World rapid Chess Championship - wikipedia World rapid Chess Championship Current World Rapid Champion, Viswanathan Anand of India The World Rapid Chess Championship is a chess tournament held to determine the world champion in chess played under rapid time controls. Prior to 2012, the FIDE gave such recognition to a limited number of tournaments, with non-FIDE recognized tournaments annually naming a world rapid champion of their own. Since 2012, FIDE has held an annual joint rapid and blitz chess tournament and billed it as the Word Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships. The current world rapid champion is Indian grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand, who won the title on 28 December 2017. Contents 1 Time controls 2 FIDE - recognized events 2.1 1988 World Active Chess Championship 2.2 2001 FIDE World Cup of Rapid Chess 2.3 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship 2003 2.4 World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships ( 2012 -- present ) 3 Other events 3.1 Frankfurt / Mainz World Rapid Chess Championship 3.2 2002 Eurotel World Chess Trophy 3.3 ACP World Rapid Cup 4 See also 5 References Time controls Advertisement for 1988 World Active Chess Championship The concept of rapid chess ( then called `` active chess '' ) made its debut at a 1987 FIDE Congress meeting in Seville, Spain. During the World Active Chess Championship the following year, time controls were set at 30 minutes per player per game. In 1993, following his split from FIDE, world champion Garry Kasparov organized a slightly quicker version of active chess, dubbing it `` rapid chess ''. The Professional Chess Association, Kasparov 's answer to FIDE, subsequently organized two Grand Prix cycles of rapid chess before folding in 1996. Under rapid chess time controls, each player was allowed 25 minutes with an additional 10 seconds after each move. The FIDE would re-use these time controls and the `` rapid chess '' moniker for the 2003 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship, held in Cap d'Agde. During the World Cup 2013, these time controls were also used for the rapid tiebreak stages. In 2012, FIDE inaugurated the World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships. The current time controls for the rapid championship are set at 15 minutes per player, with a 10 - second increment. FIDE - recognized events Prior to 2012, FIDE sporadically sanctioned a world rapid chess championship. The first official high - profile rapid match took place in 1987, when then - world champion Garry Kasparov defeated Nigel Short in the `` London Docklands Speed Chess Challenge '' at the London Hippodrome. Kasparov won the match with 4 wins, two losses, and no draws in six games. 1988 World active Chess Championship In 1988, FIDE organized the inaugural World Active Chess Championship, a 61 - player rapid chess tournament in Mazatlan, Mexico hosted by the Mazatlan Hoteliers Association. Notable participants included : Anatoly Karpov ( URS ), 2715 Rafael Vaganian ( URS ), 2625 Jaan Ehlvest ( URS ), 2585 Bent Larsen ( DEN ), 2570 Vladimir Tukmakov ( URS ), 2570 Maxim Dlugy ( USA ), 2550 Viktor Gavrikov ( URS ), 2545 Walter Browne ( USA ), 2530 Roman Dzindzichashvili ( GEO ), 2530 Nana Ioseliani ( URS ), 2455 Gábor Kállai ( HUN ), 2450 Sofia Polgar ( HUN ), 2320 The event was won by Anatoly Karpov, who edged out GM Viktor Gavrikov on tiebreak points after their 1st - place playoff ended in a 5 - 5 tie. Karpov was subsequently named the new `` Active Chess Champion '', winning a $40,000 cash prize in the process. Garry Kasparov, the current world champion, declined to participate in the event and derided the concept of an active chess champion afterwards - he was quoted as saying, `` Active Chess ? What does that make me, the Passive World Champion ? ''. The political controversy surrounding the event and the naming of a separate `` active chess champion '' led to the parallel rapid championship being dropped for future years. 