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 6

    Standings
    Rank Team BP MP
    1 WR Chess 27.5 12
    2 Germany and Friends 23 10
    3 Team MGD1 23.5 9
    4 Freedom 23 9
    5 ASV AlphaEchecs Linz 26 8
    6 Kompetenzakademie Allstars 24.5 8
    7 Chessbrah OFM 24 8
    8 Armenia 22.5 8
    9 Six-pack 22 8
    10 Ashdod Elit Chess Club 21.5 7
    11 Düsseldorfer Schachklub 1914/25 e.V 20 7
    12 Schachverein Hemer 20 7
    13 Chess Pensioners 19 7
    14 Berlin Chess Federation 18 7
    15 Columbus Energy KingsOfChess Kraków 20 6
    16 FIDE Management Board 19.5 6
    17 Rishon LeZion Chess Club 19 6
    18 Africa 18 6
    19 Team Chessemy.com 17.5 6
    20 Wensing & Pöbel 15.5 6
    21 Ukrainian Amators 14.5 6
    22 The Sharks 17.5 5
    23 Heilbronn Hustlers 17 5
    24 Aachener Schachverein von 1856 16.5 5
    25 Doppelbauer Kiel 16.5 5
    26 Deutsche Schachjugend 1 15 5
    27 École Polytechnique Française de Lausanne 16 4
    28 Chess Wizzards 14.5 4
    29 Blerickse Schaakvereniging 14.5 4
    30 Mitropa Chess Association 14.5 4
    31 Neustadt Weinstraße 13 4
    32 Kenya Commercial Bank Chess Club 13 4
    33 MagdeBurg and Friends 11 4
    34 PhileKhoob Chess Club 14 3
    35 Deutsche Schachjugend 2 6.5 2
    36 Unischach Bayreuth 10 1