World Rapid Chess Championship
Annual chess tournament
World Rapid Chess Championship
The World Rapid Chess Championship is a chess tournament held to determine the world champion in rapid chess. Prior to 2012, FIDE sporadically sanctioned a world rapid chess championship. Meanwhile, the non-FIDE-recognized Grenkeleasing Rapid World Championship annually named a world rapid champion of its own each year from 1996 to 2010. Since 2012, FIDE has held an annual joint rapid and blitz tournament, billed as the World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships. FIDE also holds the Women's World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship. The current rapid world champion is GM Magnus Carlsen of Norway. GM Aleksandra Goryachkina of Russia is the current women's rapid world champion. GM Vishwanathan Anand of India holds the record for most championship wins, having won 13 World Rapid titles.
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