2001 FIDE World Cup of rapid Chess In 2001, the French Chess Federation organized the 16 - player World Cup of Rapid Chess at Cannes, with support from FIDE. The tournament consisted of a round - robin stage ( 2 groups of eight players each ), followed by a set of knockout matches to determine the winner. With the Melody Amber rapid chess tournament being held concurrently, the world 's top players were split between attending both events. Nevertheless, the tournament attracted a strong field headlined by the No. 1 - rated player in the world - despite the World Cup 's status as an FIDE event, Kasparov 's contract with the French Chess Federation led to his inclusion. Garry Kasparov ( RUS ), 2849 Michael Adams ( ENG ), 2746 Alexander Morozevich ( RUS ), 2745 Evgeny Bareev ( RUS ), 2709 Peter Svidler ( RUS ), 2695 Rustam Kasimdzhanov ( UZB ), 2693 Judit Polgar ( HUN ), 2676 Ye Jiangchuan ( CHN ), 2671 Mikhail Gurevich ( BEL ), 2663 Vladislav Tkachiev ( FRA ), 2672 Alexander Grischuk ( RUS ), 2663 Joel Lautier ( FRA ), 2658 Boris Gulko ( USA ), 2622 Etienne Bacrot ( FRA ), 2618 Christian Bauer ( FRA ), 2618 Hichem Hamdouchi ( MAR ), 2535 In group A, Kasparov 's domination of his opponents was on display : he scored 51⁄2 / 7 to finish in clear 1st place, 11⁄2 points ahead of the rest of the field. Joining him in the top 4 were Bareev, Grischuk, and Judit Polgar, who beat out Peter Svidler in tiebreaks. In group B, Belgian grandmaster Mikhail Gurevich got off to a fast start with 3 wins in 4 games to finish atop the group with 5 / 7. Following him into the knockout stage were the two Frenchmen, Bacrot and Tkachiev, and Michael Adams. Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Garry Kasparov 11⁄2 Vladislav Tkachiev 1⁄2 Garry Kasparov Alexander Grischuk Mikhail Gurevich Alexander Grischuk Garry Kasparov 11⁄2 Evgeny Bareev 1⁄2 Michael Adams 1⁄2 Judit Polgar 11⁄2 Judit Polgar 1⁄2 Evgeny Bareev 11⁄2 Etienne Bacrot 1⁄2 Evgeny Bareev 11⁄2 Kasparov defeated Bareev in Game 2 of the final match to win the tournament. In the endgame, Kasparov and Bareev were left with a seemingly closed position - four pawns and a King apiece. However, the position of Kasparov 's king gave him a slight advantage, and with only two seconds left on his clock, Bareev could not find the drawing line and was forced to resign. 2001 World Cup of Rapid Chess -- Final Name Rating Total Garry Kasparov ( RUS ) 2849 1⁄2 11⁄2 Evgeny Bareev ( RUS ) 2709 1⁄2 0 1⁄2 FIDE World rapid Chess Championship 2003 Looking to revive the World Rapid Chess Championship, FIDE gave official `` world title '' recognition to the 2003 rapid chess tournament held in Cap d'Agde, France. Hosted by the Caisse Centrale d'Activités Sociales des Electriciens et Gaziers de France ( CCAS ) on the Mediterranean coast, the 2003 tournament included eleven of the world 's 12 top - ranked players along with five wild - cards. With an average rating of 2726 Elo points, the 2003 event was the strongest rapid chess tournament of all time up to that point. Included in the field were the reigning FIDE and Classical world chess champions, Ruslan Ponomariov and Vladimir Kramnik. Vladimir Kramnik ( RUS ), 2777 Viswanathan Anand ( IND ), 2766 Evgeny Bareev ( RUS ), 2739 Alexei Shirov ( ESP ), 2737 Veselin Topalov ( BUL ), 2735 Alexander Grischuk ( RUS ), 2732 Michael Adams ( ENG ), 2725 Peter Svidler ( RUS ), 2723 Peter Leko ( HUN ), 2722 Judit Polgar ( HUN ), 2722 Ruslan Ponomariov ( UKR ), 2718 Boris Gelfand ( ISR ), 2703 Zurab Azmaiparashvili ( GEO ), 2693 Anatoly Karpov ( RUS ), 2693 Joel Lautier ( FRA ), 2666 Etienne Bacrot ( FRA ), 2664 The field was divided into two groups of eight players each, from which eight players total would progress to the knockout stages ; ties in standings were resolved by a sudden - death playoff. Vladimir Kramnik, Ruslan Ponomariov, and Etienne Bacrot scored 41⁄2 / 7 to progress from Group A. Taking the final spot was Veselin Topalov, who defeated Boris Gelfand in a sudden - death playoff. In group B, Peter Svidler finished clear of the field with 5 / 7 to secure a spot in the quarterfinals ; joining him were Alexander Grischuk, Viswanathan Anand, and Judit Polgar. Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Vladimir Kramnik 11⁄2 Judit Polgar 1⁄2 Vladimir Kramnik Alexander Grischuk 0 Etienne Bacrot Alexander Grischuk Vladimir Kramnik 1⁄2 Viswanathan Anand 11⁄2 Ruslan Ponomariov 1⁄2 Viswanathan Anand 11⁄2 Viswanathan Anand 21⁄2 Peter Svidler 11⁄2 Peter Svidler 11⁄2 Veselin Topalov 1⁄2 Kramnik, the reigning classical world champion and tournament 's No. 1 seed, dispatched Polgar and Grischuk with little difficulty to reach the final. In the other half of the bracket, Viswanathan Anand defeated Peter Svidler in a sudden - death blitz game after three drawn games to join him. After Game 1 ended in a quiet 19 - move draw, Anand chose to play for complications in Game 2 in the white side of a Sveshnikov Sicilian. Following an inaccuracy from Kramnik ( 17... a5 ? 18. Na3 ), Anand was able to use his two knights to infiltrate Kramnik 's defence, eventually forcing a queen sac to win the game and the match. World Rapid Chess Championship 2003 -- Final Name Rating Total Vladimir Kramnik ( RUS ) 2777 1⁄2 0 1⁄2 Viswanathan Anand ( IND ) 2766 1⁄2 11⁄2 World rapid & blitz Chess Championships ( 2012 -- present ) On May 31, 2012, FIDE announced the inaugural World Rapid & Blitz Championships, set to take place in Astana, Kazakhstan from July 1 to 11. The 2012 tournament consisted of a qualifying round, followed by the rapid and blitz events held consecutively over 5 days. In order to promote viewership, time controls were set at 15 minutes per player, rather than the pre-2012 standard of 25 minutes. The championship was originally structured as a 16 - player round - robin tournament, set to coincide with the first release of FIDE 's rapid and blitz ratings in July 2012 ; invited were the top 10 players in the FIDE ratings list, the three medalists of the qualification competition, and three wild - card nominees by the organization committee and FIDE. The style has since been changed to a Swiss tournament with a field of over 100 grandmasters. The top three finishers in the standings are awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals respectively ; tiebreaks are determined by ARO ( average rating of opponent ). Year Host city Champion Runner - up Third place 2012 Astana Sergey Karjakin ( RUS ) Magnus Carlsen ( NOR ) Veselin Topalov ( BUL ) 2013 Khanty - Mansiysk Shakhriyar Mamedyarov ( AZE ) Ian Nepomniachtchi ( RUS ) Alexander Grischuk ( RUS ) 2014 Dubai Magnus Carlsen ( NOR ) Fabiano Caruana ( ITA ) Viswanathan Anand ( IND ) 2015 Berlin Magnus Carlsen ( NOR ) Ian Nepomniachtchi ( RUS ) Teimour Radjabov ( AZE ) 2016 Doha Vassily Ivanchuk ( UKR ) Alexander Grischuk ( RUS ) Magnus Carlsen ( NOR ) 2017 Riyadh Viswanathan Anand ( IND ) Vladimir Fedoseev ( RUS ) Ian Nepomniachtchi ( RUS ) Other events Frankfurt / Mainz World rapid Chess Championship Viswanathan Anand and Garry Kasparov face off in the 2000 edition of the championship Starting in 1994, the Chess Classic was an annual series of tournaments hosted by the Chess Tigers in Mainz, Germany. The brainchild of Hans - Walter Schmitt, the Chess Classic featured top - ranked players playing rapid and FischeRandom chess games against computers as well as each other. The main event of the classic was the Grenkeleasing World Rapid Chess Championship ( formerly Fujitsu - Siemens ), a tournament generally considered as the traditional rapid chess championship in the absence of an annual FIDE - recognized championship. Indian grandmaster Viswanathan Anand holds the record for most championship wins, having won the event 11 times in 15 years. From 1996 to 1998, the Rapid Chess Championship at Frankfurt was organized as a double - round robin, followed by a match between the 1st and 2nd - place finishers for the championship. With the addition of Karpov to the field in 1999, the format was temporarily changed to a pure round - robin, with the 1st - place finisher winning the championship. The following year the field was expanded further to include all ten of the top 10 - rated Grandmasters in the world, and was dubbed