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Fast chess, also known as speed chess, is a type of chess in which each player is given less time to consider their moves than classical chess time controls allow. Fast chess is subdivided, by decreasing time controls, into rapid chess, blitz chess, and bullet chess. Armageddon chess is a variant of fast chess with draw odds for black and unequal time controls, used as a tiebreaker of last resort.[2]
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 Champion is Volodar Murzin of Russia. The reigning World Blitz Chess Champions are Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia (who shared victory in 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.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "I Finally Beat "Russian Paul," The Strongest Chess Hustler in NYC". YouTube.
- ^ "Chess Terms: Armageddon". Chess.com.