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 1 & Duels for 5th place | Game 2
- 1Carlsen, MagnusGM 28690–1Artemiev, VladislavGM 2732
- 2Le, Quang LiemGM 2683½–½So, WesleyGM 2776
- 3Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeGM 2744½–½Sevian, SamuelGM 2677
- 4Liang, AwonderGM 2580½–½Duda, Jan-KrzysztofGM 2721
- 5Goryachkina, AleksandraGM 24241–0Ning, Yunlong1927
- 6Yip, CarissaIM 23511–0Zandanshatar, Gombojav
- 7Ding, LirenGM 2757½–½Abdusattorov, NodirbekGM 2785
- 8Sindarov, JavokhirGM 26721–0Wei, YiGM 2698
- 9Yu, YangyiGM 27071–0Madaminov, MukhiddinGM 2523
- 10Vokhidov, ShamsiddinGM 25501–0Lu, ShangleiGM 2688
- 11Lei, TingjieGM 24380–1Khamdamova, AfruzaWGM 2241
- 12Rakhmatullaev, Akjol16011–0Wang, Zihao(SH)1957
- 13Erigaisi ArjunGM 27761–0Praggnanandhaa RGM 2698
- 14Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.GM 2550½–½Nihal SarinGM 2723
- 15Mendonca, Leon LukeGM 24871–0Karthikeyan, MuraliGM 2511
- 16Pranesh MGM 25871–0Puranik, AbhimanyuGM 2539
- 17Dronavalli, HarikaGM 2344½–½Vaishali, RameshbabuGM 2371
- 18Vishruth B18560–1Aryan Abhijeet Shah1920