a Category 21 tournament with an average Elo rating of 2767. In 2001 the event moved to Mainz, and shifted from a round - robin to a matchplay format - the defending champion Vishwanathan Anand defended his title in an eight - game match against the winner of the previous year 's Ordix Open, the open rapid tournament. In 2007, with Anand still the rapid champion after six successful title defenses, the event reverted to a double - round robin tournament, with the top two finishers in the semi-finals advancing to the finals. In a homage to the Masters Tournament, the winner of the championship is traditionally awarded a winner 's black jacket. In 2010, the event 's final year, the Open GRENKE Rapid Championship featured a field of over 700 players. Shortly afterwards, the Chess Tigers withdrew financial backing for the event, due in part to the effects of the worldwide 2008 economic crisis. Year Format Champion Runner - up Score Double round - robin / final Alexei Shirov ( ESP ) Vladimir Kramnik ( RUS ) 11⁄2 -- 1⁄2 Double round - robin / final Viswanathan Anand ( IND ) Anatoly Karpov ( RUS ) 3 -- 1 1998 Double round - robin / final Viswanathan Anand ( IND ) Vladimir Kramnik ( RUS ) 4 -- 31 1999 Quadruple round - robin Garry Kasparov ( RUS ) Viswanathan Anand ( IND ) N / A 2000 Double round - robin Viswanathan Anand ( IND ) Garry Kasparov ( RUS ) N / A Matchplay ( 10 games ) Viswanathan Anand ( IND ) Vladimir Kramnik ( RUS ) 61⁄2 -- 51⁄21 2002 Matchplay ( 8 games ) Viswanathan Anand ( IND ) Ruslan Ponomariov ( UKR ) 41⁄2 -- 31⁄2 2003 Matchplay ( 8 games ) Viswanathan Anand ( IND ) Judit Polgar ( HUN ) 5 -- 3 Matchplay ( 8 games ) Viswanathan Anand ( IND ) Alexei Shirov ( ESP ) 5 -- 3 2005 Matchplay ( 8 games ) Viswanathan Anand ( IND ) Alexander Grischuk ( RUS ) 5 -- 3 2006 Matchplay ( 8 games ) Viswanathan Anand ( IND ) Teimour Radjabov ( AZE ) 5 -- 3 2007 Double round - robin / final Viswanathan Anand ( IND ) Levon Aronian ( ARM ) 21⁄2 -- 11⁄2 2008 Double round - robin / final Viswanathan Anand ( IND ) Magnus Carlsen ( NOR ) 3 -- 1 2009 Double round - robin / final Levon Aronian ( ARM ) Ian Nepomniachtchi ( RUS ) 3 -- 1 Swiss - system tournament Gata Kamsky ( USA ) Vugar Gashimov ( AZE ) N / A Blitz tiebreaks used to settle the outcome. 2002 Eurotel World Chess Trophy Presented under the auspices of Online World Chess, the 2002 EuroTel Knockout Tournament was a 32 - player single - elimination tournament hosted in Prague from 27 April to 5 May 2002. 14 of the world 's top 15 players were in attendance, including the reigning world champion Vladimir Kramnik and the world 's No. 1 - ranked player Garry Kasparov. A notable omission from the field was reigning FIDE World Champion Ruslan Ponomariov. At stake was a share of the € 500,000 prize fund, the largest for any chess event hosted in the Czech Republic, and the EuroTel Trophy. The finalists of the tournament were determined by a series of knock - out matches, with each match consisting of two games played at rapid time controls ( 25 minutes per player ). Ties were broken by two blitz games, followed by a sudden - death Armageddon game. Garry Kasparov ( RUS ), 2838 Vladimir Kramnik ( RUS ), 2809 Viswanathan Anand ( IND ), 2752 Veselin Topalov ( BUL ), 2745 Michael Adams ( ENG ), 2744 Evgeny Bareev ( RUS ), 2724 Alexander Morozevich ( RUS ), 2718 Vassily Ivanchuk ( UKR ), 2711 Boris Gelfand ( ISR ), 2710 Peter Leko ( HUN ), 2707 Alexei Shirov ( ESP ), 2704 Alexander Grischuk ( RUS ), 2702 Alexander Khalifman ( RUS ), 2698 Anatoly Karpov ( RUS ), 2690 Peter Svidler ( RUS ), 2688 Judit Polgar ( HUN ), 2677 Ye Jiangchuan ( CHN ), 2676 Nigel Short ( ENG ), 2673 Jeroen Piket ( NED ), 2659 Viktor Bologan ( MDA ), 2652 Ivan Sokolov ( BIH ), 2647 Loek van Wely ( NED ), 2642 Mikhail Gurevich ( BEL ), 2641 Vladislav Tkachiev ( FRA ), 2633 Yasser Seirawan ( USA ), 2631 Sergei Movsesian ( CZE ), 2624 Artur Jussupow ( GER ), 2618 Jan Timman ( NED ), 2616 Teimour Radjabov ( AZE ), 2610 Vadim Milov ( SUI ), 2606 Zbyněk Hráček ( CZE ), 2596 Gilberto Milos ( BRA ), 2594 The surprise of the tournament was Anatoly Karpov, who put together an impressive run with wins against Short, Kramnik, Morozevich, and Shirov to reach the finals. In the other half of the bracket, the No. 1 seed Kasparov was upset by Vassily Ivanchuk in a sudden - death game after the rapid and blitz games did not produce a winner ; Ivanchuk would subsequently lose to Indian grandmaster Viswanathan Anand in the semifinals, bowing out with a loss in the second blitz tiebreak game after both rapid games ended in a draw. Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Garry Kasparov Vassily Ivanchuk Vassily Ivanchuk 11⁄2 Viswanathan Anand 21⁄2 Viswanathan Anand 11⁄2 Ivan Sokolov 1⁄2 Viswanathan Anand 11⁄2 Anatoly Karpov 1⁄2 Anatoly Karpov 11⁄2 Alexander Morozevich 1⁄2 Anatoly Karpov Alexei Shirov Veselin Topalov 1⁄2 Alexei Shirov 11⁄2 In the final, Anand defeated Karpov in Game 1 with White to take a 1 - 0 lead ; Anand maneuvered his light - squared bishop to slowly gain an advantage throughout the game, before 54... a5 ? gave the Indian a winning advantage. In Game 2, Karpov pressed but was unable to crack Anand 's Semi-Slav Defence, leading to a 34 - move draw. 2002 EuroTel Knockout Tournament -- Final Name Rating Total Viswanathan Anand ( IND ) 2752 1⁄2 11⁄2 Anatoly Karpov ( RUS ) 2690 0 1⁄2 1⁄2 ACP World rapid Cup Starting in 2007, the Association of Chess Professionals ( ACP ) sponsored an annual event billed as the ACP World Rapid Cup. The 1st edition of the event was a 16 - player knockout tournament, jointly organized by the Pivdenny Bank of Ukraine and the ACP and held in Odessa, Ukraine at the Hotel Londonskaya from 4 January to 8 January 2007. The brainchild of Pivdenny Bank chairman and ACP president Vadim Morokhovsky, the tournament included the top finishers in each year 's ACP Tour, a system in which participating players were ranked based on their performances in several chess tournaments held around the world. The remaining participants were chosen on a wild - card basis at the organizers ' discretion. From 2007 to 2010, the tournament was held on an annual basis, with the 5th edition of the cup held in 2013. Despite the ACP Cup 's status as a non-FIDE event, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was present at the inaugural edition of the tournament and took part in the opening ceremony. A subsequent agreement between FIDE and the ACP ensured that ACP would be able to use the title `` World '' when promoting and referring to the tournament. Time controls were set at 20 minutes per player, with an increment of five seconds. Each match consisted of two rapid games, with the winner progressing to the next round. Ties were resolved by two blitz games, followed by a sudden - death Armageddon game. The final match initially consisted of four rapid games, with the same tiebreaks ; in 2013, the final was shortened back to two rapid games. Year Host city Champion Runner - up Score 2007 Odessa Peter Leko ( HUN ) Vassily Ivanchuk ( UKR ) 21⁄2 -- 11⁄2 2008 Odessa Teimour Radjabov ( AZE ) Alexander Grischuk ( RUS ) 21⁄2 -- 11⁄2 2009 Odessa Boris Gelfand ( ISR ) Peter Svidler ( RUS ) 3 -- 1 Odessa Sergey Karjakin ( RUS ) Dmitry Andreikin ( RUS ) 3 -- 31 2013 Riga Alexander Grischuk ( RUS ) Ian Nepomniachtchi ( RUS ) 2 -- 21 Armageddon game used to settle the outcome. See also World Blitz Chess Championship Fast chess References Jump up ^ `` The winners of FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships ''. Jump up ^ `` A Brief History of Fast Chess ''. Jump up ^ `` The Complete Idiot 's Guide to Chess ''. Jump up ^ `` Regulations for the FIDE World Rapid Championship 2015 '' ( PDF ). Jump up ^ `` The Spectator : 3 APRIL 1987, Page 52 ''. Jump up ^ `` 365Chess : Mazatlan rapid 1988 ''. Jump up ^ `` Chess - NYTimes ''. Jump up ^ `` Garry Kasparov : A History of Professional Chess ''. Jump up ^ `` TWIC 325 : World Cup of Rapid Chess ''. 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Question: who won the world rapid chess championship in riyadh in 2017
Answer: Indian grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand