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 2
- 1Megaranto, SusantoGM 25600–1Carlsen, MagnusGM 2869
- 2Caruana, FabianoGM 27811–0Priasmoro, NovendraGM 2378
- 3Cahaya, Satria DutaIM 23150–1Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeGM 2744
- 4Duda, Jan-KrzysztofGM 27211–0Tarigan, Gilbert ElroyIM 2294
- 5Latifah, LaysaWIM 20741–0Goryachkina, AleksandraGM 2424
- 6Rosenstein, Wadim17800–1Pamungkas, Arjuna Satria1902
- 7Zhao, JunGM 25470–1Firouzja, AlirezaGM 2800
- 8Aronian, LevonGM 27400–1Xiao, Tong(QD)GM 2445
- 9Huang, Renjie2374½–½Giri, AnishGM 2666
- 10Murzin, VolodarGM 26621–0Xu, YiGM 2458
- 11Gu, XiaobingWGM 21180–1Lagno, KaterynaGM 2414
- 12Omarov, Murat18871–0Xue, Kang1924
- 13Xu, XiangyuGM 25431–0Niemann, Hans MokeGM 2709
- 14Lazavik, DenisGM 26521–0Li, DiGM 2440
- 15Dai, ChangrenGM 24070–1Sarana, AlexeyGM 2685
- 16Dominguez Perez, LeinierGM 2594½–½Zhao, YuanheIM 2356
- 17Song, YuxinIM 2372½–½Zhu, JinerGM 2411
- 18Nguyen, Anh Dung1889½–½Mao, Yingzhou1998
- 19Sargsyan, ShantGM 25751–0Artemiev, VladislavGM 2732
- 20Le, Quang LiemGM 26831–0Hakobyan, AramGM 2593
- 21Hong, AndrewGM 25160–1Sevian, SamuelGM 2677
- 22Liang, AwonderGM 25801–0Suyarov, MukhammadzokhidIM 2502
- 23Tokhirjonova, GulrukhbegimIM 2216½–½Yip, CarissaIM 2351
- 24Ning, Yunlong19271–0Sulaymonov, Rakhmonkul1836
- 25Ding, LirenGM 2757½–½Andreikin, DmitryGM 2688
- 26Svidler, PeterGM 26951–0Wei, YiGM 2698
- 27Yu, YangyiGM 27071–0Makhnev, DenisGM 2551
- 28Zhalmakhanov, RamazanGM 24720–1Lu, ShangleiGM 2688
- 29Lei, TingjieGM 2438½–½Nurman, AluaIM 2336
- 30Zarkym, Ailin19660–1Wang, Zihao(SH)1957
- 31Grischuk, AlexanderGM 26781–0Erigaisi ArjunGM 2776
- 32Nihal SarinGM 27231–0Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarGM 2632
- 33Rapport, RichardGM 26250–1Mendonca, Leon LukeGM 2487
- 34Puranik, AbhimanyuGM 25391–0Wang, HaoGM 2639
- 35Assaubayeva, BibisaraGM 2457½–½Dronavalli, HarikaGM 2344
- 36Aryan Abhijeet Shah19200–1Tyulyupov, Kumar1947
- 37Anand, ViswanathanGM 27040–1Praggnanandhaa RGM 2698
- 38Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.GM 25501–0Van Foreest, JordenGM 2690
- 39Martinez Alcantara, Jose EduardoGM 2663½–½Karthikeyan, MuraliGM 2511
- 40Pranesh MGM 25871–0Oro, FaustinoIM 2547
- 41Koneru, HumpyGM 2412½–½Vaishali, RameshbabuGM 2371
- 42Vishruth B18561–0Serpil, Turgay Seckin1870
- 43Abdusattorov, NodirbekGM 27851–0Mamedov, RaufGM 2646
- 44Suleymanli, AydinGM 25650–1Sindarov, JavokhirGM 2672
- 45Madaminov, MukhiddinGM 25231–0Manafov, VugarIM 2417
- 46Babazada, KhazarIM 24061–0Yakubboev, NodirbekGM 2584
- 47Omonova, UmidaWGM 23461–0Mammadzada, GunayIM 2276
- 48Hashimov, Murad19151–0Rakhmatullaev, Akjol1601