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Fast chess

Variation of chess in which each side is given less time to make a move than under normal tournament time controls

—country of origin
—first recorded
2000†former Olympic sport
—disciplines & variants
—international bodies

Fast chess is an individual sport and mind sport, part of chess. It was contested at the Olympic Games in 2000.

Part ofChess
PractitionersChess player
Olympic statusFormer Olympic sport · 2000
Olympic Games

Olympic history

Editions where Fast chess or one of its disciplines was on the programme. Filled boxes mark the sport itself, outlined ones its disciplines; the small number is the count of medal events where recorded.