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The World Rapid and Blitz Championships took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan 26th to 30th December 2022. World Champion Magnus Carlsen and World Number 1 Rapid player and Hikaru Nakamura, World Number 1 Blitz player, headed a strong field including Richard Rapport, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, MVL Ian Nepomniachtchi, Alexander Grishuk, Fabiano Caruana, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, the field went deep. Magnus Carlsen won both the World Rapid and Blitz titles and along with the World Championship title he is about to give up holds all three titles for the third time (2014 and 2019 being the other years). Carlsen has made these titles a career target in a way his predecessors did not and has definitely lifted the status of the event immeasurably.

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World Rapid 2022 Almaty KAZ Mon 26th Dec 2022 - Fri 30th Dec 2022 Leading Final Round 13 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	Carlsen Magnus	GM	NOR	2834	10	100	107	2660
2	54	Keymer Vincent	GM	GER	2590	9.5	102.5	107.5	2682
3	8	Caruana Fabiano	GM	USA	2747	9.5	96.5	101.5	2649
4	14	Dubov Daniil	GM	FID	2712	9	103	109	2669
5	37	Erigaisi Arjun	GM	IND	2628	9	102.5	107.5	2711
6	11	Fedoseev Vladimir	GM	FID	2741	9	100	105.5	2668
7	12	Artemiev Vladislav	GM	FID	2727	9	99.5	106.5	2638
8	2	Rapport Richard	GM	ROU	2802	9	85.5	91	2591
9	38	Nihal Sarin	GM	IND	2628	8.5	96.5	102.5	2655
10	20	Abdusattorov Nodirbek	GM	UZB	2676	8.5	96.5	101.5	2676
11	60	Mamedov Rauf	GM	AZE	2578	8.5	96.5	101.5	2629
12	15	Giri Anish	GM	NED	2708	8.5	96	102.5	2634
13	4	Duda Jan-Krzysztof	GM	POL	2791	8.5	95	101	2627
14	6	Nepomniachtchi Ian	GM	FID	2766	8.5	95	100.5	2629
15	22	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	GM	IND	2659	8.5	93.5	99.5	2580
16	36	Sarana Alexey	GM	FID	2629	8.5	93.5	99	2605
17	24	Maghsoodloo Parham	GM	IRI	2656	8.5	90.5	95.5	2592
18	7	Grischuk Alexander	GM	FID	2759	8.5	88	94	2563
19	5	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	GM	FRA	2777	8.5	87.5	93	2571
20	26	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	GM	IND	2646	8.5	87	93	2535
21	76	Chigaev Maksim	GM	FID	2548	8.5	85	90	2542
22	124	Le Tuan Minh	GM	VIE	2442	8.5	83.5	88.5	2603
23	85	Murzin Volodar	GM	FID	2534	8	93	97	2692
24	10	Yu Yangyi	GM	CHN	2743	8	90.5	96	2608
25	79	Petrosyan Manuel	GM	ARM	2539	8	90.5	95.5	2602
26	92	Tabatabaei M. Amin	GM	IRI	2526	8	90	94	2662
27	9	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	GM	AZE	2746	8	89.5	95.5	2574
28	30	Svane Rasmus	GM	GER	2641	8	89	94.5	2552
29	29	Gelfand Boris	GM	ISR	2641	8	88	93.5	2502
30	34	Andreikin Dmitry	GM	FID	2631	8	87.5	93.5	2539
31	31	Anton Guijarro David	GM	ESP	2640	8	87.5	93	2534
32	28	Salem A.R. Saleh	GM	UAE	2644	8	85.5	91.5	2552
33	87	Sadhwani Raunak	GM	IND	2532	8	85	87.5	2572
34	105	Asadli Vugar	GM	AZE	2500	8	84.5	89.5	2578
35	16	Esipenko Andrey	GM	FID	2694	8	84.5	89	2553
36	55	Najer Evgeniy	GM	FID	2590	8	82	86.5	2451
37	118	Yudin Sergei	GM	FID	2454	8	81.5	87	2606
