Editing Fast chess (section)

== World championships ==

{{Main|World Rapid Chess Championship|World Blitz Chess Championship}}

Both official and unofficial FIDE-sponsored world championships for fast chess have been held since the 1970s.

=== 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.

=== World Blitz championships before 2012 ===
The first unofficial ''Speed Chess Championship of the World'' (or World Blitz Championship) was held in [[Herceg Novi]] on 8 April 1970. This was shortly after the first [[Russia (USSR) vs Rest of the World|USSR versus the rest of the world]] match (in Belgrade), in which ten of these players also competed. Eleven [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmasters]] and one [[International Master]] played a double [[round-robin tournament]]. [[Bobby Fischer]] won first place, with a score of 19 points out of a possible 22. Fischer scored seventeen wins, four [[draw (chess)|draws]], and one loss (to [[Viktor Korchnoi]]). [[Mikhail Tal]] was a distant second, 4½ points behind.<ref>Brady, 1973, p. 164</ref> Fischer won both games against each of Tal, [[Tigran Petrosian]], and [[Vasily Smyslov]]; all of them were past [[World Chess Championship|World Champions]].

By 1971, the Russian and Moscow five-minute championships had been going several years, with Tal, [[David Bronstein|Bronstein]], and Petrosian all having success. That year, Fischer played in a blitz tournament organised by the [[Manhattan Chess Club]], and scored 21½/22.<ref>[[Barden, Leonard]], ''The value of blitz chess'', [[The Guardian]], 4 October 1971</ref> There were also strong tournaments in Bugojno (in 1978), which was won by Karpov; and Nikšić (in 1983), which was won by Kasparov.<ref name="web.archive.org">{{cite web|url=http://worldblitz2008.kz/about/championship_history |title=Blitz Championship History (archived) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224224849/http://worldblitz2008.kz/about/championship_history |archive-date=24 December 2008 }}</ref>

In 1987, the S.W.I.F.T. super-tournament was held in Brussels, Belgium; first prize was shared by [[Garry Kasparov]] and [[Ljubomir Ljubojević]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/18th-april-1987/44/chess |title=CHESS; 18 Apr 1987; The Spectator Archive |last=Keene |first=Raymond |date=1987-04-18 |website=The Spectator Archive |access-date=2018-01-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1015539 |title=1987 S.W.I.F.T. Brussels |access-date=2018-01-12}}</ref> The first FIDE-sponsored World Blitz Championship was won by [[Mikhail Tal]] in 1988.<ref name="web.archive.org"/>

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"/>

In 2000, Anand won the ''Plus GSM World Blitz Chess Cup,''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2000/01/11/stories/07110208.htm | archive-url=https://archive.today/20160316080300/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2000/01/11/stories/07110208.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=2016-03-16 | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=The Hindu story about Anand winning the "Cup"}}</ref> which has since been referred to as a world championship,<ref name="Vishy2000">{{cite web | url=http://moscow2012.fide.com/en/presentation/25-anand | title=Organizer's vita of Anand at 2012 Champs | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141127032925/http://moscow2012.fide.com/en/presentation/25-anand | archive-date=27 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/html/fl2420/stories/20071019508813200.htm | title=King Anand | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141127032925/http://moscow2012.fide.com/en/presentation/25-anand | archive-date=27 November 2014}}</ref> albeit inconsistently.

The second FIDE-recognized World Blitz Championship was won by [[Alexander Grischuk]] in 2006 in [[Rishon Lezion]], Israel;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3334 |title=Grischuk wins FIDE World Blitz Championship |publisher=ChessBase.com |date=12 September 2006 |access-date=19 May 2013}}</ref><ref name="web.archive.org"/> the third World Blitz Championship was won by [[Vassily Ivanchuk]] in 2007.<ref name="web.archive.org"/> The 4th World Blitz Championship was held in Almaty in 2008, and it was won by [[Leinier Domínguez|Leinier Dominguez Pérez]] of Cuba.<ref name="2008blitz2">{{cite web | url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/dominguez-perez-wins-world-blitz-championship-in-almaty | title=Dominguez-Perez wins World Blitz Championship in Almaty | publisher=chessbase.com | date=11 August 2008 | access-date=14 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="web.archive.org"/>

