A 12-year-old girl from Halifax faced the world’s No. 2 chess player, Hikaru Nakamura, during a tournament in P.E.I — and gave him a tough fight.

The Total Chess World Championship Tour will consist of Fast Classical (45 minutes + 30-second increment), Rapid and Blitz events.

Chess Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura has responded to widespread online backlash after he threw a king piece into the crowd during his victory celebration over Indian prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju at the Checkmate: USA vs India exhibition event.

Nakamura was particularly unhappy with the fast classic format, which organisers and FIDE have said will count as classical games in terms of ratings. Nakamura said: "What exactly is going on here? We're now going to count 45-minute chess as classical chess.

Chess is witnessing a surge in dramatic moments, with Magnus Carlsen's outburst and Hikaru Nakamura's king toss at a recent exhibition event sparking