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

  • jorgeOPM
    2·
    1 year ago

    Some of the favourite teams:

    Freedom
    • GM Richard Rapport 🇷🇴 2752
    • GM Viswanathan Anand 🇮🇳 2751
    • GM Daniil Dubov 🏳️ 2723
    • GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 🇮🇳 2682
    • GM Emil Sutovsky 🇮🇱 2593
    • GM Evgeniy Najer 🏳️ 2579
    • IM Polina Shuvalova 🏳️ 2358
    • WGM Jovana Rapport 🇷🇴 2314
    • Alexander Shapiro 🇮🇱 1947
    WR Chess
    • GM Wesley So 🇺🇸 2789
    • GM Ian Nepomniachtchi 🏳️ 2762
    • GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda 🇵🇱 2760
    • GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov 🇺🇿 2724
    • GM Praggnanandhaa R 🇮🇳 2645
    • GM Vincent Keymer 🇩🇪 2636
    • GM Hou Yifan 🇨🇳 2537
    • GM Alexandra Kosteniuk 🇨🇭 2523
    • Wadim Rosenstein 🇩🇪
    Team MGD1
    • GM Harikrishna Pentala 🇮🇳 2630
    • GM Nihal Sarin 🇮🇳 2671
    • GM Erigaisi Arjun 🇮🇳 2681
    • GM Sadhwani Raunak 🇮🇳 2564
    • GM Aditya Mittal 🇮🇳 2386
    • GM Narayanan Srinath 🇮🇳 2475
    • GM Harika Dronavalli 🇮🇳 2459
    • IM Gunay Mammadzada 🇦🇿 2314
    • Peter Anand A 🇮🇳 1901
    ASV AlphaEchecs Linz
    • GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 🇫🇷 2762
    • GM Alexander Grischuk 🏳️ 2724
    • GM Parham Maghsoodloo 🇮🇷 2683
    • GM Etienne Bacrot 🇫🇷 2675
    • GM Arkadij Naiditsch 🇦🇿 2566
    • GM Kateryna Lagno 🏳️ 2483
    • Marc Llari 🇫🇷 1947
    • Michael Stoettinger 🇦🇹 1779
    Kompetenzakademie Allstars
    • GM Levon Aronian 🇺🇸 2763
    • GM Fabiano Caruana 🇺🇸 2763
    • GM Gukesh D 🇮🇳 2629
    • GM Nino Batsiashvili 🇬🇪 2363
    • GM Sebastian Siebrecht 🇩🇪 2371
    • Rainer Becker 🇩🇪 2128
    • WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili 🇬🇪 2203
    • Manfred Schneider 🇩🇪 2022
    Chessbrah OFM
    • GM Jorden Van Foreest 🇳🇱 2659
    • GM Ivan Saric 🇭🇷 2631
    • GM Joules Moussard 🇫🇷 2606
    • GM Eric Hansen 🇨🇦 2582
    • GM Aryan Tari 🇳🇴 2539
    • IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh 🇪🇸 2392
    • Nikola Stojsin 🇺🇸
    Chess Pensioners
    • GM Vladimir Kramnik 🏳️ 2739
    • GM Peter Svidler 🏳️ 2737
    • GM Leinier Dominguez Perez 🇺🇸 2705
    • GM Darmin Sadvakasov 🇰🇿 2601
    • IM Jovanka Houska 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2317
    • Yaroslav Ananyev 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1509
    • Miron Ananyev 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
    • Kristof Barati 🇭🇺
    • Dennis Koenig 🇩🇪