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(FIDE press release)

Wall Street, synonymous with power and intensity, provides the perfect backdrop for this high-stakes event. The 2024 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships promise to be the most spectacular yet, as chess converges with the beating heart of global finance. This historic occasion marks the first time the event is held in North America, bringing the excitement and prestige of chess to new heights in the United States. The championship is a widely broadcast and watched event, and all eyes will surely be on Wall Street this December.

“This year’s FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships represent a historic milestone for chess, bringing the event to North America for the first time and returning to New York, a city with a rich chess tradition,” said Arkady Dvorkovich, FIDE President. “This year, as we celebrate FIDE’s centenary, it’s fitting to reflect on the legendary New York International Chess Tournament held exactly a century ago, marking a glorious era for chess in the United States.  Now, as chess enjoys a new golden age in the U.S., we are excited to bridge this glorious past with a prosperous present.”

Upcoming: The main event of the year World Chess Championship 2024 match between Gukesh and Ding Liren

A New Schedule

This year, FIDE has introduced a new schedule designed to enhance the experience for players and spectators. The event kicks off with the Rapid Championship from December 26 to 28, followed by a day off on December 29. The competition will resume on December 30 and 31 with the Blitz Championship.

Get ready to be part of the electrifying atmosphere! Tickets for both general admission and VIP packages will be available to the public soon. Stay tuned for more details in the coming weeks.

Join us in New York for an unforgettable celebration of chess on Wall Street. With an iconic venue, an exciting new schedule, and massive global interest, the 2024 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships are set to become a landmark event in the history of chess.

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Players who score 6.5/9 points can achieve the GM norm and players with 5/9 points can achieve the IM norm.

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2022 New York GM B Summer Invitational – Starting list:

Players who score 7/9 points can achieve the GM norm and players with score of 5.5/9 points can achieve the IM norm.

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2022 New York IM C Summer Invitational – Starting list:

Players with score of 7/9 points can achieve the IM norm.

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2022 New York IM D Summer Invitational – Starting list:

Players with score of 7/9 points can achieve the IM norm.

The prestigious annual event (SPFWO) was created in 2006 and is sponsored by the Susan Polgar Foundation (SPF), Chess NYC and Webster University affording young chess players in the United States and around the world an outstanding opportunity to compete and develop their game.

The Main Event, 12th Annual SPF World Open for Girls and Boys, takes place on 11-12th November as 5-round Swiss. Time control G/60; d5. The total prize fund is over $100,000 in Scholarship and Chess Prizes.

IM Nicolas Checa in action

Additional events included Puzzle Solving and Blitz Championship. Both were won by 15 year old IM Nicolas Checa (Blitz 6/6 and Solving 20/20), who is also leading the main event en route to the Triple Crown.

On 10th November GM Susan Polgar held a 25-Board Simul & Q/A at the New York Friars Club.

The event had 7 sections: Open, Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700, Under 1500, Under 1300 and Under 1100. The total prize fund was 15,000 USD.

The Open section was a 6-round Swiss with 60 participants. FMs Levy Rozman and FM David Brodsky shared the first place with 5/6 points to claim 1100 USD each.

Open section final standings:

1-2. FM Levy Rozman 2450 NY and FM David Brodsky 2431 NY – 5,0
3-6. GM Alexander Stripunsky 2633 NJ, GM Sergey Kudrin 2583 CT, IM Joerg Wegerle 2526 and IM Aleksandr Ostrovskiy 2489 NY – 4,5
7-15. GM Alexander Fishbein 2557 NJ, IM John M Burke 2487 NJ, IM Jay Richard Bonin 2402 NY, Brandon Jacobson 2371 NJ, Richard Shtivelband 2242 NY, Ernest Colding 2212 NY, Cesar Apalla 2200 NY, FM Robert Sulman 2200 NY and Daniel Yedidia 2142 NJ – 4,0 etc

The event has 7 sections: Open, Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700, Under 1500, Under 1300 and Under 1100. All sections have either a 3-day schedule (December 27-29) or 2-day schedule (December 28-29) to participate in.

The tournament format is 6-round Swiss, with time control 40/110, SD/30, d10.

Last year Grandmaster Robert Hess took the trophy.

The event has a $15,000 prize fund unconditionally guaranteed.