38	138	Nogerbek Kazybek	IM	KAZ	2409	8	81	86.5	2590
39	110	Vokhidov Shamsiddin	GM	UZB	2481	8	80	85	2612
40	41	Andriasian Zaven	GM	ARM	2624	8	76.5	81.5	2497
41	62	Martirosyan Haik M.	GM	ARM	2575	7.5	98	103	2605
42	119	Lazavik Denis	GM	FID	2453	7.5	92	98	2615
43	49	Donchenko Alexander	GM	GER	2597	7.5	90.5	95	2566
44	3	Nakamura Hikaru	GM	USA	2795	7.5	86.5	92.5	2550
45	66	Moiseenko Alexander	GM	UKR	2570	7.5	86.5	91.5	2474
46	32	Sargissian Gabriel	GM	ARM	2640	7.5	86	88.5	2528
47	47	Paravyan David	GM	FID	2609	7.5	84.5	90	2495
48	106	Nesterov Arseniy	GM	FID	2497	7.5	82.5	87	2567
49	104	Suleymanli Aydin	GM	AZE	2503	7.5	82.5	86.5	2642
50	111	Cheng Bobby	GM	AUS	2476	7.5	82.5	85.5	2550
178 players

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World Blitz 2022 Almaty KAZ Mon 26th Dec 2022 - Fri 30th Dec 2022 Leading Final Round 21 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	3	Carlsen Magnus	GM	NOR	2830	16	264	274	2721
2	1	Nakamura Hikaru	GM	USA	2909	15	272.5	283	2726
3	13	Martirosyan Haik M.	GM	ARM	2745	15	258	267.5	2677
4	7	Giri Anish	GM	NED	2792	14.5	268	277	2711
5	9	Duda Jan-Krzysztof	GM	POL	2773	14.5	262.5	273.5	2698
6	6	Dubov Daniil	GM	FID	2792	14.5	258	267	2692
7	18	Sarana Alexey	GM	FID	2708	14.5	234.5	242	2599
8	15	Fedoseev Vladimir	GM	FID	2733	14	256.5	265.5	2688
9	31	Rapport Richard	GM	ROU	2654	14	247	255.5	2644
10	5	Artemiev Vladislav	GM	FID	2803	13.5	260.5	270	2690
11	14	Andreikin Dmitry	GM	FID	2735	13.5	251.5	261	2637
12	8	Nepomniachtchi Ian	GM	FID	2782	13.5	250.5	259.5	2676
13	59	Keymer Vincent	GM	GER	2600	13.5	248.5	257	2693
14	38	Salem A.R. Saleh	GM	UAE	2633	13.5	222	230.5	2555
15	2	Caruana Fabiano	GM	USA	2847	13	250.5	259.5	2643
16	116	Lazavik Denis	GM	FID	2484	13	248	257	2694
17	46	Harikrishna Pentala	GM	IND	2617	13	242	250	2601
18	19	Nihal Sarin	GM	IND	2702	13	239.5	248.5	2606
19	25	Abdusattorov Nodirbek	GM	UZB	2666	13	235.5	243.5	2584
20	103	Dardha Daniel	GM	BEL	2528	13	235.5	242.5	2609
21	47	Indjic Aleksandar	GM	SRB	2616	13	231	240	2571
22	111	Vakhidov Jakhongir	GM	UZB	2507	13	229.5	238.5	2638
23	4	Yu Yangyi	GM	CHN	2807	12.5	253	262	2647
24	57	Shimanov Aleksandr	GM	FID	2605	12.5	246	252.5	2644
25	55	Moussard Jules	GM	FRA	2606	12.5	238	245.5	2593
26	63	Riazantsev Alexander	GM	FID	2595	12.5	236	244.5	2630
27	32	Mamedov Rauf	GM	AZE	2649	12.5	236	244.5	2593
28	70	Anton Guijarro David	GM	ESP	2585	12.5	236	244	2650
29	21	Matlakov Maxim	GM	FID	2674	12.5	234.5	243.5	2581
30	11	Grischuk Alexander	GM	FID	2763	12.5	234.5	243	2596
31	10	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	GM	FRA	2771	12.5	233	242.5	2588
32	41	Andriasian Zaven	GM	ARM	2625	12.5	230.5	239.5	2569
33	40	Petrosian Tigran L.	GM	ARM	2632	12.5	229.5	238	2546
34	43	Esipenko Andrey	GM	FID	2620	12.5	227.5	236	2540
35	69	Murzin Volodar	GM	FID	2586	12.5	225.5	232.5	2610
36	117	Suleymanli Aydin	GM	AZE	2481	12.5	222	229	2603
37	74	Tang Andrew	GM	USA	2582	12.5	221.5	229	2577
38	58	Sargsyan Shant	GM	ARM	2602	12.5	219	227	2578
39	89	Yakubboev Nodirbek	GM	UZB	2560	12.5	211.5	219	2556
40	150	Madaminov Mukhiddin	IM	UZB	2333	12	242	251.5	2651
41	122	Yoo Christopher Woojin	GM	USA	2463	12	234.5	239.5	2638
