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World Blitz Chess Championship

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The World Blitz Chess Championship is a chess tournament played at a very fast pace. In blitz chess, players are given a limited amount of time for the entire game, often around 3 minutes per player with a small increment of time added after each move. This format, also known as quick chess or rapid chess, became popular in the 1980s as it allowed entire tournaments to be completed in a single evening.12

Magnus Carlsen, a Norwegian chess player, has won the World Blitz Championship multiple times, including in 2009 and 2019. He is also known for holding the World Rapid Championship and the regular World Chess Championship title simultaneously in 2019.2

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