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Prior to 2012, FIDE sporadically sanctioned a world rapid chess championship. The first official high-profile rapid match took place in 1987, when then-world champion Garry Kasparov defeated Nigel Short in the "London Docklands Speed Chess Challenge" at the London Hippodrome. Kasparov won the match with 4 wins, two losses, and no draws in six ...
The following table lists all participants, with the results from the 13 rounds. They are ranked according to the results, taking into account the tie-breaks. [6] Notation: "1 (B 58)" indicates a win (1 point) with black pieces (B) against player of rank 58 (Jovana Eric). The first tiebreak (labeled BC1) is the Buchholz Cut 1 score, the second ...
The World Chess Federation (FIDE) divides time controls for chess into "classical" time controls, and the fast chess time controls.As of July 2014, for master-level players (with an Elo of 2400 or higher) the regulations state that at least 120 minutes per player (based on a 60-move game) must be allocated for a game to be rated on the "classical" list; [2] for lower-rated players, this can be ...
Chess.com has held the Speed Chess Championship annually since 2016, involving a single-elimination tournament featuring some of the world's best players. Nakamura has won five championships, while Carlsen has won four.
The Grand Chess Tour 2024 was a series of chess tournaments, which was the ninth edition of the Grand Chess Tour. It consisted of five tournaments with a total prize pool of US$1.4 million, including two tournaments with classical time control and three tournaments with faster time controls .
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 FIDE World Rapid Team Championship is a team tournament in chess, played under rapid time controls and organized by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in collaboration with WR Logistics GmbH. The first tournament took place in Düsseldorf, Germany, from August 26 to 28, 2023.
The following table lists all participants, with the results from the 13 rounds. They are ranked according to the results, taking into account the tie-breaks. [10] Notation: "1 (B 83)" indicates a win (1 point) with black pieces (B) against player of rank 83 (Mihaela Sandu). The first tiebreak (labeled BC1) is the Buchholz Cut 1 score, the ...