The Indian chess woman grandmaster Koneru Humpy on Thursday opened up on winning the FIDE Womens World Rapid Championship and ...

Freedom Holding Corp. sponsored the 2024 FIDE World Blitz Championship, hosted at the iconic Cipriani Wall Street. This ...

FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championship will be held from December 26 (early December 27 in India) to December 31 (early ...

The first day of the World Championship in the shorter versions of chess saw five rounds of rapid chess and teenagers shine ...

Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen dropped out of the World Rapid and Blitz Championships on Dec. 27 after refusing to ditch his denim as "a matter of principle" Misha Friedman/Getty World ...

The Fide World Rapid and Blitz Championship — with its marquee names participating — was held at a Wall Street venue, to make chess visible to a wider audience and attract large corporate ...

In the Women’s Blitz and Women’s Rapid ... and former World Championship contender) and Hikaru Nakamura, a five-time USA champion and one of the most dominant blitz players in chess history.

Magnus Carlsen has announced a shock withdrawal from the World Rapid & Blitz Championships in New York, over a dress code ...

World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen quit the World Rapid Chess Championship on Friday after he refused to change out of the jeans he was wearing, according to the International Chess Federation (FIDE).

chess champion of the world comes FIDE's World Championship for the two faster versions of the sport: rapid and blitz. The Rapid Championships will follow a Swiss system*. How it works is that ...

After having walked out of the Rapid Championship (where he was having a poor showing) after being disqualified from round 9 ...