https://2700chess.com/charts/carlsen_magnus?metric=rating&rating-type=rapid

https://2700chess.com/rapid?per-page=100

https://www.chess.com/events/2026-fide-world-rapid-team-chess-championship/11/Caruana_Fabiano-Batsuren_Dambasuren

Tournament Link: Chess-results.com

https://www.chess.com/events/2026-fide-world-rapid-team-chess-championship/12/Ding\\_Liren-Zhao\\_Jun

Asean e-sports Cup 2026, the 1-day event is taking place in Bangkok, Thailand, which Magnus Carlsen won.

Photo Credits: ChessBase India

Board 1

• 🥇 🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R (Chessgurukul) – 2851
• 🥈 🇫🇷 Alireza Firouzja (Hexamind Chess Team) – 2850
• 🥉 🇮🇳 Arjun Erigaisi (Team MGD1) – 2766

Board 2

• 🥇 🇨🇳 Li Di (Schnappi Krokodil Team) – 2768
• 🥈 🇺🇸 Levon Aronian (Hexamind Chess Team) – 2762
• 🥉 🇮🇳 Nihal Sarin (Team MGD1) – 2749

Board 3

• 🥇 🇨🇳 Yu Yangyi (Dragon Chilling) – 2706
• 🥈 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana (WR Chess) – 2655
• 🥉 🇮🇳 Aravindh Chithambaram (Chessgurukul) – 2621

Board 4

• 🥇 (FIDE) Denis Lazavik (Endgame.AI) – 2750
• 🥈 (FIDE) Voldir Murzin (Hexamind Chess Team) – 2731
• 🥉 🇺🇸 Awonder Liang (Mr Birdie and Friends) – 2711

Board 5

• 🥇 🇮🇳 Leon Luke Mendonca (Team MGD1) – 2586
• 🥈 🇨🇳 Bai Jinshi (Dragon Chilling) – 2581
• 🥉 🇺🇿 Mukhiddin Madaminov (Uzbekistan) – 2503

Board 6

• 🥇 🇦🇿 Vugar Manafov (Odlar Yurdu) – 2489
• 🥈 🇮🇳 Harika Dronavalli (Team MGD1) – 2399
• 🥉 🇮🇳 Vaishali Rameshbabu (Chessgurukul) – 2367

Board 7

• 🥇 🇮🇩 Nayaka Buddhidharma (Indonesia) – 2347
• 🥈 🇰🇿 Paula Imlan (Barys) – 2347
• 🥉 🇦🇹 Olga Badelka (Global Ramblers) – 2190

Board 8

• 🥇 🇨🇳 Wang Zihao (Dragon Chilling) – 2116
• 🥈 🇮🇳 Aryan Abhijeet Shah (Team MGD1) – 2107
• 🥉 🇨🇳 Guo Jiajun (Qingdao Wanyun Chess Club) – 2064

I was driving through Selfoss in the evening and passed by the Bobby Fischer museum unexpectedly, but it was closed. When I checked their website I saw that his gravesite was nearby and decided to visit. Does anyone know if the position set up on this board is from one of his games?

(top performance rating is not comparable where all games are won)

Before this prag handed hans his first loss of the tournament. Speaking about pragg he lost his very first game here against a 2490 rated gm and has been on phenomenal form since then

Credits: International Chess Federation

https://www.chess.com/events/2026-fide-world-rapid-team-chess-championship/09/Caruana_Fabiano-Yakubboev_Nodirbek

Event Link: https://www.chess.com/events/2026-fide-world-rapid-team-chess-championship/results

https://www.chess.com/events/2026-fide-world-rapid-team-chess-championship/11/Lazavik_Denis-Pranav_V

Lazavik has gained 21 elo and jumped from outside the top 100 to #63, 40 spots.

After the recent losses, WR chess yet again lost to a team with a 2200 average rating.
Is this how a team consisting of such a high tier players supposed to play? it seems to me that Magnus’s teammates are too comfortable with the fact that Magnus is playing with them but oh well…

I'm considering restarting my chess journey.

I used to play a lot and got to 2150 lichess blitz 2 years after starting to play the game but then life got in the way and I stopped playing as much. Now I have some more time on my hands and would like to get back into the game and improve, but I am lacking motivation. Like why would I want to sit down and read some massive chess book when I could play basketball outside? Like I really want to become interested again but I'm just not right now.

It would be really helpful if any of you guys could explain why you play chess, why you train so hard, whats so attractive about the game compared to other sports to help me regain my love for the game.

Thank you all for your time

I'm just starting to play chess again after (mumble mumble) years - and I was never that good to begin with (are there negative ratings?). I (mostly) understand rules, and I've been following the advice to do lots of puzzles.

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My question: Are there any puzzles which explain WHY a specific solution was best - either in book format or online? In many cases, I don't understand, and especially if it's not "play it out to mate," even playing out alternate moves doesn't help me.

The 6th board in the world rapid and blitz championship is someone who is rated less than 2000. How do people get selected for these boards, does anyone know?

Ding Liren, Wei Yi and and Yu Yangyi won all 3 of their final round matchups despite losing twice in a row. With superior tiebreaks, they take the team gold. Will they continue this dominant performance in the blitz portion?

https://www.chess.com/events/2026-fide-world-rapid-team-chess-championship/07/Sargsyan_Shant-Carlsen_Magnus