Magnus Carlsen wins the Rapid World Championship

The World Rapid Chess Championship has ended in Almaty (Kazakhstan). 178 players participated in competitions with a prize fund of $ 350,000. The victory was won by the Norwegian grandmaster, world champion Magnus Carlsen. Vincent Keymer is in second place. Fabiano Caruana is on the third.

Technical results:
1. M. Carlsen (Norway) – 10 out of 13;
2-3. V. Keymer (Germany), F. Caruana (USA) – 9.5 each;
4-8. D. Dubov (Russia), A. Erigaisi (India), V. Fedoseev (Russia), V. Artemiev (Russia), R. Rapport (Romania) – 9 each.

Official website
Final standings

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