The FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team Championships take place June 10-16, 2025, in London, United Kingdom. The World Rapid and Blitz Team Championships are back – with a record-breaking €500,000 prize fund. This is double the prize fund of Dusseldorf, which was €250,000, and more than Kazakhstan, which was €350,000.
FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team 2025 participants feature 104 Grandmasters (including 5 from the World top 10 – Hikaru Nakamura, Arjun Erigaisi, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Alireza Firouzja, Ian Nepomniachtchi) 63 IMs, and a total of 316 titled players. See the full participants list here The FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team 2025 is on of the Major events in The Chess Calendar for the month of June.
Live games and replay Rapid Live 1-10 / Rapid Live 11-20 / Rapid Live 21+
Team MGD1 is the sole leader of the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Teams 2025. After day 1 MGD1 is the only perfect team in the field, winning vs Mongolz, Barys.kz, Rishon LeZion Chess Club, and Uzbekistan.
Day 2 continued with relentless march by MGD1, with Tayade Athervaa now standing at 7,0/7! Check out the scores round by round, and see the round 7 scores below
Results round 1 / Results round 2 / Results round 3 / Results round 4 / Results round 5 / Results round 6 / Results round 7
FIDE World Rapid Team 2025 round 7 results
Round 7 on 2025/06/12 at 1720
Bo.
7
Germany and Friends
Rtg
–
6
Team MGD1
Rtg
2½:3½
1/1
GM
Keymer, Vincent (w)
2649
–
GM
Erigaisi, Arjun (b)
2708
1 – 0
1/2
GM
Bluebaum, Matthias (b)
2596
–
GM
Harikrishna, Pentala (w)
2634
0 – 1
1/3
GM
Svane, Rasmus (w)
2616
–
GM
Anton Guijarro, David (b)
2625
1 – 0
1/4
GM
Donchenko, Alexander (b)
2561
–
GM
Mendonca, Leon Luke (w)
2477
0 – 1
1/5
IM
Wagner, Dinara (w)
2372
–
IM
Tsolakidou, Stavroula (b)
2394
½ – ½
1/6
Lobkin, Bohdan (b)
1902
–
Atharvaa, P Tayade (w)
1952
0 – 1
Bo.
1
WR Chess Team
Rtg
–
9
Hexamind Chess Team
Rtg
2 : 4
2/1
GM
Firouzja, Alireza (w)
2753
–
GM
Aronian, Levon (b)
2746
1 – 0
2/2
GM
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (b)
2735
–
GM
Murzin, Volodar (w)
2637
0 – 1
2/3
GM
Nakamura, Hikaru (w)
2734
–
GM
Dominguez Perez, Leinier (b)
2708
½ – ½
2/4
GM
So, Wesley (b)
2714
–
GM
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi (w)
2650
0 – 1
2/5
GM
Kosteniuk, Alexandra (w)
2483
–
IM
Divya, Deshmukh (b)
2386
½ – ½
2/6
Rosenstein, Wadim (b)
1704
–
Muradyan, David (w)
0
0 – 1
Bo.
4
Uzbekistan
Rtg
–
3
Malcolm’s Mates
Rtg
3:3
3/1
GM
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek (w)
2732
–
GM
Maroroa Jones, Gawain C B (b)
2635
½ – ½
3/2
GM
Sindarov, Javokhir (b)
2668
–
GM
Vitiugov, Nikita (w)
2590
½ – ½
3/3
GM
Yakubboev, Nodirbek (w)
2547
–
GM
Adams, Michael (b)
2628
1/2-1/2
3/4
GM
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (b)
2641
–
GM
Saric, Ivan (w)
2597
½ – ½
3/5
WIM
Khamdamova, Afruza (w)
2406
–
IM
Bulmaga, Irina (b)
2372
1 – 0
3/6
WFM
Imomkuzieva, Nilufarkhon (b)
1943
–
Omarov, Murat (w)
1918
0 – 1
Bo.