In 2009 and 2010, there was an event called the ''World Blitz Championship'', held after the [[Tal Memorial]] in Moscow in November. It was won by [[Magnus Carlsen]] (in 2009)<ref name="2009blitz"/> and [[Levon Aronian]] (in 2010),<ref name="fide.com"/> with the Women's Championship being won by [[Kateryna Lagno]] (in 2010).<ref name="women2010blitz"/> There is no record of a 2009 blitz event in the FIDE Calendar for that year;<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fide.com/index.php?option=com_fidecalendar&view=fidearchive&ny=2009 | title=2009 FIDE Calendar}}</ref> however, the October 2009 FIDE Congress discussed whether it should be a "proper" Championship (given the qualification scheme), and it left the decision to the corresponding internal Commission.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fide.com/fide/minutes/4228-80th-fide-congress-executive-board-minutes-and-annexes.html | title=80th FIDE Congress, Halkidiki (Oct 2009), Minutes 5.39 and Annex 33}}</ref> For 2010, it was organized in conjunction with FIDE from the beginning.<ref name="fide.com">{{cite web | url=https://www.fide.com/index.php?option=com_fidecalendar&view=archiveview&aid=705 | title=FIDE Archive: World Blitz Championships – Finals}}</ref> However, in neither case was an arbiter's report presented to the next FIDE Congress or General Assembly, as would be expected for a World Championship, and indeed occurred previously with the 2008 Blitz Championship.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fide.com/images/stories/NEWS_2008/79th_fide_congress/annex_35_2008.pdf | title=Arbiter's Report, Annex 35 to 79th FIDE Congress (Dresden 2008)}}</ref> The 2012 Arbiter's report refers to ''7th World Blitz Championship'' thus seeming to imply that 2009 and 2010 events were indeed Championships;<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fide.com/images/stories/NEWS_2012/Congress/Annex_48_-_Chief_Arbiters_and_Appeals_Committee_Chairman_reports_on_World_Rapid_and_Blitz_Championships_2012.pdf | title=Arbiter's Report, Annex 48 to the General Assembly (Istanbul 2012)}}</ref> although this report can be faulted for referring to the rapid championship of 2012 as being the ''1st World Rapid Championship'', which at the very least forgets Anand's official Rapid Championship in 2003. The balance of the evidence favors these Blitz Championships as being counted as official.

In 2011, there was no official blitz championship held, but FIDE was involved with the Sport Accord Mind Games blitz won by [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]], with [[Hou Yifan]] winning the women's division.<ref>{{cite web |url =http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/5792-sport-accord-mind-games-blitz-results.html |title =Sport Accord Mind Games: blitz results |access-date =15 October 2015 |archive-date =4 March 2016 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191357/http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/5792-sport-accord-mind-games-blitz-results.html |url-status =dead }}</ref>

