World Rapid Chess Championship
The World Rapid Chess Championship is a chess tournament held to determine the world champion in chess played under rapid time controls. Prior to 2012, FIDE gave such recognition to a limited number of tournaments, with non-FIDE recognized tournaments annually naming a world rapid champion of their own. Since 2012, FIDE has held an annual joint rapid and blitz chess tournament and billed it as the World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships. FIDE also holds the Women's World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship. The current rapid world champion is grandmaster Magnus Carlsen. Tan Zhongyi from China is the current women's rapid world champion. Carlsen has won the event a record four times.
| Tournament | Year | Location | Winner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Rapid Chess Championship | 2023 | Samarkand (Uzbekistan) |
Magnus Carlsen
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| World Rapid Chess Championship | 2022 | Almaty (Kazakhstan) |
Magnus Carlsen
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| World Rapid Chess Championship | 2021 | Warsaw (Poland) |
Nodirbek Abdusattorov
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| World Rapid Chess Championship | 2019 | Moscow (Russia) |
Magnus Carlsen
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| World Rapid Chess Championship | 2018 | Saint Petersburg (Russia) |
Daniil Dubov
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| World Rapid Chess Championship | 2017 | Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) |
Viswanathan Anand
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| World Rapid Chess Championship | 2016 | Doha (Qatar) |
Vassily Ivanchuk
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| World Rapid Chess Championship | 2015 | Berlin (Germany) |
Magnus Carlsen
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| World Rapid Chess Championship | 2014 | Dubai (UAE) |
Magnus Carlsen
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| World Rapid Chess Championship | 2013 | Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia) |
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
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| World Rapid Chess Championship | 2012 | Astana (Kazakhstan) |
Sergey Karjakin
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| World Rapid Chess Championship | 2003 | Cap d'Agde (France) |
Viswanathan Anand
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| World Cup of Rapid Chess | 2001 | Cannes (France) |
Garry Kasparov
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| World Active Chess Championship | 1988 | Mazatlan (Mexico) |
Anatoly Karpov
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