Open Section: $1300-700-400-200, clear or tiebreak win $100 bonus, top Under 2300 or unrated $600-300.
Under 2100 Section: $1000-500-300-200.
Under 1900 Section: $1000-500-300-200.
Under 1700 Section: $900-500-300-200.
Under 1500 Section: $800-400-250-150.
Under 1300 Section: $800-400-250-150.
Under 1100 Section: $500-300-200-100, plaques to first 3, top Under 900, Under 700, Under 500, Unrated.
Unrated may not win over $100 in U1100, $200 in U1300, $300 U1500, $400 U1700, or $500 U1900.

Tickets will be sold on http://www.Reach2Stars.Com/sk_nyc via an all-pay auction: every bidder must pay regardless of whether they win the tickets; the ten highest bidders will win. The auction will end on January 16, 2017, proceeds will go to UNICEF.

While making the announcement, Mr. Karjakin said: “We all compete these days: some people for money, some others for glory, some – for promoting political visions. We become so involved into our fights that we forget about those who do not get a chance to compete, about children who live in poverty and often die before becoming adults. Every kid deserves to get some help in surviving and in realizing their potential in this life. The world cannot afford to lose from hunger or curable disease it’s future scientists, politicians, athletes. That’s why I am, as a young father, supporting UNICEF.”

Anna Chakvetadze, former world’s No 5 female tennis player, currently the founder and Chairwoman of Reach2Stars Inc., said:
”Celebrities want to make a difference and contribute to their favorite causes. But they usually face two challenges: how to maximize an outcome of the time they donate to the charities, and how to minimize their personal safety risks while participating in charitable events. Reach2Stars addresses both of these concerns. All-pay auctions can boost total revenues from each event while actually decreasing an average contribution by an individual participant. Our rigorous background checks ensure that potentially destructive individuals are not getting tickets to the events. We are very proud that Sergey Karjakin decided to distribute tickets for his simultaneous chess exhibition through www.Reach2Stars.Com/sk_nyc .”

Sergey Karjakin

Sergey Karjakin is a Russian chess Grandmaster who holds the Guinness World Records title as the world’s youngest Grandmaster, having qualified for this title at the age of 12 years. On November 11-30 he is competing in NYC with Magnus Carlsen of Norway for the title of the World Chess Champion.

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In the decisive round 14 Karjakin won the final game against Fabiano Caruana and surged a full point ahead in the standings. The Russian player is going to face the defending champion Magnus Carlsen.

The Carlsen – Karjakin 2016 World Chess Championship is going to take place in the city of New York.

The 12 round match will take place between 11-30 November and is expected to attract a global online and TV audience of more than 1 billion fans. The two Grandmasters will compete for a prize fund of at least 1 million euros ($1.1m).

Replay the games of Magnus Carlsen from WCC 2014

Replay the games of Sergey Karjakin from the Candidates 2016

“I and all New Yorkers welcome the World Chess Championship back to New York City. What better place to be than the city where parks are often populated by chess enthusiasts,” said New York Mayor Bill de Blasio.

The last American player to compete in the World Championship match was Gata Kamsky, when he played for the World Championship against Anatoly Karpov in 1996. Prior to that Bobby Fischer was World Champion between 1972 and 1975 after defeating Boris Spassky in a contest that symbolised the Cold War tensions between the US and the Soviet Union. However, now in 2016, we will see the match in the USA, but between a Norwegian and a Russian player.

Carlsen and Karjakin, photo by David LLada

Chess is becoming increasingly popular around the world and is the only game that is pre-downloaded on nearly every new smartphone. Hundreds of millions of games are played over the internet every week and in the US more people play chess regularly than golf, according to YouGov, the respected polling organisation.

Celebrity fans of the sport include Jay Z, Kevin Spacey, Jude Law, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bill Gates. Tobey Maguire recently produced and starred in a Hollywood film about the famous 1972 Fischer-Spassky Championship match.

The last World Championship match, held in Russia in 2014, enjoyed record-breaking coverage with the total audience for the whole event topping 1.2bn people. Carlsen, won that contest by defending his title for the first time against ex-world champion Vishy Anand. If AGON, the commercial partner of FIDE, want to keep u the popularity momentum of the event, a change of policy is a must after the low visibility of the Candidates.