=== 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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=== Champions tables for official events ===
{{see also|World Rapid Chess Championship|World Blitz Chess Championship}}
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|+World Rapid chess champions
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! # || Name || Year || Country
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| 1 || [[Anatoly Karpov]] || 1988<ref name="Rapid Chess"/> || {{USSR}}
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| 2 || [[Garry Kasparov]] || 2001<ref>[http://en.chessbase.com/post/cap-d-agde-world-rapid-championship The title isn't exactly a historic one, Kasparov's in 2001 was the first. ]</ref> || {{RUS}}
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| 3 || [[Viswanathan Anand]] || 2003<ref name="2003rapid">{{cite web |url=https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/2696-1187-anand-is-world-rapid-chess-champion.html |title=FIDE announcement that Anand is World Rapid Champion |access-date=14 October 2015 |archive-date=1 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101093356/https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/2696-1187-anand-is-world-rapid-chess-champion.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> || {{flag|India}}
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| 4 || [[Sergey Karjakin]] || 2012<ref name=worldrapid20101>{{cite web |url=http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/6282-world-rapid-and-blitz-championships-2012-karjakin-wins.html |title=World Rapid Championship 2012, Karjakin wins |access-date=15 October 2015 |archive-date=1 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101093401/https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/6282-world-rapid-and-blitz-championships-2012-karjakin-wins.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> ||{{flag|Russia}}
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| 5 || [[Shakhriyar Mamedyarov]] || 2013<ref name="2013rapid">{{cite web | url=http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/7140-shakhriyar-mamedyarov-became-the-world-rapid-chess-champion.html | title=Shakhriyar Mamedyarov became the World Rapid Chess Champion | access-date=15 October 2015 | archive-date=1 January 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101093401/https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/7140-shakhriyar-mamedyarov-became-the-world-rapid-chess-champion.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> ||{{flag|Azerbaijan}}
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| 6 || [[Magnus Carlsen]] || 2014<ref name="2014rapid">{{cite web | url=https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/8083-magnus-carlsen-wins-fide-world-rapid-championship.html | title=Magnus Carlsen wins FIDE World Rapid Championship! | access-date=15 October 2015 | archive-date=8 October 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008121428/https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/8083-magnus-carlsen-wins-fide-world-rapid-championship.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> || {{NOR}}
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| 7 || [[Magnus Carlsen]] || 2015<ref name="2015rapid">{{cite web |url=https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/9107-world-chess-rapid-and-blitz-championship-2015.html |title=Magnus Carlsen wins 2015 FIDE World Rapid Championship! |access-date=15 October 2015 |archive-date=1 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101093349/https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/9107-world-chess-rapid-and-blitz-championship-2015.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> || {{NOR}}
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| 8 || [[Vasyl Ivanchuk]] || 2016<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/vassily-ivanchuk-is-new-world-champion-in-rapid-chess | title=Vassily Ivanchuk is new World Champion in Rapid Chess| date=28 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="2016rapid">{{cite web |url=http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/9975-fide-world-rapid-a-blitz-championships-winners-of-rapid.html |title=Double gold for Ukraine in FIDE World Rapid Championship |access-date=29 December 2016 |archive-date=1 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101093356/https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/9975-fide-world-rapid-a-blitz-championships-winners-of-rapid.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> || {{UKR}}
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| 9 || [[Viswanathan Anand]] || 2017 || {{IND}}
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| 10 || [[Daniil Dubov]] || 2018<ref name="2018rapid"/> || {{RUS}}
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| 11 || [[Magnus Carlsen]] || 2019 || {{NOR}}
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| 12 || [[Nodirbek Abdusattorov]] || 2021 ||{{UZB}} 
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| 13 || [[Magnus Carlsen]] || 2022 || {{NOR}}
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| 14 || [[Magnus Carlsen]] || 2023 || {{NOR}}
