World Blitz Chess Championship
The World Blitz Chess Championship is a chess tournament held to determine the world champion in chess played under blitz time controls. Since 2012, FIDE has held an annual joint rapid and blitz chess tournament and billed it as the World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships. The current world blitz champion is the Norwegian Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen. Bibisara Assaubayeva from Kazakhstan is the current women's blitz world champion. Magnus Carlsen has won the event a record six times.
| Tournament | Year | Location | Winner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Blitz Chess Championship | 2023 | Samarkand (Uzbekistan) |
Magnus Carlsen
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| World Blitz Chess Championship | 2022 | Almaty (Kazakhstan) |
Magnus Carlsen
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| World Blitz Chess Championship | 2021 | Warsaw (Poland) |
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
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| World Blitz Chess Championship | 2019 | Moscow (Russia) |
Magnus Carlsen
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| World Blitz Chess Championship | 2018 | Saint Petersburg (Russia) |
Magnus Carlsen
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| World Blitz Chess Championship | 2017 | Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) |
Magnus Carlsen
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| World Blitz Chess Championship | 2016 | Doha (Qatar) |
Sergey Karjakin
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| World Blitz Chess Championship | 2015 | Berlin (Germany) |
Alexander Grischuk
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| World Blitz Chess Championship | 2014 | Dubai (UAE) |
Magnus Carlsen
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| World Blitz Chess Championship | 2013 | Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia) |
Le Quang Liem
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| World Blitz Chess Championship | 2012 | Astana (Kazakhstan) |
Alexander Grischuk
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| World Blitz Chess Championship | 2010 | Moscow (Russia) |
Levon Aronian
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| World Blitz Chess Championship | 2009 | Moscow (Russia) |
Magnus Carlsen
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| World Blitz Chess Championship | 2008 | Almaty (Kazakhstan) |
Leinier Dominguez Perez
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| World Blitz Chess Championship | 2007 | Moscow (Russia) |
Vassily Ivanchuk
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| World Blitz Chess Championship | 2006 | Rishon Lezion (Israel) |
Alexander Grischuk
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| World Blitz Chess Championship | 1988 | Saint John (Canada) |
Mikhail Tal
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