2
KazChess
Rtg
–
13
Generation XYZA
Rtg
4 : 2
4/1
GM
Rapport, Richard (w)
2709
–
GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (b)
2701
1 – 0
4/2
GM
Grischuk, Alexander (b)
2696
–
GM
Gurel, Ediz (w)
2452
1 – 0
4/3
GM
Esipenko, Andrey (w)
2651
–
GM
Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan (b)
2384
0 – 1
4/4
IM
Ansat, Aldiyar (b)
2383
–
IM
Salimova, Nurgyul (w)
2332
0 – 1
4/5
IM
Kamalidenova, Meruert (w)
2380
–
IM
Kuru, Atilla (b)
1972
1 – 0
4/6
Aiten, Islam (b)
2037
–
Yontar, Sabrican Onay (w)
1870
1 – 0
Bo.
16
Hetman GKS Katowice
Rtg
–
5
Freedom
Rtg
1½:4½
5/1
GM
Navara, David (w)
2671
–
GM
Anand, Viswanathan (b)
2719
1 – 0
5/2
GM
Klimkowski, Jan (b)
2416
–
GM
Sevian, Samuel (w)
2636
½ – ½
5/3
IM
Seemann, Jakub (w)
2392
–
GM
Le, Quang Liem (b)
2645
0 – 1
5/4
FM
Cieslak, Patryk (b)
2220
–
GM
Sarana, Alexey (w)
2603
0 – 1
5/5
WGM
Tsatsalashvili, Keti (w)
2254
–
IM
Injac, Teodora (b)
2309
0 – 1
5/6
Smolinski, Wojciech (b)
1929
–
Mani, Sarbartho (w)
1871
0 – 1
Bo.
18
Barys.kz
Rtg
–
10
Knight Dance
Rtg
3½:2½
6/1
GM
Nogerbek, Kazybek (w)
2531
–
GM
Van Foreest, Jorden (b)
2640
1 – 0
6/2
GM
Makhnev, Denis (b)
2531
–
GM
Moussard, Jules (w)
2609
½ – ½
6/3
IM
Agmanov, Zhandos (w)
2388
–
GM
Dardha, Daniel (b)
2582
½ – ½
6/4
IM
Mamedov, Edgar (b)
2324
–
GM
Maurizzi, Marc`andria (w)
2472
0 – 1
6/5
WGM
Balabayeva, Xeniya (w)
2270
–
IM
Roebers, Eline (b)
2404
½ – ½
6/6
Nurakyn, Suleiman (b)
1880
–
Phulpin, Theo (w)
1754
1 – 0
Bo.
14
Duobeniajan Costa Calida ESJ
Rtg
–
15
Global Ramblers
Rtg
2½:3½
7/1
GM
Pichot, Alan (w)
2564
–
GM
Shirov, Alexei (b)
2707
0 – 1
7/2
GM
Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos (b)
2541
–
GM
Dudin, Gleb (w)
2454
0 – 1
7/3
GM
Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando (w)
2459
–
GM
Glek, Igor (b)
2416
1 – 0
7/4
IM
Camacho Collados, Marcos (b)
2365
–
IM
Mesropov, Konstantin (w)
2473
½ – ½
7/5
GM
Khotenashvili, Bella (w)
2349
–
IM
Zatonskih, Anna (b)
2255
1 – 0
7/6
Torres, Lucas (b)
2031
–
Volkov, Leonid (w)
1833
0 – 1
Bo.
32
The MongolZ
Rtg
–
8
Ashdod Elit Chess Club
Rtg
1 : 5
8/1
FM
Chinguun, Sumiya (w)
2271
–
GM
Nihal, Sarin (b)
2676
0 – 1
8/2
IM
Reimanis, Ritvars (b)
2331
–
GM
Eljanov, Pavel (w)
2614
0 – 1
8/3
IM
Itgelt, Khuyagtsogt (w)
2216
–
GM
Gledura, Benjamin (b)
2575
0 – 1
8/4
IM
Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel (b)
2239
–
GM
Moiseenko, Alexander (w)
2533
1 – 0
8/5
FM
Ulziikhishig, Khishigbat (w)
2027
–
IM
Osmak, Yuliia (b)
2343
0 – 1
8/6
Araya Fuentes, Cristian (b)
1945
–
Sailaubay, Aldiyar (w)
1831
0 – 1
Bo.
