The inaugural edition, a 12-round Swiss tournament played over three days under rapid time control, will take place in Düsseldorf from August 25 (arrival day) to August 28, 2023

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

  • jorge@sopuli.xyzOPM
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    10 months ago

    Round 10

    Standings
    Rank Team BP MP
    1 WR Chess 43 19
    2 Freedom 39 17
    3 Team MGD1 38½ 14
    4 Armenia 36½ 13
    5 Ashdod Elit Chess Club 34 13
    6 Germany and Friends 33½ 13
    7 ASV AlphaEchecs Linz 39½ 12
    8 Columbus Energy KingsOfChess Kraków 37 12
    9 Rishon LeZion Chess Club 35½ 12
    10 Chess Pensioners 32½ 12
    11 Kompetenzakademie Allstars 34½ 11
    12 Düsseldorfer Schachklub 1914/25 e.V 33½ 11
    13 Six-pack 32 11
    14 The Sharks 31½ 11
    15 Berlin Chess Federation 31 11
    16 Schachverein Hemer 30½ 11
    17 Chessbrah OFM 36½ 10
    18 Deutsche Schachjugend 1 26 10
    19 Ukrainian Amators 23½ 10
    20 FIDE Management Board 31 9
    21 PhileKhoob Chess Club 29½ 9
    22 Doppelbauer Kiel 29 9
    23 Heilbronn Hustlers 28½ 9
    24 Africa 28 9
    25 Team Chessemy.com 27 9
    26 Aachener Schachverein von 1856 27 9
    27 Wensing & Pöbel 24½ 9
    28 Chess Wizzards 29½ 8
    29 École Polytechnique Française de Lausanne 28½ 8
    30 Mitropa Chess Association 28 8
    31 Kenya Commercial Bank Chess Club 27 8
    32 Blerickse Schaakvereniging 26½ 8
    33 Neustadt Weinstraße 24 6
    34 MagdeBurg and Friends 18½ 6
    35 Deutsche Schachjugend 2 10 2
    36 Unischach Bayreuth 14½ 1