FIDE World Team Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2026
FIDE World Team Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2026 – Blitz | Knockouts was a blitz team knockout in Hong Kong, 20–21 Jun 2026. Won by Dragon Chilling, beating Endgame.AI 2–0 in the finals. Last updated .
- Dates
- Place
- Hong Kong
- Format
- 16-team Knockout
- Time control
- 3 min + 2 sec / move
Matches
Round of 16
- WR Chess2–0Indonesia
- Hexamind Chess Team2–0Interstellar Club
- Endgame.AI2–0Schnappi Krokodil Team
- Mr Birdie and friends2–0Sky Chess
- Barys½–1½Dragon Chilling
- Team MGD12–0Kazchess
- Chessgurukul2–0Chess United
- Odlar Yurdu½–1½Uzbekistan
Quarterfinals
- Uzbekistan1½–½WR Chess
- Chessgurukul0–2Hexamind Chess Team
- Team MGD1½–1½Endgame.AI
- Dragon Chilling2–1Mr Birdie and friends
Matches 1–1 · Tiebreaks 1–0
Semi Final 1 & Duels for 5th place
- Mr Birdie and friends1–2WR Chess
Matches 1–1 · Tiebreaks 0–1
- Uzbekistan1–2Dragon Chilling
Matches 1–1 · Tiebreaks 0–1
- Chessgurukul½–1½Team MGD1
Semi Final 2 & Duel for 5th place
- Endgame.AI2–1Hexamind Chess Team
Matches 1–1 · Tiebreaks 1–0
- Team MGD11–2WR Chess
Matches 1–1 · Tiebreaks 0–1
Duel for 3rd place
- Hexamind Chess Team1–2Uzbekistan
Matches 1–1 · Tiebreaks 0–1
Finals
- Endgame.AI0–2Dragon Chilling
Each team match counts 1 point (½ for a drawn match). The winner is shown in bold once the match is over; in Armageddon a draw counts as a win for Black.
Results
Round of 16 | Game 1
- 1Carlsen, MagnusGM 28691–0Megaranto, SusantoGM 2560
- 2Priasmoro, NovendraGM 23780–1Caruana, FabianoGM 2781
- 3So, WesleyGM 27760–1Cahaya, Satria DutaIM 2315
- 4Budhidharma, NayakaIM 22730–1Duda, Jan-KrzysztofGM 2721
- 5Goryachkina, AleksandraGM 24241–0Sihite, Chelsie Monica IgnesiasWIM 2208
- 6Pamungkas, Arjuna Satria19020–1Rosenstein, Wadim1780
- 7Firouzja, AlirezaGM 28001–0Zhao, JunGM 2547
- 8Xiao, Tong(QD)GM 24451–0Aronian, LevonGM 2740
- 9Giri, AnishGM 2666½–½Huang, Renjie2374
- 10Xu, YiGM 24580–1Murzin, VolodarGM 2662
- 11Lagno, KaterynaGM 24141–0Zhang, XiaoWIM 2039
- 12Xue, Kang1924½–½Omarov, Murat1887
- 13Niemann, Hans MokeGM 27091–0Xu, XiangyuGM 2543
- 14Li, DiGM 24400–1Lazavik, DenisGM 2652
- 15Sarana, AlexeyGM 26851–0Dai, ChangrenGM 2407
- 16Zhao, YuanheIM 23560–1Dominguez Perez, LeinierGM 2594
- 17Zhu, JinerGM 2411½–½Song, YuxinIM 2372
- 18Mao, Yingzhou19980–1Nguyen, Anh Dung1889
- 19Artemiev, VladislavGM 2732½–½Sargsyan, ShantGM 2575
- 20Hakobyan, AramGM 2593½–½Le, Quang LiemGM 2683
- 21Sevian, SamuelGM 26771–0Hong, AndrewGM 2516
- 22Suyarov, MukhammadzokhidIM 2502½–½Liang, AwonderGM 2580
- 23Yip, CarissaIM 2351½–½Tokhirjonova, GulrukhbegimIM 2216
- 24Sulaymonov, Rakhmonkul18360–1Ning, Yunlong1927
- 25Andreikin, DmitryGM 2688½–½Ding, LirenGM 2757
- 26Wei, YiGM 2698½–½Svidler, PeterGM 2695
- 27Makhnev, DenisGM 25510–1Yu, YangyiGM 2707
- 28Lu, ShangleiGM 26880–1Zhalmakhanov, RamazanGM 2472
- 29Nurman, AluaIM 23361–0Lei, TingjieGM 2438
- 30Wang, Zihao(SH)19571–0Zarkym, Ailin1966
- 31Erigaisi ArjunGM 2776½–½Grischuk, AlexanderGM 2678
- 32Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarGM 26320–1Nihal SarinGM 2723
- 33Mendonca, Leon LukeGM 2487½–½Rapport, RichardGM 2625
- 34Wang, HaoGM 26390–1Puranik, AbhimanyuGM 2539
- 35Dronavalli, HarikaGM 2344½–½Assaubayeva, BibisaraGM 2457
- 36Tyulyupov, Kumar19470–1Aryan Abhijeet Shah1920
- 37Praggnanandhaa RGM 2698½–½Anand, ViswanathanGM 2704
- 38Van Foreest, JordenGM 26901–0Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.GM 2550
- 39Karthikeyan, MuraliGM 25111–0Martinez Alcantara, Jose EduardoGM 2663
- 40Oro, FaustinoIM 2547½–½Pranesh MGM 2587
- 41Vaishali, RameshbabuGM 23711–0Koneru, HumpyGM 2412
- 42Serpil, Turgay Seckin18700–1Vishruth B1856
- 43Mamedov, RaufGM 26460–1Abdusattorov, NodirbekGM 2785
- 44Sindarov, JavokhirGM 26721–0Suleymanli, AydinGM 2565
- 45Manafov, VugarIM 24171–0Madaminov, MukhiddinGM 2523
- 46Yakubboev, NodirbekGM 25840–1Babazada, KhazarIM 2406
- 47Mammadzada, GunayIM 22760–1Khamdamova, AfruzaWGM 2241
- 48Rakhmatullaev, Akjol16010–1Hashimov, Murad1915