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World Blitz Chess Championship 2021

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World Blitz Chess Championship 2021
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The 2021 World Blitz Chess Championship is the 1st edition of the annual chess tournament held by FIDE to determine the world champion in chess played under blitz time controls. Since 2012, FIDE has held the World Rapid and Blitz Championships at a joint tournament. Originally, the tournament was to be held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, however, due to coronavirus restrictions introduced by the Kazakh government prompted FIDE to change the location [1] to Warsaw, Poland.[2] The event took place at the Narodowy Stadium in Warsaw, from 29 to 30 December 2021,[3] using a Swiss-system with 21 rounds for the open tournament and 17 rounds for the women's tournament.

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Participants

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179 players took part in the open tournament and 105 in the women's tournament.

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Tiebreak regulations

For players who finish on the same score, final position was determined by the following tie-breaks, in order:

  1. Buchholz Cut 1
  2. Buchholz
  3. Average Rating of Opponents Cut 1 (average rating of opponents excluding the lowest rated opponent)
  4. Results of individual games between tied players
  5. Drawing of lots

If two or more players are tied for any position other than first, the above-mentioned tiebreak system shall decide the ranking of the tied players. If there is a tie for the 1st place, a play-off shall be played among all players in the tie to determine the new champion.

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COVID-19 impacts tournament

The 2021 World Blitz Chess Championship was held in the Polish capital Warsaw, a day after the longer time-format World Rapid Chess Championship finished in the same venue, after Kazakhstan pulled out of hosting duties due to the spread of the omicron variant.

The event was disrupted when some players tested positive for the coronavirus[4] and had to withdraw from the tournament. Among them was Hikaru Nakamura, one of the leading contenders to take the title.

French star Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ultimately walked away with the men's blitz title.

Open tournament results

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The following table lists all participants, with the results from the 21 rounds. They are ranked according to the results, taking into account the tie-breaks.[5]

Notation: "1 (W 168)" indicates a win (1 point) with white pieces (W) against player who finished in 168th place.

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Three players (Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, and Alireza Firouzja) were tied for first after 21 rounds. Among these, the two players with the highest Buchholz Cut 1 score (Vachier-Lagrave and Duda) played a title play-off to decide the winner. Vachier-Lagrave won the match 2:1 to become World Blitz Champion.

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Women's tournament results

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The following table lists all participants, with the results from the 17 rounds. They are ranked according to the results, taking into account the tie-breaks.[6]

Notation: "1 (B 56)" indicates a win (1 point) with black pieces (B) against player who finished in 56th place.

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Notes

  1. All Russian players competed under the Chess Federation of Russia flag, due to WADA sanctions against Russia.

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