Who Won A 2025 Speed Chess Championship Match On His Birthday?. The american speed demon jumped. Gm sergey karjakin played the fastest match in 5+1, gm haik martirosyan played the fastest 3+1 segment, and gm daniil dubov played the fastest 1+1 segment, but none of those players won their matches.

Since then, the 2024 edition has narrowed down a field of 16 participants to four finalists to compete in paris, starting on september 6. Magnus carlsen and hikaru nakamura.