Editing Fast chess (section)

=== World Rapid championships before 2012 ===
In 1987, [[Garry Kasparov]] (the World Champion of classical chess at the time) and [[Nigel Short]] played a 6-game exhibition Rapid match ("Speed Chess Challenge") at the London Hippodrome, won by Kasparov 4–2.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/4th-april-1987/52/chess|title=Boxed Set|author=Keene, Raymond|date=3 April 1987|publisher=The Spectator}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4ezgmjeEnw| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211118/o4ezgmjeEnw| archive-date=2021-11-18 | url-status=live|title=Kasparov vs Short – Speed Chess Challenge Pt.1|last=Arkham Noir|date=1 June 2011|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

The 1988 victory by [[Anatoly Karpov]] in [[Mazatlan]] was officially called the ''World Active Championship'', but FIDE changed the word 'active' to 'rapid' soon after.<ref name="Rapid Chess">{{cite web |url=http://www.bworldonline.com/content.php?section=8&title=Rapid-chess&id=63818 |title=Rapid Chess |publisher=Business World |date=2013-01-06 |access-date=2015-10-15 |archive-date=15 October 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20151015072322/http://www.bworldonline.com/content.php?section=8&title=Rapid-chess&id=63818 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1992, FIDE held the Women's World Rapid and Blitz Championship in Budapest, Hungary. Both Rapid and Blitz Championships were won by [[Susan Polgar]].<ref name="auto"/>

The 2001 victory by Garry Kasparov in the FIDE World Cup of Rapid Chess (organized by the French Chess Federation in Cannes) was held contemporaneously to the [[Melody Amber]] rapids (thus splitting the top players between the two events),<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/a1a2bgix.htm | author=Mark Weeks | title=World Chess Championship 2001–02 Braingames & Einstein}}</ref> and it is sometimes considered to be official, although it was never named as a "championship" but rather a "world cup".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-mar-30-cl-44443-story.html | title=LA Times report on Cannes 2001 World Rapid Cup| website=[[Los Angeles Times]]| date=30 March 2001}}</ref>

[[Viswanathan Anand]] won the official FIDE 2003 Rapid Championship at the 6th Cap d'Agde event.<ref name="2003rapid"/> After no bids in 2004, FIDE optioned the 2005 Rapid to [[Cap d'Agde]], but it was not held.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fide.com/index.php?option=com_fidecalendar&view=fidearchive&ny=2005 | title=FIDE Calendar 2005}}</ref> [[Teimour Radjabov]] won the 2006 ''7th Cap d’Agde Rapid Chess Tournament'', but this had no FIDE status.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/teimour-radjabov-wins-cap-d-agde | title=ChessBase report on 2006 Cap d'Agde| date=3 November 2006}}</ref>

The yearly [[Frankfurt]] or [[Mainz]] events hosted by the ''Chess Tigers'' (2001–2010) were considered as the traditional rapid chess championship,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://gambit.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/20/anand-wins-rapid-championship-at-mainz-navara-wins-open/ | title=Anand Wins Rapid Championship at Mainz; Navara Wins Open| date=20 August 2007}}</ref> and it often received world championship billing in the absence of an annual FIDE-recognized championship.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/chess-classic-mainz-ends | title=Chess Classic Mainz Ends}}</ref> In its last two years, the 2009 ''Grenkeleasing World Rapid Chess Championship'' in Mainz was won by [[Levon Aronian]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chess.com/news/aronian-wins-rapid-world-championship-8519 | title=Chess.com report on Mainz 2009}}</ref> and the 2010 ''Open GRENKE Rapid World Championship'' in Mainz was won by [[Gata Kamsky]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/17th-chess-classic-mainz-2010/gata-kamsky-wins-the-grenke-rapid-in-mainz-2010 | title=TWIC report on Mainz 2010}}</ref> The [[Association of Chess Professionals]] (ACP) also held a World Rapid Cup in some of these years, and the annual [[Amber chess tournament]] (1992 to 2011) also had a rapid segment. There was also occasionally a Eurotel Trophy or Intel Grand Prix event, each of which would be of high stature.