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
Semi Final 2 & Duel for 5th place | Tiebreaks
- 1Niemann, Hans MokeGM 27090–1Firouzja, AlirezaGM 2800
- 2Aronian, LevonGM 27401–0Lazavik, DenisGM 2652
- 3Sarana, AlexeyGM 26851–0Giri, AnishGM 2666
- 4Murzin, VolodarGM 26620–1Dominguez Perez, LeinierGM 2594
- 5Zhu, JinerGM 24111–0Lagno, KaterynaGM 2414
- 6Omarov, Murat18870–1Nguyen, Anh Dung1889
- 7Carlsen, MagnusGM 28691–0Erigaisi ArjunGM 2776
- 8Nihal SarinGM 27231–0Caruana, FabianoGM 2781
- 9So, WesleyGM 27761–0Mendonca, Leon LukeGM 2487
- 10Puranik, AbhimanyuGM 25390–1Duda, Jan-KrzysztofGM 2721
- 11Goryachkina, AleksandraGM 2424½–½Dronavalli, HarikaGM 2344
- 12Aryan Abhijeet Shah1920½–½Rosenstein, Wadim1780