World Rapid and Blitz Team Chess Championships 2025

FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team Championships 2025
Tournament information
SportChess
LocationLondon, United Kingdom
Dates10–16 June 2025
FormatRapid and blitz chess
VenueNovotel London West
Teams54
Purse€500,000
Current champion
Rapid: Team MGD1 Blitz: WR Chess Team

The World Rapid and Blitz Team Chess Championships 2025 was a team chess tournament organized by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) to determine the world team champions in chess played under rapid and blitz time controls.[1][2] It was held in London, United Kingdom, from 10 to 16 June 2025.

The rapid championship took place from 11 to 13 June and the blitz championship was played from 14 to 15 June.[3][4] The prize money was €500,000, of which €310,000 was for the rapid event and €190,000 was for the blitz.

The defending champions were Al-Ain ACMG UAE in the rapid event and WR Chess Team in the blitz event. Team MGD1 won the World Rapid Team Championship,[5][6][7] and WR Chess Team successfully defending their blitz title.[8][9][10][11]


Schedule

OC Opening ceremony TM Technical Meeting R Rapid round B Blitz round CC Closing ceremony
June 11th
Sun
12th
Mon
13th
Tue
14th
Wed
15th
Thu
Ceremonies OC CC
Meetings TM
Rapid R1-4 R5-8 R9-12
Blitz Pools Knockout

Prize Fund

Event Winner 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 1st Under 2400 1st Under 2200 Total
Rapid €110,000 €70,000 €50,000 €30,000 €20,000 €15,000 €10,000 €5,000 €310,000
Blitz €75,000 €50,000 €30,000 €20,000 €15,000 €190,000

Note: Prize money is per team

Teams

Results

Rapid

Final Standings [12]
Rank Team Matches Points TB1 TB2
1 Team MGD1 12 21 615 45.5
2 Hexamind Chess Team 12 20 642 47
3 Freedom 12 17 636 46.5
4 Uzbekistan 12 17 614 45.5
5 WR Chess Team 12 17 593.5 44.5
6 Germany and Friends 12 16 548 39.5
7 Duobeniajan Costa Calida ESJ 12 15 489.5 44.5
8 Generation XYZA 12 15 482 43
9 Malcolm's Mates 12 14 570.5 40.5
10 Ashdod Elit Chess Club 12 14 545.5 40.5

Blitz

Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Malcolm's Mates 0
WR Chess Team 4 WR Chess Team 4
Germany and Friends 4 Germany and Friends 0
Hetman GKS Katowice 0 WR Chess Team 4
Generation XYZA 0 Hexamind Chess Team 0
Team MGD1 4 Team MGD1 1
Hexamind Chess Team 4 Hexamind Chess Team 3
Knight Dance 0 WR Chess Team 4
FIDE MB Team 0 KazChess 0
Freedom 4 Freedom 2
KazChess 4 KazChess 3
Rookies 2 KazChess 0 3rd Place
Barys.kz 1 Uzbekistan 3
Uzbekistan 3 Uzbekistan 3 Hexamind Chess Team 3
Ashdod Elit Chess Club 4 Ashdod Elit Chess Club 1 Uzbekistan 0
Theme International Trading 2

References

  1. ^ "Chess world descends on London". fide.com. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  2. ^ "Anand, Arjun, Nihal, Vidit, Harikrishna and co. set for FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team 2025 starting today live". chessbase.in. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  3. ^ "FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team Championships 2025: All you need to know about the event". firstpost.com. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Viswanathan Anand back in action in world rapid and blitz team championship". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Arjun, Pranav, & 'New Pang Bo' Power MGD1 To World Rapid Teams Title". chess.com. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  6. ^ "MGD1 convincingly clinches World Rapid Team 2025 Championship, Hexamind second and Freedom third". chessbase.in. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  7. ^ "India's Team MGD1 win 2025 FIDE World Rapid Team Chess Championship". fide.com. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  8. ^ McGourty, Colin (2025-06-15). "WR Chess Defends World Team Blitz Title After Winning Appeal". Chess.com. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
  9. ^ "Hikaru Nakamura's WR Chess wins World Blitz Team Championship in controversial fashion: 'This whole appeal thing was a mess'". firstpost.com. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  10. ^ "WR Chess wins 2025 FIDE World Blitz Team Championship, defends title without Magnus Carlsen". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  11. ^ "WR Chess clinch their second FIDE World Team Blitz Championship title". fide.com. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  12. ^ "Standings". fide.com. Retrieved 15 June 2025.