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{{Short description|Chess variant with little move time allowed}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} [[File:Union Square chess with spectators.jpg|thumb|upright=1.7|right|Spectators watch as street chess player "Russian Paul"<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/k3eEwYI6awM Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210707170532/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3eEwYI6awM Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3eEwYI6awM| title = I Finally Beat "Russian Paul," The Strongest Chess Hustler in NYC | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> (left) plays bullet chess with [[Jonathan Corbblah]] in [[Union Square, Manhattan]].]] '''Fast chess''', also known as '''speed chess''', is a type of [[chess]] in which each player is given less time than classical chess [[time control]]s allow. Fast chess is subdivided, by decreasing time controls, into '''rapid chess''', '''blitz chess''', and '''bullet chess'''. '''Armageddon chess''' is a [[chess variant|variant]] of fast chess with [[Glossary of chess#Draw odds|draw odds]] for black and unequal time controls, used as a tiebreaker of last resort.<ref name="chesscom-armageddon">{{cite web |website=Chess.com |url=https://www.chess.com/terms/armageddon-chess |title=Chess Terms: Armageddon }}</ref> As of January 2025, the top-ranked rapid chess player and the top-ranked blitz chess player in the open section is [[Magnus Carlsen]] from [[Norway]], who is also the top-ranked classical chess player. The reigning [[World Rapid Chess Championship|World Rapid Chess Champion]] is [[Volodar Murzin]] of [[Russia]]. The reigning [[World Blitz Chess Championship|World Blitz Chess Champions]] are Magnus Carlsen and [[Ian Nepomniachtchi]] of Russia (who shared victory in [[World Blitz Chess Championship 2024|2024]]). As of January 2025, [[Ju Wenjun]] of China is the women's top-ranked rapid player, who is also the reigning Women's World Chess Champion in classical chess and the reigning Women's World Blitz Chess Champion. The women's top-ranked blitz player and also the top-ranked classical chess player is [[Hou Yifan]], also from China. The reigning Women's World Rapid Chess Champion is [[Koneru Humpy]] of [[India]].
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