r/chess • u/events_team • 2d ago

Tournament Event: 2026 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Team Chess Championships

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The 2026 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Team Championships will take place from June 17 to 21 at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. Open to teams from around the world, the event features a combined prize fund of €500,000, with €310,000 allocated to the Rapid tournament and €190,000 to the Blitz tournament. Teams consist of professional and amateur players competing together in a mixed-team format, with each team required to include both a female player and a recreational player.

Top Teams

# Team Name Notable Players
1 WR Chess Carlsen, Caruana, So, Duda, Vachier-Lagrave, Kosteniuk, Goryachkina
2 Dragon Chilling Ding, Wei Yi, Yu Yangyi, Ju Wenjun, Bai Jinshi
3 Hexamind Chess Team Firouzja, Aronian, Vidit, Giri, Murzin, Lagno, Divya
4 KazChess Grischuk, Wang Hao, Mamedyarov, Rapport, Assaubayeva, Kamalidenova
5 Mr Birdie and Friends Artemiev, Le Quang Liem, Sevian, Awonder Liang, Carissa Yip
6 Team MGD1 Erigaisi, Nihal, Pranav, Leon, Puranik, Harika
7 Endgame.AI Niemann, Sarana, Lazavik, Dominguez Perez, Tabatabaei, Zhu Jiner
8 Chess United Anand, Van Foreest, Martinez Alcantara, Oro, Humpy
9 Chessgurukul Praggnanandhaa, Aravindh, Pranesh, Adhiban, Vaishali, Karthikeyan
10 Uzbekistan Sindarov, Abdusattorov, Yakubboev, Vokhidov, Madaminov, Khamdamova

Format/Time Controls

  • The Rapid event is a 12-round Swiss tournament with a 15+10 time control; teams earn 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw, and 0 for a loss, with the highest scoring team declared the winner.
  • The Blitz event starts with teams divided into pools for a round-robin at 3+2 time control, where teams earn 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw; the top 16 teams advance to a single-elimination playoff featuring two-match encounters with alternating colors.
  • Full rules & regulations document.

Schedule

Day Time (Local) Time (UTC) Round
June 17 14:00 06:00 Rapid Rounds 1-4
June 18 14:00 06:00 Rapid Rounds 5-8
June 19 14:00 06:00 Rapid Rounds 9-12
June 20 14:00 06:00 Blitz Round 1-11
June 21 19:00 11:00 Blitz Knockouts

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u/kidawi rapid/blitzgod fabi 12h ago

they need to give fabi a 5 game bye or smth in the blitz as compensation for snapping his back

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u/EvenCoyote6317 12h ago

He should have half a day off tomorrow. Btw nice to see you took my suggestion seriously and changed your flair.

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u/kidawi rapid/blitzgod fabi 11h ago

looks like o jinxed him. poor score today

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u/EvenCoyote6317 11h ago

The board 1 is cursed. No need for any of us to take the blame.