Timed games of between 10-29 minutes. Also named active chess by FIDE in the 1980s. The timing was used for the first Rapid World Championship won by Karpov in 1988.
Popularized by the Troffe Immopar, followed by the INTEL Gran-Prix in the 1990s, it is used with electronic clocks as a tie-break at the World Championships since 1997.
In 2014, FIDE introduced the FIDE Rapid ranking. By 2017, the top players are: Magnus Carlsen 2896, Vassily Ivanchuk 2827, 3. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2825, 4. Alexander Grichuk 2822, 5. Ian Nepomniachtchi 2819.
Since 2012, FIDE is organizing yearly the World Championship, the last winner was Vassily Ivanchuk in 2016.
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Quotes of the Day
The Golden Age, when machines were weak and my hair was strong!
Garry Kasparov 2017
Chess is a fairy tale of 1001 blunders.
Savielly Tartakower
I believe motivation is one of the most important things one has to have after playing for many years. Chess is a very complete, well thought-out game, which is why people have been playing it since ancient times.
Judith Polgar
Ten years ago I said that 2010 would be the end, chess would be exhausted. But it is not true, chess will not die so quickly.
Vishy Anand 2008
Man has no chance to win against the modern computer. And, by and large, a confrontation between two individuals is more interesting.
Vladimir Kramnik 2015
