World Rapid Chess Championship 2024

World Rapid Chess Championship 2024

The World Rapid Chess Championship 2024 is the 2024 edition of the annual World Rapid Chess Championship held by FIDE to determine the world champions in chess played under rapid time controls. The tournament is held in New York City from 26 to 28 December 2024, using a Swiss-system with 13 rounds for the open tournament and 11 rounds for the women's tournament. Players eligible to participate in the open tournament have to either be rated at least 2550 Elo in a FIDE rating list during 2024, or reigning national champion. The time control is 15 minutes per player with a 10-second per-move increment. Since 2012, FIDE has held the World Rapid and Blitz Championships at a joint tournament.

Prize Fund

The prize fund for both the open and women's tournament is shown below. In case of a tie all prize money is divided equally between players with the same score.

Open tournament:

• 1st place: $90,000
• 2nd place: $70,000
• 3rd place: $56,000
• 4th place: $45,000
• 5th place: $36,000
• 6th place: $29,000
• 7th place: $24,000
• 8th place: $20,000
• 9th place: $17,000
• 10th place: $15,000
• 11th–15th places: $10,000 each
• 16th–20th places: $7,000 each
• 21st–30th places: $4,300 each
• 31st-40th $2,000 each

Total: $550,000

Women's tournament:

• 1st place: $60,000
• 2nd place: $40,000
• 3rd place: $28,000
• 4th place: $22,000
• 5th place: $18,000
• 6th place: $15,000
• 7th place: $12,000
• 8th place: $9,000
• 9th place: $6,500
• 10th place: $4,000
• 11th–15th places: $1,800 each
• 16th-20th places: $1,000 each

Total: $228,500