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
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    1 year ago

    Round 11

    Standings
    Rank Team BP MP
    1 WR Chess 48 21
    2 Freedom 42 18
    3 Team MGD1 43½ 16
    4 Armenia 40½ 15
    5 Germany and Friends 37 15
    6 Düsseldorfer Schachklub 1914/25 e.V 38 13
    7 Six-pack 37 13
    8 Ashdod Elit Chess Club 36 13
    9 Chess Pensioners 35½ 13
    10 Berlin Chess Federation 34½ 13
    11 ASV AlphaEchecs Linz 40½ 12
    12 Chessbrah OFM 40 12
    13 Rishon LeZion Chess Club 38 12
    14 Columbus Energy KingsOfChess Kraków 38 12
    15 Kompetenzakademie Allstars 37 11
    16 FIDE Management Board 34½ 11
    17 The Sharks 33 11
    18 Team Chessemy.com 31½ 11
    19 Schachverein Hemer 31½ 11
    20 Deutsche Schachjugend 1 29 11
    21 Wensing & Pöbel 28 11
    22 Chess Wizzards 33 10
    23 Kenya Commercial Bank Chess Club 33 10
    24 Doppelbauer Kiel 33 10
    25 Mitropa Chess Association 32½ 10
    26 Heilbronn Hustlers 31½ 10
    27 Blerickse Schaakvereniging 31½ 10
    28 Africa 31 10
    29 Ukrainian Amators 26 10
    30 PhileKhoob Chess Club 32 9
    31 Aachener Schachverein von 1856 28½ 9
    32 École Polytechnique Française de Lausanne 31 8
    33 Neustadt Weinstraße 26½ 6
    34 MagdeBurg and Friends 20 6
    35 Deutsche Schachjugend 2 10 2
    36 Unischach Bayreuth 15½ 1