Editing Fast chess (section)

=== World Championships since 2012 ===
[[File:15-10-10-Magnus Carlsen-RalfR-N3S 2391.jpg|thumb|right|[[Magnus Carlsen]] (left) playing GM [[Dennis Wagner (chess player)|Dennis Wagner]] (right)<ref name="youtube">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ljri7ZHIkPw | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827183832/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ljri7ZHIkPw| archive-date=2016-08-27 | url-status=dead| title=Magnus Carlsen vs Dennis Wagner, World Chess Rapid Championship 2015, Round 2 Full game | via=YouTube | access-date=15 June 2016}}</ref> at the 2015 FIDE World Chess Rapid and Blitz Championship in Berlin, at which Carlsen retained the title World Rapid Chess Champion]]
[[File:Blitzweltmeister Grischtschuk und die Nächstplatzierten Vachier-Lagrave (li.) und Kramnik in Berlin 2015.JPG|thumb|right|Blitz World Champion [[Alexander Grischuk]] (right) in Berlin, 2015, with runners-up [[Vladimir Kramnik]] (center) and [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]] (left)]]

Since 2012, FIDE have held joint World Rapid and Blitz Championships most years, with some years Women's World Rapid and Blitz Championships also being held.

In 2012, the World Rapid and Blitz Championships were held at Batumi, Georgia and Astana, Kazakhstan (Women's Championships)<ref name="fide-archive"/> [[Sergey Karjakin]] won the Rapid Championship.<ref name=worldrapid20101/> [[Alexander Grischuk]] won the Blitz Championship.<ref name="2012blitz"/> [[Antoaneta Stefanova]] won the Women's Rapid Championship.<ref name="auto1"/> [[Valentina Gunina]] won the Women's Blitz Championship.<ref name="auto1"/>

In 2013, the World Rapid and Blitz Championships were held at Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.<ref name="fide-archive"/> [[Shakhriyar Mamedyarov]] won the Rapid Championship.<ref name="2013rapid"/> [[Lê Quang Liêm]] won the Blitz Championship.<ref name="2013blitz"/>

In 2014, the World Rapid and Blitz Championships were held at Dubai, UAE and Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia (Women's Championships).<ref name="fide-archive">{{cite web | url=https://www.fide.com/index.php?option=com_fidecalendar&view=fidearchive | title=FIDE Calendar Archive | publisher=FIDE | access-date=20 September 2016}}</ref> [[Magnus Carlsen]] won both Rapid and Blitz Championships.<ref name="2014blitz"/><ref name="2014rapid"/> [[Kateryna Lagno]] won the Women's Rapid Championship.<ref name="women2014rapid"/> [[Anna Muzychuk]] won the Women's Blitz Championship.<ref name="women2014blitz"/>

In 2015, the World Rapid and Blitz Championships were held in Berlin, Germany. Magnus Carlsen won the Rapid Championship.<ref name="2015rapid"/> He also received the privilege of playing at a dedicated Board 1 the whole time, not having to move while others did. The given reason was that Norwegian television was sponsoring the event, and moving the heavy cameras around would be too much hassle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chess.com/news/world-rapid-carlsen-on-top-but-with-a-surprising-name-5371|title=World Rapid: Carlsen on Top, But with a Surprising Name}}</ref> After his first-round draw, he should not have been on Board 1 until Round 8 when he caught the leaders.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chess-results.com/tnr190460.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=7&wi=821|title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – FIDE World Rapid Championship 2015|first=Herzog|last=Heinz|publisher=chess-results.com}}</ref> Carlsen himself later called this "weird" that Board 1 would be reserved for him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chess.com/news/more-top-seeds-cede-lead-in-qatar-round-2-7956|title=More Top Seeds Cede Lead in Qatar Round 2|publisher=chess.com}}</ref> [[Alexander Grischuk]] won the Blitz Championship.<ref name="2015blitz"/>

In 2015, FIDE did not receive the expected 80,000 euros from [[Agon Limited|Agon]]'s organization of the event, causing a budget shortfall of 55,000 euros.<ref>[https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/9758-87th-fide-congress-general-assembly-agenda-and-annexes.html Annex 2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802001619/http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/9758-87th-fide-congress-general-assembly-agenda-and-annexes.html |date=2 August 2016 }} (Budget Item 1.8)</ref><ref>[https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/9758-87th-fide-congress-general-assembly-agenda-and-annexes.html Annex 5] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802001619/http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/9758-87th-fide-congress-general-assembly-agenda-and-annexes.html |date=2 August 2016 }} (Verification report), listing 80,000 euros</ref> It was later announced that approximately 200,000 euros were lost on the event.<ref>[https://www.chess.com/news/is-fide-going-bankrupt-3846 Is FIDE going bankrupt?] (Chess.com)</ref>

In 2016, the World Rapid Championships were held at the [[Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena]] in Doha, Qatar. [[Vassily Ivanchuk]] of Ukraine won the 2016 World Rapid Championship, while Carlsen, after defending his title with difficulty in 2015, came in third place. In the Blitz Championship, [[Sergey Karjakin]] of Russia and contender in the recently held [[World Chess Championship 2016]] won the championship title albeit due to a better tiebreak over the second place Carlsen. Karjakin defeated Carlsen in their individual encounter. Carlsen was once again reserved board 1 for both championships. [[Anna Muzychuk]] also from Ukraine, won both the 2016 Women World Rapid and Blitz Championshipship.

At the FIDE Presidential Board meeting at the end of March 2016, they gave Agon six months to find an organizer for the 2017 event.<ref>[https://www.fide.com/images/stories/NEWS_2016/FIDE_News/GA_Agenda_2016/2016_General_Assembly_Agenda.pdf General Assembly Agenda] (Items 5.20.15, 5.20.16)</ref> At the Baku General Assembly in September, it was announced they had extended this deadline until the end of 2016.<ref name="fide2016GA">[https://www.fide.com/images/stories/NEWS_2016/FIDE_News/GA_Agenda_2016/2016_General_Assembly_Minutes_Baku.pdf 2016 FIDE General Assembly Minutes] (Items 5.20.16, 9.1)</ref> The issue of the non-payment of the players for the IMSA Mind Games was also brought up.<ref name="fide2016GA" />
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