42	12	Erigaisi Arjun	GM	IND	2750	12	226	234	2565
43	27	Kobalia Mikhail	GM	FID	2662	12	219.5	228	2516
44	44	Gelfand Boris	GM	ISR	2620	12	219.5	228	2512
45	17	Amin Bassem	GM	EGY	2713	12	219.5	227.5	2566
46	86	Sychev Klementy	GM	FID	2563	12	219.5	225	2596
47	39	Niemann Hans Moke	GM	USA	2632	12	219	228	2533
48	85	Pantsulaia Levan	GM	GEO	2563	12	213	218	2578
49	50	Adhiban B.	GM	IND	2613	12	204.5	211	2503
50	28	Zhigalko Sergei	GM	FID	2662	12	201	205.5	2469
176 players

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World Blitz Women 2022 Almaty KAZ Mon 26th Dec 2022 - Fri 30th Dec 2022 Leading Final Round 17 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	12	Assaubayeva Bibisara	IM	KAZ	2404	13	164.5	170.5	2375
2	4	Koneru Humpy	GM	IND	2474	12.5	148.5	155.5	2260
3	22	Shuvalova Polina	IM	FID	2361	12	171	178.5	2398
4	2	Tan Zhongyi	GM	CHN	2510	12	169	175	2389
5	11	Arabidze Meri	IM	GEO	2404	11.5	155.5	161.5	2326
6	1	Lagno Kateryna	GM	FID	2522	11	165.5	172.5	2343
7	8	Dzagnidze Nana	GM	GEO	2416	11	163	170.5	2346
8	23	Badelka Olga	IM	FID	2337	11	161.5	168	2324
9	14	Paehtz Elisabeth	GM	GER	2396	11	158	165	2314
10	17	Mammadzada Gunay	IM	AZE	2383	11	155.5	161.5	2315
11	7	Stefanova Antoaneta	GM	BUL	2427	11	155	162	2315
12	9	Abdumalik Zhansaya	GM	KAZ	2413	11	138.5	145	2223
13	10	Harika Dronavalli	GM	IND	2407	10.5	173	181	2391
14	24	Danielian Elina	GM	ARM	2331	10.5	171	178	2350
15	5	Kosteniuk Alexandra	GM	FID	2469	10.5	160.5	168	2313
16	84	Omonova Umida	WFM	UZB	1978	10.5	154.5	160.5	2332
17	36	Padmini Rout	IM	IND	2298	10.5	145	150.5	2249
18	21	Zatonskih Anna	IM	USA	2362	10.5	140	146.5	2216
19	18	Gunina Valentina	GM	FID	2368	10	169.5	177	2375
20	3	Goryachkina Aleksandra	GM	FID	2484	10	166	174.5	2370
21	31	Tania Sachdev	IM	IND	2309	10	158.5	165	2296
22	6	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	IM	IRI	2431	10	158	163.5	2309
23	19	Batsiashvili Nino	GM	GEO	2365	10	151	158.5	2246
24	33	Frayna Janelle Mae	WGM	PHI	2306	10	148	154.5	2252
25	37	Maltsevskaya Aleksandra	IM	POL	2296	10	142.5	147.5	2157
26	34	Buksa Nataliya	IM	UKR	2303	9.5	162.5	169.5	2332
27	20	Javakhishvili Lela	IM	GEO	2364	9.5	152	159	2302
28	38	Nomin-Erdene Davaademberel	IM	MGL	2296	9.5	145	152	2274
29	55	Gong Qianyun	WGM	SGP	2199	9.5	144.5	150.5	2290
30	45	Voit Daria	WGM	FID	2260	9.5	144.5	148	2236
31	16	Khotenashvili Bela	GM	GEO	2385	9.5	140	147	2218
32	15	Ushenina Anna	GM	UKR	2395	9.5	137.5	143	2218
33	76	Borisova Ekaterina	FM	FID	2036	9.5	134	137.5	2199
34	29	Savitha Shri B	WIM	IND	2311	9.5	132.5	139	2109
35	30	Girya Olga	GM	FID	2310	9.5	130	136	2166
36	57	Ovod Evgenija	IM	FID	2195	9	151.5	156.5	2296
37	79	Khamdamova Afruza	WFM	UZB	2018	9	147	152.5	2279
38	28	Injac Teodora	WGM	SRB	2316	9	144.5	150	2183
39	54	Kovanova Baira	WGM	FID	2202	9	143.5	149	2258
40	52	Garifullina Leya	IM	FID	2231	9	139.5	145	2252
41	35	Bivol Alina	IM	FID	2301	9	139	145	2170
42	25	Osmak Yuliia	IM	UKR	2328	9	134	139.5	2181
43	44	Mkrtchyan Mariam	WIM	ARM	2274	9	129.5	135	2111
44	46	Muminova Nafisa	WGM	UZB	2258	9	129	133	2142
45	50	Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim	WGM	USA	2236	8.5	152	157.5	2324
