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 1

    Standings
    Rank Team Points GP Wins Draws Losses
    1 Freedom 2 6 1 0 0
    2 ASV AlphaEchecs Linz 2 6 1 0 0
    3 Ashdod Elit Chess Club 2 6 1 0 0
    4 Chessbrah OFM 2 6 1 0 0
    5 Düsseldorfer Schachklub 1914/25 2 5.5 1 0 0
    6 Kompetenzakademie Allstars 2 5.5 1 0 0
    7 Team Chessemy 2 5.5 1 0 0
    8 Columbus Energy KingsOfChess Kraków 2 5.5 1 0 0
    9 Rishon LeZion Chess Club 2 5.5 1 0 0
    10 Schachverein Hemer 2 5.5 1 0 0
    11 Team MGD1 2 5 1 0 0
    12 Six-pack 2 5 1 0 0
    13 WR Chess 2 4.5 1 0 0
    14 Armenia 2 4.5 1 0 0
    15 Ukrainian Amators 2 4.5 1 0 0
    16 The Sharks 2 3.5 1 0 0
    17 Chess Wizzards 2 3.5 1 0 0
    18 Chess Pensioners 1 3 0 1 0
    19 Germany and Friends 1 3 0 1 0
    20 Berlin Chess Federation 0 2.5 0 0 1
    21 Africa 0 2.5 0 0 1
    22 FIDE Management Board 0 1.5 0 0 1
    23 Doppelbauer Kiel 0 1.5 0 0 1
    24 Unischach Bayreuth 0 1.5 0 0 1
    25 Deutsche Schachjugend 1 0 1 0 0 1
    26 PhileKhoob Chess Club 0 1 0 0 1
    27 Kenya Commercial Bank Chess Club 0 0.5 0 0 1
    28 Blerickse Schaakvereniging 0 0.5 0 0 1
    29 École Polytechnique Française de Lausanne 0 0.5 0 0 1
    30 Aachener Schachverein von 1856 0 0.5 0 0 1
    31 Neustadt Weinstraße 0 0.5 0 0 1
    32 Deutsche Schachjugend 2 0 0.5 0 0 1
    33 Heilbronn Hustlers 0 0 0 0 1
    34 Wensing & Pöbel 0 0 0 0 1
    35 Mitropa Chess Association 0 0 0 0 1
    36 MagdeBurg and Friends 0 0 0 0 1