GMs Magnus Carlsen, Yu Yangyi, and Vladimir Fedoseev share first place on 7/9 at the 2023 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship after Fedoseev missed a golden opportunity to defeat Yu and take the sole lead.

In the Women’s event, IM Anastasia Bodnaruk hit the front off the back of a 3.5/4 day-two score. Wins over day-one leaders IM Nurgyul Salimova and GM Zhu Jiner position her half a point ahead of GM Humpy Koneru and WGM Zhai Mo with three rounds left to play.

The 2023 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship will conclude with rounds 10 through 13, on Tuesday, December 28, starting at 5 a.m. ET/11:00 CET/3:30 p.m. IST, while the women’s title will be decided after round 11.

This is a flash report. The full report, including game annotations and media, will be added shortly.

2023 World Rapid Championship | Round 9 Standings (Top 20)

Rank	Seed	Fed	Title	Name	Rating	Score
1	1		GM	Carlsen, Magnus	2818	7
2	11		GM	Fedoseev, Vladimir	2716	7
3	15		GM	Yu, Yangyi	2699	7
4	137		GM	Bharath, Subramaniyam H	2426	6.5
5	26		GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2654	6.5
6	43		GM	Cheparinov, Ivan	2618	6.5
7	4		GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2767	6.5
8	13		GM	Dubov, Daniil	2712	6.5
9	79		GM	Murzin, Volodar	2547	6.5
10	18		GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	2691	6.5
11	42		GM	Shevchenko, Kirill	2619	6.5
12	17		GM	Radjabov, Teimour	2691	6.5
13	36		GM	Keymer, Vincent	2631	6.5
14	98		GM	Idani, Pouya	2516	6.5
15	37		GM	Andreikin, Dmitry	2629	6.5
16	50		GM	Korobov, Anton	2601	6.5
17	88		GM	Nesterov, Arseniy	2534	6
18	39		GM	Anton Guijarro, David	2625	6
19	57		GM	Chigaev, Maksim	2587	6
20	52		GM	Xu, Xiangyu	2598	6

(Full standings here.)

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2023 Women’s World Rapid Championship | Round 8 Standings (Top 20) 

Rank	Seed	Fed	Title	Name	Rating	Score
1	51		IM	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	2265	7
2	8		GM	Koneru, Humpy	2444	6.5
3	29		WGM	Zhai, Mo	2351	6.5
4	11		GM	Zhu, Jiner	2431	6
5	21		IM	Salimova, Nurgyul	2371	6
6	5		GM	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	2486	6
7	42		IM	Garifullina, Leya	2287	6
8	3		GM	Lei, Tingjie	2517	6
9	6		GM	Lagno, Kateryna	2463	6
10	69		WGM	Priyanka, Nutakki	2205	6
11	12		GM	Muzychuk, Anna	2424	5.5
12	10		IM	Assaubayeva, Bibisara	2436	5.5
13	59		WIM	Lu, Miaoyi	2239	5.5
14	1		GM	Ju, Wenjun	2575	5.5
15	70		WGM	Beydullayeva, Govhar	2197	5.5
16	24		GM	Stefanova, Antoaneta	2363	5.5
17	28		IM	Narva, Mai	2351	5.5
18	2		GM	Tan, Zhongyi	2528	5.5
19	65		WGM	Yu, Jennifer	2217	5
20	102		WFM	Nurgaliyeva, Zarina	1963	5

(Full standings here.)

The Game of the Day, which was Bodnaruk’s round-eight victory over Zhu, will be annotated by GM Rafael Leitao and added shortly.

The FIDE World Rapid Championship is an over-the-board event that determines the FIDE World Rapid open and women’s champions. The event starts on December 26 at 5 a.m. ET/11:00 CET/3:30 p.m. IST and features a $500,000 prize fund.

The current rapid and blitz chess champion Carlsen will attempt to defend his titles in a stacked field including Nepomniachtchi, Duda, Vachier-Lagrave, Caruana, and many more 2700+ players.

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