11
Team Hungary
Rtg
–
28
Turkish Airlines Sports Club
Rtg
3 : 3
9/1
GM
Kozak, Adam (w)
2577
–
IM
Oro, Faustino (b)
2457
1 – 0
9/2
GM
Kantor, Gergely (b)
2545
–
IM
Ahmad, Khagan (w)
2301
0 – 1
9/3
GM
Erdos, Viktor (w)
2525
–
IM
Lu, Miaoyi (b)
2240
½ – ½
9/4
GM
Balogh, Csaba (b)
2609
–
WGM
Xu, Yuanyuan (w)
2251
½ – ½
9/5
WGM
Gaal, Zsoka (w)
2218
–
FM
Lohia, Sohum (b)
2097
1 – 0
9/6
Marton-John, Almos Kiran (b)
1909
–
Yildiz, Ali Aras (w)
1835
0 – 1
Bo.
21
Rookies
Rtg
–
12
Rishon LeZion Chess Club
Rtg
2½:3½
10/1
IM
Samadov, Read (w)
2464
–
GM
Rodshtein, Maxim (b)
2603
1 – 0
10/2
FM
Shogdzhiev, Roman (b)
2405
–
GM
Steinberg, Nitzan (w)
2516
½ – ½
10/3
FM
Akhilbay, Imangali (w)
2288
–
GM
Sokolovsky, Yahli (b)
2367
0 – 1
10/4
WGM
Nurman, Alua (b)
2250
–
IM
Bronstein, Or (w)
2345
0 – 1
10/5
WFM
Nurgaliyeva, Zarina (w)
2081
–
WIM
Lahav, Michal (b)
2100
1 – 0
10/6
Watson, Mikey J (b)
1914
–
Lapushnian, Eran (w)
1916
0 – 1
Bo.
36
¡Ållez-Y Initiative!
Rtg
–
19
Theme International Trading
Rtg
3 : 3
11/1
GM
Bjerre, Jonas Buhl (w)
2546
–
GM
Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo (b)
2665
1 – 0
11/2
FM
Jacobsen, Mikkel Manosri (b)
2169
–
GM
Tin, Jingyao (w)
2485
0 – 1
11/3
WIM
Muetsch, Annmarie (w)
2188
–
GM
Le, Tuan Minh (b)
2503
0 – 1
11/4
FM
Loftgaard, Mikkel Vinh (b)
2160
–
GM
Siddharth, Jagadeesh (w)
2408
1 – 0
11/5
CM
Jalving, August (w)
1893
–
WGM
Gong, Qianyun (b)
2220
0 – 1
11/6
McCallum, Elliot (b)
1831
–
Zhang, Changjie (w)
1676
1 – 0
Bo.
17
FIDE MB Team
Rtg
–
30
Berlin Chess Federation
Rtg
4½:1½
12/1
GM
Hong, Andrew (w)
2547
–
IM
Schneider, Ilja (b)
2429
1 – 0
12/2
GM
Short, Nigel D (b)
2533
–
IM
Fromm, Marius (w)
2320
½ – ½
12/3
GM
Bologan, Victor (w)
2501
–
FM
Florstedt, Johannes (b)
2334
1 – 0
12/4
GM
Al-Mudahka, Mohd (b)
2479
–
FM
Schulze, Lara (w)
2211
1 – 0
12/5
WFM
Stoisavljevic, Sava (w)
2103
–
CM
Rath, Alina (b)
2038
0 – 1
12/6
Zaiarski, Stepan (b)
1764
–
Ziems, Michael (w)
1890
1 – 0
Bo.
