Alexandra Kosteniuk is the 2021 FIDE Women's World Rapid Champion!

This is Alexandra’s first title in the Rapid, after having finished second in 2012, 2014 and 2016. Congratulations! 👏👏
#RapidBlitz

A sweet moment of sharing a triumph with loved ones: FIDE Women's World Rapid Champion GM Alexandra Kosteniuk with her husband GM Pavel Tregubov.

Alexandra Kosteniuk: "I haven't lost a single game throughout the tournament, and of course, it helps a lot. When you lose, you have to find the balance, fight back. I was lucky not to lose any."

Interview with Alexandra Kosteniuk, FIDE World Women's Rapid Champion 2021

The 3rd day of the #rapidblitz was exhilarating.
🏆The World Rapid Championship ended with a spectacular victory for Nordibek Abdusattorov, who defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi in a play-off.
🏆Alexandra Kosteniuk won her first Women’s World Rapid Championship.

World Rapid 2021

World Rapid Women 2021

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Carlsen lashed out against FIDE for what he considers “completely idiotic” tiebreak rules after missing out on the playoff for the World Rapid Championship title. Here's our full story. #RapidBlitz
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/carlsen-lashes-out-against-fide-for-completely-idiotic-tiebreak-rule

📢17-year-old Uzbek GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov won the World Rapid Chess Championship! Notably defeating GM Magnus Carlsen in the first round of the day, he is now the youngest world rapid champion to date. #RapidBlitz

Full day-three report: https://www.chess.com/news/view/world-rapid-chess-championship-day-3-abdusattorov-and-kosteniuk-crowned-world-rapid-champions

While everyone was speaking about tie-breaks I want to notice another problem of very low raitings of some players. For example Gukesh has 2614 in classic and... 2050 in Rapid! Similar things about Mitrabha. Fide should do something, not to allow such a huge raiting differences.

🔗 Sergey Karjakin (@SergeyKaryakin)

🔗 ChessBase India (@ChessbaseIndia):
From running behind Magnus Carlsen in a football field (in Qatar 2015) to now holding him to a draw, Nodirbek Abdusattorov has come a long way. Magnus Carlsen began the World Blitz 2019 with 5.0/5, this 15-year-old youngster finally stopped him!
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🔗 ChessBase India (@ChessbaseIndia):
And today this boy beat Magnus Carlsen and became the World Rapid 2021 Champion! The dream run continues! 😀

Photo: Amruta Mokal

Shocking Blunder | Rasmus Svane vs Anish Giri | World Rapid 2021

When Carlsen's seconds Jorden van Foreest and Daniil Dubov faced each other

Alireza Firouzja vs Nihal Sarin | World Rapid 2021

World class player faces a prodigious talent | Abdusattorov vs Caruana | World Rapid 2021

Magnus Carlsen stunned by 17-year-old super talent Abdusattorov Nodirbek | World Rapid 2021

Battle of World no.2s: Alireza Firouzja vs Hikaru Nakamura | World Rapid 2021 Round 10

D Gukesh vs Boris Gelfand | Student vs Coach | World Rapid 2021 | Round 10 Day 3

Hikaru Nakamura vs Magnus Carlsen | Final Round of the World Rapid 2021

The final tiebreak game | Nodirbek Abdusattorov vs Ian Nepomniachtchi | World Rapid 2021