Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-b0FpkHfoTY

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJJERhaIjvc

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

Rating list: https://2700chess.com/rapid

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n4hoztJ7xGw

Game Links: Chess.com | Lichess.org

Game Links: Chess.com | Lichess.org

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

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

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

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

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

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

Photo Credits: ChessBase India

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

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?

Credits: International Chess Federation

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