29
Mongolia-B
Rtg
–
22
Wood Green
Rtg
3 : 3
13/1
IM
Gan-Erdene, Sugar (w)
2433
–
IM
Harvey, Marcus R (b)
2460
0 – 1
13/2
GM
Bilguun, Sumiya (b)
2438
–
IM
Wadsworth, Matthew J (w)
2367
½ – ½
13/3
IM
Batkhuyag, Munguntuul (w)
2291
–
IM
Czopor, Maciej (b)
2382
1 – 0
13/4
WCM
Mungunzul, Bat-Erdene (b)
2285
–
IM
Willow, Jonah B (w)
2322
½ – ½
13/5
FM
Sodbilegt, Naranbold (w)
1946
–
WFM
Kueh, Audrey (b)
2098
1 – 0
13/6
Enkhbayar, Genden (b)
1837
–
Barwick, Carmel (w)
1915
0 – 1
Bo.
24
Sharks 4NCL
Rtg
–
37
English Knightmares
Rtg
2 : 4
14/1
GM
Ghasi, Ameet K (w)
2483
–
GM
Fernandez, Daniel Howard (b)
2380
½ – ½
14/2
IM
Roberson, Peter T (b)
2372
–
FM
Badacsonyi, Stanley (w)
2316
½ – ½
14/3
IM
Rendle, Thomas E (w)
2412
–
FM
Banerjee, Supratit (b)
2067
½ – ½
14/4
FM
Moreby, James (b)
2210
–
FM
Badacsonyi, Frankie (w)
1947
½ – ½
14/5
WFM
Hryshchenko, Kamila (w)
2054
–
WFM
Hng, Mei-En Emmanuelle (b)
1994
0 – 1
14/6
Morea, Georgiana-Steluta (b)
1929
–
Jain, Gautam (w)
1918
0 – 1
Bo.
26
ChessbrahTV
Rtg
–
31
Mother Continent
Rtg
3 : 3
15/1
GM
Hansen, Eric (w)
2582
–
IM
Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina (b)
2404
½ – ½
15/2
IM
Ragnarsson, Dagur (b)
2350
–
FM
Wanyama, Harold (w)
2246
0 – 1
15/3
FM
Delaney, Killian (w)
2177
–
FM
George Samir, David (b)
2234
½ – ½
15/4
Vincent, Trevor (b)
2226
–
FM
Mhango, Banele (w)
2136
1 – 0
15/5
IM
Garcia Martin, Marta (w)
2262
–
WCM
Quickpen, Deborah Ebimobo-Ere (b)
2077
1 – 0
15/6
Stojsin, Nikola (b)
1789
–
Makgatle, Cordeliah Goitsemodimo (w)
0
0 – 1
Bo.
34
Noval Group Kyrgyzstan
Rtg
–
20
e-therapeutics
Rtg
2½:3½
16/1
IM
Orozbaev, Eldiyar (w)
2376
–
GM
Gurevich, Ilya (b)
2586
1 – 0
16/2
IM
Zhakshylykov, Erzhan (b)
2235
–
GM
Williams, Simon K (w)
2497
0 – 1
16/3
CM
Sharshenbekov, Emir (w)
2265
–
GM
Norwood, David R (b)
2494
0 – 1
16/4
CM
Iunusov, Nuriddin (b)
1947
–
IM
Mortazavi, Ali (w)
2392
½ – ½
16/5
WFM
Sovetbekova, Nurai (w)
1867
–
WFM
Sivanandan, Bodhana (b)
2052
0 – 1
16/6
Zhunusbekova, Aimonchok (b)
1716
–
Mortazavi, Sami (w)
1714
1 – 0
Bo.
23
Perfect
Rtg
–
41
Berlin Lasker Legends
Rtg
2 : 4
17/1
GM
Sagalchik, Gennadij (w)
2434
–
FM
Eilenberg, Jonas (b)
2279
0 – 1
17/2
IM
Atlas, Valery (b)
2419
–
Yatskar, Martin (w)
2223
1 – 0
17/3
IM
Zlotnik, Boris A (w)
2349
–
CM
Kunz, Andre (b)
2128
0 – 1
17/4
Slavin, Gennadie (b)
2207
–
Stein, Theodor (w)
1933
0 – 1
17/5
GM
Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan (w)
2267
–
Ho, Ngoc Hai-Dang (b)
1981
1 – 0
17/6
Slavin, Daniel J (b)
1851
–
Schuster, Rebekka (w)
1874
0 – 1
Bo.
