World Rapid Chess Championship 2019

 
World Rapid Champion
Women's World Rapid Champion
 
  Magnus Carlsen Koneru Humpy
 
11½/15Scores9/12
  Born 30 November 1990
29 years old		 Born 31 March 1987
32 years old
  World Rapid Champion Women's World Rapid Champion
  Rating: 2886
(World No. 1)		 Rating: 2438
(World No. 17)

The World Rapid Chess Championship 2019 (known as the King Salman World Rapid & Blitz Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a chess tournament held 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 event took place at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia between 26 and 28 December 2019, using a Swiss-system with 15 rounds for the open tournament and 12 rounds for the women's tournament. Players who were eligible to participate must have either been rated at least 2550 Elo in a FIDE rating list during 2019, or were a reigning national champion. The time control for the tournament was 15+10, meaning each player initially started with 15 minutes and gained 10 seconds increment with each move.

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