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
Karpov Lost, Kasparov Lost, the Only One Who Remained Is Me.
Silvio Danailov 2014
Petrosian would never have beaten me if he had played like that in 1963.
Mikhail Botvinnik 1966
Good players actually use their long-term memory much more than inexperienced players, who use their short-term memory. Good players try to recall patterns.
Magnus Carlsen 2016 2016
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
I think I would beat Tal pretty easily. Fischer would be more difficult, but I think I could beat him too.
Magnus Carlsen