25
Mongolia-A
Rtg
–
47
Hammersmith Chess Club
Rtg
6 : 0
18/1
IM
Amartuvshin, Ganzorig (w)
2356
–
CM
Villiers, Thomas (b)
2108
1 – 0
18/2
IM
Amilal, Munkhdalai (b)
2341
–
Stewart, Ashley (w)
2056
1 – 0
18/3
WGM
Munkhzul, Turmunkh (w)
2357
–
Hanache, Kai (b)
2018
1 – 0
18/4
FM
Gan-Od, Sereenen (b)
2294
–
Franco, Gaston (w)
2010
1 – 0
18/5
WGM
Uuriintuya, Uurtsaikh (w)
2239
–
Ciocan, Maria-Alexandra (b)
1924
1 – 0
18/6
Han, Qixuan (b)
1831
–
Cepoi, Gesneria-Codruta (w)
1599
1 – 0
Bo.
27
Sassy Seniors
Rtg
–
48
xChess.AI
Rtg
2½:3½
19/1
GM
Turner, Matthew J (w)
2506
–
CM
Sava, Robert-Gabriel (b)
2132
1 – 0
19/2
FM
Duncan, Chris R (b)
2253
–
Rusu, Lucas (w)
2130
½ – ½
19/3
Vujatovic, Rajko (w)
2194
–
Badescu, Matei-Andrei (b)
1961
½ – ½
19/4
Lishoy Gengis Paratazham, Dildarav (b)
2035
–
FM
Sava, Christiansen-Danut-Eugen (w)
1971
½ – ½
19/5
Dishman, Matthew (w)
1901
–
Badescu, Eliza-Ioana (b)
1789
0 – 1
19/6
WIM
Regan, Natasha K (b)
1905
–
Platschek, Luca (w)
1827
0 – 1
Bo.
46
UK Chess Challenge Masters
Rtg
–
33
Chess Rising Stars
Rtg
2½:3½
20/1
Vaidyanathan, Adithya (w)
2147
–
FM
Wu, Li (b)
2270
½ – ½
20/2
Yu, Rock (b)
2091
–
FM
Cumming, Rhys (w)
2223
0 – 1
20/3
CM
Murawski, Jan (w)
1985
–
WGM
Navrotescu, Andreea (b)
2195
0 – 1
20/4
WFM
Longson, Sarah N (b)
2045
–
FM
Tsaknakis, Zisis (w)
2130
0 – 1
20/5
Sefton, Adam (w)
1730
–
Bird, Joel (b)
1927
1 – 0
20/6
Veselow, Zoe (b)
1775
–
Kennedy, Aden (w)
1806
1 – 0
Bo.
43
Oxbridge
Rtg
–
35
Wood Green Youth
Rtg
2 : 4
21/1
IM
O`gorman, Tom (w)
2257
–
FM
Derakhshani, Borna (b)
2240
½ – ½
21/2
Goh, Jinghan Cameron (b)
1992
–
IM
Balaji, Aaravamudhan (w)
2278
0 – 1
21/3
Gallagher, Daniel Gh (w)
2063
–
FM
Haydon, David L (b)
2292
0 – 1
21/4
Rushbrooke, Remy (b)
2055
–
FM
O`donnell, Conor (w)
2195
½ – ½
21/5
WFM
Hng, Mei-Xian Eunice (w)
1848
–
Jaufarally, Nadia (b)
1901
1 – 0
21/6
Nayberg, Simona (b)
1833
–
WCM
Camp, Imogen A L (w)
1805
0 – 1
Bo.
