Magnus Carlsen, widely regarded as the greatest chess player of all time, won the World Blitz Championship in December 2025 in Doha, Qatar. It was his ninth world blitz title and the twentieth world ...

Most of the World’s Top Chess Players Compete in Electrifying Rapid Format for the Most Thrilling Chess Event of the Year This year’s event introduces a thrilling twist: a knockout stage in the later ...

FIDE Master Rawle Allicock copped the first-place prize in the Blitz New Year Challenge Chess Competition hosted by the ...

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In commanding fashion, Grandmaster (GM) Fabiano Caruana won both the 2023 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz and Sinquefield Cup to become the overall 2023 Grand Chess Tour champion ...

Arjun Erigaisi lost to Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the semifinals of the 2025 World Blitz Championships, to finish with a bronze medal. That was his second medal of the week, in addition to being the ...

Monte Carlo has hosted the European Women's Blitz Chess Championship, which was attended by 14 representatives from Ukraine. Details: Anna Ushenina achieved the best result among the Ukrainians, ...

Bibisara Assaubayeva, the three-time Women’s World Blitz Champion, is one of the most dominant speed chess players of this ...