World Rapid Chess Championship 2022
The World Rapid Chess Championship 2022 was the 2022 edition of the annual World Rapid Chess Championship held by FIDE 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. The tournament was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan from 26–28 December 2022, using a Swiss-system with 13 rounds for the open tournament and 11 rounds for the women's tournament. Players eligible to participate in the open tournament were either be rated at least 2550 Elo in a FIDE rating list during 2022, or reigning national champion. Participants 
178 players took part in the open tournament, and 98 in the women's tournament. Prize fund 
The prize fund for both the open and women's tournament is shown below. In case of a tie (except for first place) all prize money is shared between the players. Players outside the brackets do not receive any prize money. All amounts are in United States dollars. Open tournament:

Total: $350,000

Women's tournament:

Total: $150,000

Tiebreak regulations 

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

 Buchholz Cut 1 (the sum of the scores of each of the opponents of a player but reduced by the lowest score of the opponents)
 Buchholz (the sum of the scores of each of the opponents of a player)
 Average Rating of Opponents Cut 1 (average rating of opponents excluding the lowest rated opponent)
 The results of individual games between tied players
 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 two or more players are tied for first, the top two players who finished the highest on the above mentioned tiebreaks shall play a two game mini match with the time control of 3+2 (with colours of the first game drawn) to decide the winner. If the score is tied 1-1, the players continue to play single 3+2 games until one of the players has won one game (the player who finished highest on the above mentioned tiebreaks shall have the white pieces for the first game and the colours will alternate from the next game). Open tournament results 

The following table lists all participants, with the results from the 13 rounds. They are ranked according to the results, taking into account the tie-breaks. Notation: "59b1" indicates a game against the player of rank 59 (Samvel Ter-Sahakyan) with black pieces that resulted in a win (1 point). Women's tournament results 
The following table lists all participants, with the results from the 13 rounds. They are ranked according to the results, taking into account the tie-breaks. Notation: "1 (B 58)" indicates a win (1 point) with black pieces (B) against player of rank 58 (Jovana Eric). The first tiebreak (labeled BC1) is the Buchholz Cut 1 score, the second tiebreak (labeled BS) is the Buchholz score, and the third tiebreak (labelled AROC1) is the average rating of opponents cut 1. Notes

References 

World Rapid Chess Championship
2022 in chess
2022 in Kazakhstani sport
December 2022 sports events in Asia
Sports competitions in Almaty
Chess in Kazakhstan