Congratulations to the winner of the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2023 Valentina Gunina 2024-01-10 19:30:00 Vladimir Putin congratulated Valentina Gunina, the winner of the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2023 in Samarkand. The message reads, in part: “You confidently passed the tournament distance, you were stronger than your famous rivals and rightfully became a two-time world blitz champion. Your success is a bright, significant page in the victorious chronicle of the Russian school of chess.”