Format

The World Rapid Team Championship 2023 is a 12-round Swiss tournament featuring 43 teams. Each team is composed of at least six and not more than nine players, and it must include at least one female and one recreational player, who never achieved FIDE rating of 2000. Each match is played on six boards, with at least one female and one recreational player in every match.

The time control is 15 minutes for the entire game, with an increment of 10 seconds from the first move. Matches are scored by match points, with 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss. The team with the most match points will become the champion.

Participants

More than 300 players are participating, including Fabiano Caruana, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Richard Rapport, Viswanathan Anand, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Wesley So, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Praggnanandhaa R, Gukesh D, Arjun Erigaisi, Hou Yifan, and many more. You can check the complete line-up here

Schedule

  • 26 August
    • Round 1: 11:30 UTC
    • Round 2: 13:30 UTC
    • Round 3: 15:30 UTC
    • Round 4: 17:30 UTC
  • 27 August
    • Round 5: 11:30 UTC
    • Round 6: 13:30 UTC
    • Round 7: 15:30 UTC
    • Round 8: 17:30 UTC
  • 28 August
    • Round 9: 11:30 UTC
    • Round 10: 13:30 UTC
    • Round 11: 15:30 UTC
    • Round 12: 17:30 UTC

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    Round 5

    Standings
    Rank Team Round BP MP
    1 WR Chess 5 24 10
    2 Team MGD1 5 21 9
    3 Armenia 5 20.5 8
    4 Germany and Friends 5 19 8
    5 Chess Pensioners 5 18 7
    6 Berlin Chess Federation 5 17.5 7
    7 Freedom 5 17.5 7
    8 ASV AlphaEchecs Linz 5 20.5 6
    9 Kompetenzakademie Allstars 5 19.5 6
    10 Chessbrah OFM 5 19 6
    11 Rishon LeZion Chess Club 5 18.5 6
    12 Six-pack 5 18.5 6
    13 Columbus Energy KingsOfChess Kraków 5 17.5 6
    14 Team Chessemy.com 5 16.5 6
    15 Ukrainian Amators 5 13.5 6
    16 Ashdod Elit Chess Club 5 16 5
    17 Schachverein Hemer 5 16 5
    18 Düsseldorfer Schachklub 1914/25 e.V 5 15 5
    19 Aachener Schachverein von 1856 5 14.5 5
    20 Deutsche Schachjugend 1 5 14.5 5
    21 FIDE Management Board 5 15 4
    22 Africa 5 14 4
    23 Chess Wizzards 5 13 4
    24 Neustadt Weinstraße 5 12.5 4
    25 Mitropa Chess Association 5 12.5 4
    26 Wensing & Pöbel 5 11.5 4
    27 Kenya Commercial Bank Chess Club 5 11 4
    28 École Polytechnique Française de Lausanne 5 13 3
    29 The Sharks 5 12.5 3
    30 Doppelbauer Kiel 5 12.5 3
    31 PhileKhoob Chess Club 5 12 3
    32 Heilbronn Hustlers 5 11.5 3
    33 Blerickse Schaakvereniging 5 11.5 3
    34 MagdeBurg and Friends 5 6.5 2
    35 Deutsche Schachjugend 2 5 5.5 2
    36 Unischach Bayreuth 5 8.5 1