An eight-year-old British schoolgirl “phenomenon” won the women’s first prize in the Blitz category at this year’s European Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship in Zagreb, Croatia. The “super talented” ...

Amsterdam local Eline Roebers (19) became the European Blitz Chess champion in January. She recommends five spots in ...

The National Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship at Sarla Birla University in Ranchi saw over 400 players compete. Abhimanyu ...

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 ...

Chess.com and Charlotte Chess Center Foundation announce Naroidtsky Memorial Rapid and Blitz event to honour the late Daniel ...

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 ...

Hikaru Nakamura plays chess like he talks — at a hundred miles an hour. The 35-year-old grandmaster has been the top ranked US player for over a decade and livestreams rapid fire games of online blitz ...

The sound of ticking clocks and focused minds filled the room as young learners and experienced players competed in the ...

SAINT LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The final two legs of the 2023 Grand Chess Tour will bring the world’s best chess players to Saint Louis to compete in the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz and Sinquefield Cup ...