World rapid and blitz 2024 tickets

2024 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships: Registration Open




FIDE invites all eligible players to take part in one of the most exciting events of the chess calendar—the 2024 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships, set to take place in New York City from December 26 to 31, 2024.



The FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships offer an opportunity to play fast-paced, high-stakes chess, in an incredible venue—right in the heart of New York’s Wall Street. With an increased prize fund of $1,428,500 spread across the four events, this is a chance to contend for the World Rapid and Blitz titles.


Tournament Overview


● World Rapid Championship: Swiss-system tournament. The Open section will have 13 rounds, and the Women’s section will feature 11 rounds. The time control is 15 minutes + 10 seconds per move.

● World Blitz Championship: The Blitz event starts with a 13-round Swiss tournament (Open section) and 11 rounds (Women’s section), followed by a knockout stage for the top 8 players. The time control is 3 minutes + 2 seconds per move.

Both tournaments will bring together the top players from around the world.


Prize Fund






● Open Rapid Championship: $550,000


GM Magnus Carlsen has made a sensational U-turn and confirmed that he will participate in the 2024 FIDE World Blitz Championship in New York. The seven-time World Blitz Champion has now received the green light to play with jeans.

The announcement was made in an interview with IM Levy Rozman for the Take Take Take app on Sunday, exactly 24 hours before the event is scheduled to begin in New York.

"Long story short: We can talk about how it got there, but I am playing at least one more day in New York, and if I do well, another day after that," Carlsen said.



We can talk about how it got there, but I am playing at least one more day in New York, and if I do well, another day after that.


—Magnus Carlsen





Asked when the decision became official, Carlsen responded: "About a couple of hours ago." FIDE also issued a statement, confirming Carlsen's participation.

The World Blitz Chess Championship is played as a 13-round Swiss tournament, followed by a knockout with the top eight players from the first day. It would have been the first time the event would take place without the seven-time world blitz champion since 2013.

The news comes hours after both El Pais and NR



Press release by FIDE


As the clock ticks down to 2025, the best players in the world will descend on Wall Street for the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships

In a year that marked the International Chess Federation's centenary, celebrated the 45
th
Chess Olympiad, and witnessed an intense battle for the World Championship title, 2024 will conclude with a fitting and extraordinary finale: the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships in New York City.

Thanks to sponsorship from NASDAQ-listed Freedom Holding, New York's financial district will host the event from December 26–31. Top Grandmasters from around the globe will compete in this much-anticipated tournament, traditionally held in the final week of the year.

Famous for its chess hustlers, important tournaments from the 1920s and the historic Marshall Chess Club, New York has been chosen as the venue for one of the biggest and most popular elite chess events on the planet, watched by millions worldwide.

Here's everything you need to know about the 2024 FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships.

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For the first time, the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships are taking place in the United States. The premier speed chess tournaments will be held on Wall Street in New York City with a brand new format including a knockout in the Blitz. Between Christmas and New Year's,
from December 26-31
, the world's best chess players, including world number-one GM Magnus Carlsen, descend on the Big Apple for their share of the nearly $1.5 million prize fund and FIDE's most prestigious titles for speed chess.

The event kicks off with the FIDE World Rapid Championship and FIDE Women's World Rapid Championship
on December 26, starting at 2:00 p.m. ET / 20:00 CET / 12:30 a.m. IST (on December 27).
If you'll be in New York this holiday season, purchase your tickets here.


Novel Tournament Format On Historic Wall Street

Four tournaments are taking place across six days, with a rest day on day four, December 29. There are two Open championships and two Women's championships, with separate titles awarded for rapid and blitz.

The Open tournaments take place in Cipriani Wall Street, a luxurious venue built in 1841 in the Greek Revival style that once housed the New York Merchants&rsqu