Fast chess

Fast chess, also known as speed chess, is a type of chess in which each player is allowed significantly less time than classical chess time controls allow. Fast chess is subdivided, by decreasing time controls, into rapid chess, blitz chess, and bullet chess. Armageddon chess is a variant of fast chess with draw odds for black and unequal time controls, used as a tiebreaker of last resort.

As of December 2025, the top-ranked rapid chess player and the top-ranked blitz chess player in the open section is Magnus Carlsen from Norway, who is also the top-ranked classical chess player. As of December 2025, Magnus is also the reigning World Rapid Chess Champion and World Blitz Chess Champion.

As of December 2025, the top ranked rapid female chess player and the top-ranked blitz female chess player is Hou Yifan of China, who is also the top-ranked female classical chess player. As of December 2025, the reigning Women's World Rapid Chess Champion is Aleksandra Goryachkina from Russia and the reigning Women's World Blitz Chess Champion is Bibisara Assaubayeva from Kazakhstan.

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