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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.

The World Chess Championship is a sports event used to determine the world champion in chess. The event first began in 1886 and took place each year until 2014 when it was given a two-year schedule. The current World Chess Champion is Magnus Carlsen of Norway who has held the title since defeating Viswanathan Anand in 2013.

"In view of the situation, FIDE has decided to postpone the 2020 edition of the World Rapid and Blitz Championship. "We will do our best to make ...

Rapid Championship takes place from 26th-28th December, and Blitz tournament will be played on the 29th and the 30th December. Photo: Eteri ...

Dec 10, 2021 · Kasparov, who was named the best chess player in history by Chess.com in 2020, broke Tal's record for youngest world champion. He is also tied with Lasker for most world championship matches won, with six. The last two of these came outside of FIDE, after he and GM Nigel Short left in 1993, leading to the split title.

29.12.2021 · After many twists and turns on day three of the World Rapid Chess Championship, 17-year-old Uzbek GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov won the event with 9.5/13 in the Swiss tournament, after winning the second tiebreak blitz game against GM Ian Nepomniachtchi. Notably defeating GM Magnus Carlsen in the first round of the day, Abdusattorov is the youngest world rapid …

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

31.12.2020 · Chess.com is excited to announce the winners of the 2020 Chess.com Awards. These awards are an opportunity for the Chess.com community to recognize and celebrate some of the great games, players, creators, moves, and more from 2020. The awards also serve as an opportunity to reflect on a year that will...

26.10.2020 · Let us look at the top ten Grandmasters of 2020: Magnus Carlsen – Born on 30 November 1990, Magnus Carlsen, a Norwegian chess grandmaster, whose FIDE 2020 rating is 2863. He is the current World Blitz Chess Champion, World Rapid Chess Champion, and World Chess Champion. Carlsen’s classical rating of 2882 is the highest in history.

The young GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov was crowned the champion of the 2021 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship tournament in the open section.

Dec 31, 2020 · Player of the Year: Magnus Carlsen. Player of the year was an incredibly close vote between World Champion Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura. In fact, Nakamura even received more first-place votes than Carlsen (1640-1567), but Carlsen picked up far more second-place votes and is the 2020 Chess.com Player of the Year.

Nodirbek Abdusattorov won the World Rapid championship in Warsaw, claiming en route the scalps of Magnus Carlsen and the No 1's last two ...

Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan), won the World Rapid Chess Championship 2021 by defeating Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) in a tiebreaker and ...

26.04.2019 · The World Chess Federation (FIDE) today announced that the 2020 World Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and the winner of the next Candidates Tournament will be fought over 14 games rather than 12, with the minimum prize fund doubled from 1 to 2 million euros. The time available to the players is unchanged, but increments have …

Dec 28, 2021 · The winner is Nodirbek Abdusattorov. Photo: Anna Shtourman The final games of the FIDE World Rapid Championship were played in the capital of Poland.

The event was won by Anatoly Karpov, who edged out GM Viktor Gavrikov on tiebreak points after their 1st-place playoff ended in a 5-5 tie. Karpov was ...

10.12.2021 · Kasparov, who was named the best chess player in history by Chess.com in 2020, broke Tal's record for youngest world champion. He is also tied with Lasker for most world championship matches won, with six. The last two of these came outside of FIDE, after he and GM Nigel Short left in 1993, leading to the split title. Year.

20.09.2020 · The Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament ended in a shared victory for GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Wesley So. Both won $45,000 as the American grandmaster caught up with his Norwegian rival in the final round. Carlsen defeated So in their mutual game on the final day and scored 4.5/8 in the other games.

28.12.2021 · Ian Nepomniachtchi Wins Silver Medal of FIDE World Rapid Championship. The winner is Nodirbek Abdusattorov. The final games of the FIDE World Rapid Championship were played in the capital of Poland. Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan), Ian Nepomniachtchi (CFR), Magnus Carlsen (Norway), and Fabiano Caruana (USA) scored 9.5 points each in 13 rounds.

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Magnus Carlsen goes into 2020 as not only the World Champion in classical, rapid and blitz chess but also the no.