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| 15 || [[Volodar Murzin]] || 2024 || {{flagicon image|FIDE flag icon.png}} [[FIDE]]<ref name="FIDE">Murzin, Nepomniachtchi, Bodnaruk and Gunina are Russians, but they competed under [[FIDE]] flag due to the organization's ban of the Russian and Belarusian flags as part of its response to the 2022 [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]].</ref>
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| 1 || [[Susan Polgar|Zsuzsa Polgár]] || 1992<ref name="auto">{{cite web | url=https://chessdailynews.com/1992-womens-world-rapid-and-blitz-championship | title=1992 Women's World Rapid and Blitz Championship| date=23 June 2014}}</ref> || {{flag|Hungary}}
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| 2 || [[Antoaneta Stefanova]] || 2012<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://www.fide.com/index.php?option=com_fidecalendar&view=archiveview&aid=926 | title=FIDE Archive: Women's World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2012}}</ref> || {{flag|Bulgaria}}
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| 3 || [[Kateryna Lagno]] || 2014<ref name="women2014rapid">{{cite web |url=https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/7917-kateryna-lagno-crowned-womens-world-rapid-champion.html |title=Kateryna Lagno crowned Women's World Rapid Champion |access-date=15 October 2015 |archive-date=23 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023024101/http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/7917-kateryna-lagno-crowned-womens-world-rapid-champion.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> || {{flag|Ukraine}}
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| 4 || [[Anna Muzychuk]] || 2016<ref name="women2016rapid">{{cite web|url=http://chess-results.com/tnr255542.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=12&turdet=YES&flag=30&wi=984 | title=FIDE "Women" World Rapid Ch. 2016 Final Ranking after 12 Rounds  }}</ref><ref name="2016rapid"/> || {{UKR}}
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| 5 || [[Ju Wenjun]] || 2017 || {{CHN}}
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| 6 || [[Ju Wenjun]] || 2018<ref name="2018rapid">{{cite web |last1=ChessBase staff |url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/rapid-world-championship-2018-st-petersburg-live |title=FIDE World Rapid Champions: Dubov and Ju |publisher=ChessBase |access-date=28 December 2018 |date=28 December 2018}}</ref> || {{CHN}}
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| 7 || [[Koneru Humpy]] || 2019 || {{IND}}
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| 8 ||  [[Alexandra Kosteniuk]] || 2021 || {{flagicon image|CFR Russia chess simplified flag infobox.svg}} [[Chess Federation of Russia|CFR]]<ref name="CFR1">Kosteniuk is Russian, but competed under the [[Chess Federation of Russia]] flag, due to [[World Anti-Doping Agency|WADA]] sanctions against Russia.</ref>
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| 9 || [[Tan Zhongyi]] || 2022 || {{CHN}}
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| 10 || [[Anastasia Bodnaruk]] || 2023 || {{flagicon image|FIDE flag icon.png}} [[FIDE]]<ref name="FIDE"/>
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| 11 || [[Koneru Humpy]] || 2024 || {{IND}}
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! # || Name || Year || Country
|-
| 1 || [[Bobby Fischer]] || 1970<ref name="1970blitz">{{cite web | url=https://worldchess.com/2016/12/25/a-brief-history-of-fast-chess/ | title=A Brief History of Fast Chess | access-date=21 February 2017 | archive-date=3 January 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103172317/https://worldchess.com/2016/12/25/a-brief-history-of-fast-chess/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> || {{USA}}
|-
| 2 || [[Mikhail Tal]] || 1988<ref name="1988blitz">{{cite web | url=https://apnews.com/1ff9e812e7ddf3b78d47be70d0ec351e | title=World Champion Eliminated From Blitz Chess Tournament}}</ref> || {{USSR}}
|-
| 3 || [[Viswanathan Anand]] || 2000<ref name="Vishy2000" /> || {{IND}}
|-
| 4 || [[Alexander Grischuk]] || 2006<ref name="2006blitz">{{cite web|url=https://www.fide.com/index.php?option=com_fidecalendar&view=archiveview&aid=341 | title=FIDE Announcement of World Blitz Championship 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ruschess.com/Archive/view.php?id=602 | title=FIDE World Blitz Championship}}</ref> || {{RUS}}
|-
| 5 || [[Vasyl Ivanchuk]] || 2007<ref name="2007blitz">{{cite web|url=https://www.fide.com/index.php?option=com_fidecalendar&view=archiveview&aid=456 | title=FIDE announcement of World Blitz Chess Championship 2007}}</ref>|| {{UKR}}
|-
| 6 || [[Leinier Domínguez]] || 2008<ref name="2008blitz">{{cite web | url=https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/3493-dominquez-wins-world-blitz-championship.html | title=Dominquez wins World Blitz Championship! | access-date=15 October 2015 | archive-date=3 August 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803121740/https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/3493-dominquez-wins-world-blitz-championship.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> || {{CUB}}
|-
| 7 || [[Magnus Carlsen]] || 2009<ref name="2009blitz">{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-nov-29-la-ca-chess29-2009nov29-story.html | title=Magnus Carlsen wins blitz championship| website=[[Los Angeles Times]]| date=29 November 2009}}</ref> || {{NOR}}
|-
| 8 || [[Levon Aronian]] || 2010<ref name="fide.com"/> || {{ARM}}
|-
