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The World Blitz Chess Championship 2021 is a chess tournament held to determine the world champion in chess played under rapid time controls. Since 2012, FIDE has held the World Rapid and Blitz Championships at a joint tournament. Originally planned to be held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, new coronavirus restrictions introduced by the Kazakh government prompted FIDE to change the location of the tournament[1] to Warsaw, Poland[2].
World Blitz Champion | Women's World Blitz Champion |
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9½/21 | 9/17 |
Born 18 September 2004 17 years old | Born 23 April 1984 31 years old |
Rating: 2593 (World No. 132) | Rating: 2515 (World No. 6) |
← 2019 | 2022 → |
The event took place at the Narodowy Stadium in Warsaw between 29-30 December 2021[3], using a Swiss-system with 21 rounds for the open tournament and 17 rounds for the women's tournament. Players eligible to participate must either be rated at least 2550 Elo in a FIDE rating list during 2021, or be a reigning national champion[4]. Time controls for the tournament are 3+2, meaning each player initially starts with 3 minutes and gains 2 seconds increment with each move.