Women's World Blitz Chess Championship
The World Blitz Chess Championship is a chess tournament held to determine the world champion in chess played under blitz time controls. Since 2012, FIDE has held an annual joint rapid and blitz chess tournament and billed it as the World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships. The current world blitz champion title is shared by the Norwegian Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen and Russian Grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi. Ju Wenjun from China is the current women's blitz world champion. Magnus Carlsen has held the title a record eight times.
Tournament | Year | Location | Winner(s) |
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Women's World Blitz Chess Championship | 2024 | New York (USA) |
Ju Wenjun
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Women's World Blitz Chess Championship | 2023 | Samarkand (Uzbekistan) |
Valentina Gunina
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Women's World Blitz Chess Championship | 2022 | Almaty (Kazakhstan) |
Bibisara Assaubayeva
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Women's World Blitz Chess Championship | 2021 | Warsaw (Poland) |
Bibisara Assaubayeva
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Women's World Blitz Chess Championship | 2019 | Moscow (Russia) |
Kateryna Lagno
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Women's World Blitz Chess Championship | 2018 | Saint Petersburg (Russia) |
Kateryna Lagno
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Women's World Blitz Chess Championship | 2017 | Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) |
Nana Dzagnidze
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Women's World Blitz Chess Championship | 2016 | Doha (Qatar) |
Anna Muzychuk
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Women's World Blitz Chess Championship | 2014 | Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia) |
Anna Muzychuk
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Women's World Blitz Chess Championship | 2012 | Batumi (Georgia) |
Valentina Gunina
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