Women's 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's World Rapid Chess Championship | 2023 | Samarkand (Uzbekistan) |
Anastasia Bodnaruk
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| Women's World Rapid Chess Championship | 2022 | Almaty (Kazakhstan) |
Tan Zhongyi
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| Women's World Rapid Chess Championship | 2021 | Warsaw (Poland) |
Alexandra Kosteniuk
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| Women's World Rapid Chess Championship | 2019 | Moscow (Russia) |
Humpy Koneru
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| Women's World Rapid Chess Championship | 2018 | Saint Petersburg (Russia) |
Ju Wenjun
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| Women's World Rapid Chess Championship | 2017 | Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) |
Ju Wenjun
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| Women's World Rapid Chess Championship | 2016 | Doha (Qatar) |
Anna Muzychuk
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| Women's World Rapid Chess Championship | 2014 | Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia) |
Kateryna Lagno
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| Women's World Rapid Chess Championship | 2012 | Batumi (Georgia) |
Antoaneta Stefanova
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