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

Links

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    Round 9

    Standings
    Rank Team BP MP
    1 WR Chess 40 18
    2 Freedom 35.5 15
    3 Team MGD1 35.5 13
    4 Armenia 33.5 12
    5 Germany and Friends 30.5 12
    6 Rishon LeZion Chess Club 32.5 11
    7 Ashdod Elit Chess Club 30 11
    8 Six-pack 29.5 11
    9 Berlin Chess Federation 29 11
    10 Chessbrah OFM 34.5 10
    11 ASV AlphaEchecs Linz 34.5 10
    12 Columbus Energy KingsOfChess Kraków 33 10
    13 Kompetenzakademie Allstars 31.5 10
    14 Chess Pensioners 28 10
    15 Ukrainian Amators 22.5 10
    16 Heilbronn Hustlers 28.5 9
    17 FIDE Management Board 28.5 9
    18 The Sharks 28 9
    19 Düsseldorfer Schachklub 1914/25 e.V 27.5 9
    20 Schachverein Hemer 27 9
    21 Team Chessemy.com 25.5 9
    22 École Polytechnique Française de Lausanne 27.5 8
    23 Africa 25 8
    24 Kenya Commercial Bank Chess Club 24.5 8
    25 Blerickse Schaakvereniging 24.5 8
    26 Deutsche Schachjugend 1 22 8
    27 Wensing & Pöbel 21.5 8
    28 Doppelbauer Kiel 25 7
    29 PhileKhoob Chess Club 24 7
    30 Aachener Schachverein von 1856 23.5 7
    31 Chess Wizzards 24 6
    32 Mitropa Chess Association 24 6
    33 Neustadt Weinstraße 22 6
    34 MagdeBurg and Friends 18 6
    35 Deutsche Schachjugend 2 9.5 2
    36 Unischach Bayreuth 12 1