46	64	Munkhzul Turmunkh	WIM	MGL	2144	8.5	150.5	157	2317
47	26	Fataliyeva Ulviyya	IM	AZE	2322	8.5	148.5	156	2276
48	41	Kamalidenova Meruert	WIM	KAZ	2285	8.5	145	151	2255
49	56	Lhotska Anna	WFM	CZE	2196	8.5	143.5	149	2229
50	42	Charochkina Daria	IM	FID	2284	8.5	142.5	149	2220
99 players

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World Rapid Women 2022 Almaty KAZ Mon 26th Dec 2022 - Fri 30th Dec 2022 Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	3	Tan Zhongyi	GM	CHN	2502	8.5	73.5	79	2363
2	9	Saduakassova Dinara	IM	KAZ	2435	8.5	65.5	70	2269
3	36	Savitha Shri B	WIM	IND	2311	8	69	72	2347
4	4	Goryachkina Aleksandra	GM	FID	2484	8	68.5	73	2353
5	8	Abdumalik Zhansaya	GM	KAZ	2448	8	67.5	71	2334
6	7	Koneru Humpy	GM	IND	2468	8	66	70.5	2353
7	60	Bivol Alina	IM	FID	2179	7.5	71.5	76.5	2376
8	11	Khotenashvili Bela	GM	GEO	2405	7.5	69	73	2348
9	1	Kosteniuk Alexandra	GM	FID	2537	7.5	64	68.5	2334
10	45	Charochkina Daria	IM	FID	2259	7.5	57	59	2319
11	19	Batsiashvili Nino	GM	GEO	2370	7	71.5	76	2346
12	26	Danielian Elina	GM	ARM	2331	7	71	75.5	2301
13	34	Gong Qianyun	WGM	SGP	2315	7	68.5	72.5	2348
14	14	Gunina Valentina	GM	FID	2389	7	68	72.5	2364
15	33	Garifullina Leya	IM	FID	2316	7	67.5	71	2312
16	57	Munkhzul Turmunkh	WIM	MGL	2192	7	67	72.5	2380
17	22	Mammadova Gulnar	IM	AZE	2343	7	65.5	69	2253
18	29	Maltsevskaya Aleksandra	IM	POL	2327	7	62.5	67	2218
19	12	Stefanova Antoaneta	GM	BUL	2399	7	61.5	66	2263
20	5	Dzagnidze Nana	GM	GEO	2475	7	60.5	65.5	2301
21	16	Shuvalova Polina	IM	FID	2384	7	58.5	62.5	2241
22	24	Arabidze Meri	IM	GEO	2333	7	55	57	2091
23	66	Nurmanova Alua	WIM	KAZ	2123	7	53.5	56	2269
24	27	Girya Olga	GM	FID	2328	6.5	65	69	2324
25	20	Paehtz Elisabeth	GM	GER	2369	6.5	62	66.5	2235
26	69	Kairbekova Amina	WIM	KAZ	2096	6.5	60.5	64.5	2302
27	44	Buksa Nataliya	IM	UKR	2260	6.5	60	63	2314
28	25	Injac Teodora	WGM	SRB	2333	6.5	58	61.5	2124
29	13	Assaubayeva Bibisara	IM	KAZ	2396	6.5	57.5	61.5	2203
30	78	Omonova Umida	WFM	UZB	2059	6.5	56.5	60.5	2300
31	89	Sultanbek Zeinep	WIM	KAZ	1834	6	67	72.5	2366
32	17	Mammadzada Gunay	IM	AZE	2383	6	63.5	68	2235
33	40	Balajayeva Khanim	WGM	AZE	2284	6	63	66	2253
34	10	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	IM	IRI	2411	6	62.5	67	2275
35	88	Nurgaliyeva Zarina	WFM	KAZ	1863	6	62	67	2294
36	84	Hajiyeva Laman	WFM	AZE	1996	6	60.5	65	2308
37	37	Mkrtchian Lilit	IM	ARM	2309	6	60	63	2267
38	39	Padmini Rout	IM	IND	2290	6	59	63	2288
39	6	Harika Dronavalli	GM	IND	2475	6	59	63	2251
40	58	Ovod Evgenija	IM	FID	2185	6	58	60.5	2277
41	28	Osmak Yuliia	IM	UKR	2328	6	49	53	2139
42	35	Voit Daria	WGM	FID	2312	5.5	65	68.5	2330
43	54	Schulze Lara	FM	GER	2198	5.5	63.5	66.5	2295
44	31	Fataliyeva Ulviyya	IM	AZE	2322	5.5	61.5	65	2228
45	15	Atalik Ekaterina	IM	TUR	2385	5.5	60	64	2234
46	48	Pourkashiyan Atousa	WGM	USA	2256	5.5	59.5	63.5	2312
47	51	Badelka Olga	IM	FID	2238	5.5	59.5	63	2242
48	42	Mkrtchyan Mariam	WIM	ARM	2274	5.5	58.5	63	2281
49	18	Ushenina Anna	GM	UKR	2371	5.5	58.5	62.5	2177
50	32	Tania Sachdev	IM	IND	2318	5.5	58	62	2179
98 players

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