| 9 || [[Alexander Grischuk]] || 2012<ref name="2012blitz">{{cite web|url=http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/6289-world-blitz-championship-2012-grischuk-wins.html|title=World Blitz Championship 2012, Grischuk wins|publisher=FIDE|date=2012-07-09|access-date=15 October 2015|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924012809/http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/6289-world-blitz-championship-2012-grischuk-wins.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> || {{RUS}}
|-
| 10 || [[Lê Quang Liêm]] || 2013<ref name="2013blitz">{{cite web | url=http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/7145-le-quang-liem-is-the-world-blitz-chess-champion.html | title=Le Quang Liem is the World Blitz Chess Champion | access-date=15 October 2015 | archive-date=6 September 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190906171337/https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/7145-le-quang-liem-is-the-world-blitz-chess-champion.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> || {{VIE}}
|-
| 11 || [[Magnus Carlsen]] || 2014<ref name="2014blitz">{{cite web | url=https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/8086-magnus-won-the-world-blitz-championship-2014.html | title=Magnus won the World Blitz Championship 2014 | access-date=15 October 2015 | archive-date=3 August 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803122502/https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/8086-magnus-won-the-world-blitz-championship-2014.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> || {{NOR}}
|-
| 12 || [[Alexander Grischuk]] || 2015<ref name="2015blitz">{{cite web |url=https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/9116-grischuk-world-blitz-chess-championship-2015.html |title=Alexander Grischuk is a new World Blitz Champion |access-date=15 October 2015 |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803112350/https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/9116-grischuk-world-blitz-chess-championship-2015.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> || {{RUS}}
|-
| 13 || [[Sergey Karjakin]] || 2016<ref name="2016blitz">{{cite web|url=http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/9975-the-winners-of-fide-world-rapid-a-blitz-championships.html|title=Karjakin wins FIDE World Blitz Championship, double gold for Anna Muzychuk|access-date=2 January 2017|archive-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803123702/https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/9975-the-winners-of-fide-world-rapid-a-blitz-championships.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> || {{RUS}}
|-
| 14 || [[Magnus Carlsen]] || 2017 || {{NOR}}
|-
| 15 || [[Magnus Carlsen]] || 2018<ref name="2018blitz">{{cite news |last1=ChessBase staff |title=FIDE World Blitz Champions: Carlsen and Lagno |newspaper=Chess News |url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/blitz-world-championship-2018-st-petersburg-live |publisher=ChessBase |access-date=30 December 2018 |date=30 December 2018}}</ref> || {{NOR}}
|-
| 16 || [[Magnus Carlsen]] || 2019 || {{NOR}}
|-
| 17 || [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]  || 2021 || {{FRA}}
|-
| 18 || [[Magnus Carlsen]] || 2022 || {{NOR}}
|-
| 19 || [[Magnus Carlsen]] || 2023 || {{NOR}}
|-
| 20 || [[Magnus Carlsen]]<br>[[Ian Nepomniachtchi]] || 2024 || {{NOR}}<br>{{flagicon image|FIDE flag icon.png}} [[FIDE]]<ref name="FIDE"/>
|}
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{| class="wikitable"
|+Women's World Blitz chess champions
|-
! # || Name || Year || Country
|-
| 1 || [[Susan Polgar|Zsuzsa Polgár]] || 1992<ref name="auto"/> || {{HUN}}
|-
| 2 || [[Kateryna Lagno]] || 2010<ref name="women2010blitz">{{cite web |url=http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/4783-gm-kateryna-lahno-wins-the-womens-world-blitz-championship-2010.html |title=GM Kateryna Lahno wins the Women's World Blitz Championship 2010 |publisher=Fide.com |date=2010-09-18 |access-date=2013-12-08 |archive-date=25 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925175833/https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/4783-gm-kateryna-lahno-wins-the-womens-world-blitz-championship-2010.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> || {{UKR}}
|-
| 3 || [[Valentina Gunina]] || 2012<ref name="auto1"/> || {{RUS}}
|-
| 4 || [[Anna Muzychuk]] || 2014<ref name="women2014blitz">{{cite web | url=https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/7932-anna-muzychuk-is-womens-world-blitz-champion.html | title=Anna Muzychuk is Women's World Blitz Champion | access-date=15 October 2015 | archive-date=3 August 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803124504/https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/7932-anna-muzychuk-is-womens-world-blitz-champion.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>|| {{SLO}}
|-
| 5 || [[Anna Muzychuk]] || 2016<ref name="2016blitz"/> || {{UKR}}
|-
| 6 || [[Nana Dzagnidze]] || 2017 || {{GEO}}
|-
| 7 || [[Kateryna Lagno]] || 2018<ref name="2018blitz"/> || {{RUS}}
|-
| 8 || [[Kateryna Lagno]] || 2019 || {{RUS}}
|-
| 9 || [[Bibisara Assaubayeva]] || 2021 || {{KAZ}}
|-
| 10 || [[Bibisara Assaubayeva]] || 2022 || {{KAZ}}
|-
| 11 || [[Valentina Gunina]] || 2023 || {{flagicon image|FIDE flag icon.png}} [[FIDE]]<ref name="FIDE"/>
|-
| 12 || [[Ju Wenjun]] || 2024 || {{CHN}}
|}
{{col-end}}