viswanathan anand won the men's world rapid chess championship in riyadh in 2017.
viswanathan anand won the men's world rapid chess championship in riyadh in 2017.
who won the men's world rapid chess championship in riyadh in 2017?
viswanathan anand
bullet::::- 2002 eurotel (combined rapid plus classical), prague 1st









































bullet::::- 2003 fide world rapid chess championship, beat kramnik 1.5-0.5









































bullet::::- 2007 frankfurt mainz world rapid chess championship, mainz 1st









































bullet::::- 2008 frankfurt/mainz world rapid chess championship, mainz 1st









































bullet::::- 2011 botvinnik memorial, moscow, 1st









































bullet::::- 2011 corsica masters knockout (rapid), corsica 1st









































bullet::::- 2014 world rapid chess championship (rapid), dubai 3rd









































bullet::::- 2016 st. louis champions tournament, st. louis 1st









































bullet::::- 2017 world rapid chess championship, riyadh 1st









































bullet::::- 2017 world blitz chess championship, riyadh 3rd









































bullet::::- 2018 11th tal memorial rapid, moscow 1st
viswanathan anand
the concept of rapid chess (then called "active chess") made its debut at a 1987 fide congress meeting in seville, spain. during the world active chess championship the following year, time controls were set at 30 minutes per player per game. in 1993, following his split from fide, world champion garry kasparov organized a slightly quicker version of active chess, dubbing it "rapid chess". the professional chess association, kasparov's answer to fide, subsequently organized two grand prix cycles of rapid chess before folding in 1996. under rapid chess time controls, each player was allowed 25 minutes with an additional 10 seconds after each move. the fide would re-use these time controls and the "rapid chess" moniker for the 2003 fide world rapid chess championship, held in cap d'agde. during the world cup 2013, these time controls were also used for the rapid tiebreak stages.
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