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
Quarterfinals | Game 1
- 1Abdusattorov, NodirbekGM 27850–1Carlsen, MagnusGM 2869
- 2Caruana, FabianoGM 27811–0Sindarov, JavokhirGM 2672
- 3Madaminov, MukhiddinGM 2523½–½So, WesleyGM 2776
- 4Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeGM 27440–1Vokhidov, ShamsiddinGM 2550
- 5Omonova, UmidaWGM 23461–0Kosteniuk, AlexandraGM 2401
- 6Rosenstein, Wadim17800–1Rakhmatullaev, Akjol1601
- 7Praggnanandhaa RGM 26980–1Firouzja, AlirezaGM 2800
- 8Aronian, LevonGM 27401–0Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.GM 2550
- 9Karthikeyan, MuraliGM 2511½–½Giri, AnishGM 2666
- 10Murzin, VolodarGM 2662½–½Pranesh MGM 2587
- 11Vaishali, RameshbabuGM 2371½–½Lagno, KaterynaGM 2414
- 12Omarov, Murat18870–1Vishruth B1856
- 13Erigaisi ArjunGM 2776½–½Niemann, Hans MokeGM 2709
- 14Lazavik, DenisGM 2652½–½Nihal SarinGM 2723
- 15Pranav, VGM 26420–1Sarana, AlexeyGM 2685
- 16Dominguez Perez, LeinierGM 25940–1Puranik, AbhimanyuGM 2539
- 17Dronavalli, HarikaGM 23440–1Zhu, JinerGM 2411
- 18Nguyen, Anh Dung1889½–½Aryan Abhijeet Shah1920
- 19Ding, LirenGM 2757½–½Artemiev, VladislavGM 2732
- 20Le, Quang LiemGM 26831–0Wei, YiGM 2698
- 21Yu, YangyiGM 27070–1Sevian, SamuelGM 2677
- 22Liang, AwonderGM 25800–1Lu, ShangleiGM 2688
- 23Lei, TingjieGM 24381–0Yip, CarissaIM 2351
- 24Ning, Yunlong19271–0Wang, Zihao(SH)1957