38
OlalaStars
Rtg
–
40
Chess Trust Accelerators
Rtg
4 : 2
22/1
GM
Kogan, Arthur (w)
2455
–
CM
Khoury, Theo (b)
2144
1 – 0
22/2
FM
Krivenko, Dion (b)
2221
–
Verbytski, Oleg (w)
2090
1 – 0
22/3
Sason, Noam (w)
2077
–
WFM
Dicen, Elis Denele (b)
1982
0 – 1
22/4
WFM
Blokhin, Sofia (b)
2099
–
CM
Zhao, George (w)
1939
1 – 0
22/5
Agafonov, Yuri Dr (w)
1987
–
Volovich, Julia (b)
1859
1 – 0
22/6
Kiritshenko, Platon (b)
1732
–
Kendall, Arthur (w)
1712
0 – 1
Bo.
51
Youth KG
Rtg
–
39
ANI
Rtg
1½:4½
23/1
CM
Momunaliev, Ruslan (w)
2070
–
FM
Zakarian, David (b)
2277
0 – 1
23/2
Kurbanbaev, Zalkar (b)
1848
–
FM
Kiremitciyan, Ari (w)
2165
0 – 1
23/3
Beknazarov, Emir (w)
1870
–
Stepanyan, Henrik (b)
2140
½ – ½
23/4
Muradylov, Baiel (b)
1834
–
Zakarian, Dimitrios Levon (w)
2033
0 – 1
23/5
CM
Keneshbekov, Elim (w)
1832
–
WFM
Grigoryan, Meri (b)
1908
1 – 0
23/6
WCM
Sezdbekova, Aizhan (b)
1793
–
Mesropyan, Hayk (w)
1932
0 – 1
Bo.
42
Uppsala SSS
Rtg
–
44
The London Legends
Rtg
3 : 3
24/1
FM
Grahn, Vidar (w)
2201
–
Cancedda-Dupuis, Livio (b)
2203
0 – 1
24/2
FM
Strom-Engdahl, Alexander (b)
2113
–
Bryant, Harry (w)
2121
0 – 1
24/3
CM
Frank, Anton (w)
2110
–
Dasgupta, Avyukt (b)
2083
1 – 0
24/4
Nilsson, Oliver (b)
2043
–
Vashisht-Pigem, Raman (w)
2015
1 – 0
24/5
Ostensson, Julia (w)
1966
–
Mokhber-Garcia, Sebastian (b)
1921
0 – 1
24/6
Morell, Edvin (b)
1882
–
ACM
Kodukula, Sameera (w)
1662
1 – 0
Bo.
49
Satranc Istanbul
Rtg
–
50
Desert Penguins
Rtg
4 : 2
25/1
IM
Eren, Ataberk (w)
2195
–
Sedykh, Mikhail (b)
2108
1 – 0
25/2
FM
Makaraci, Tunahan (b)
2151
–
IM
Madan, Augustin (w)
2203
1 – 0
25/3
Eken, Atakan (w)
2003
–
Bansal, Saahil (b)
1874
0 – 1
25/4
Tahaoglu, Ugur Barkin (b)
1959
–
Bharat Kumar, Balahari (w)
1790
0 – 1
25/5
Kalender, Murat Emre (w)
1755
–
Ding, Yicheng (b)
1761
1 – 0
25/6
Demir, Aleyna (b)
1591
–
Ding, Yihua (w)
1536
1 – 0
Bo.
45
Danish Futures
Rtg
–
52
Equity Bank, Kenya
Rtg
5½: ½
26/1
IM
Skytte, Rasmus (w)
2412
–
FM
Kawuma, Patrick (b)
2218
1 – 0
26/2
IM
Kistrup, Nicolai (b)
2221
–
Gurevich, Artjom (w)
2137
1 – 0
26/3
WIM
Nilssen, Ellen Fredericia (w)
2104
–
Andiwoh, Moses (b)
1831
1 – 0
26/4
CM
Skytte, Robert (b)
1846
–
WCM
Mutisya, Jully (w)
1712
1 – 0
26/5
WCM
Derlich, Sarah Sima (w)
1807
–
Kabugu, Njagi (b)
1695
1 – 0
26/6
Andries, Leia (b)
1708
–
Kuka, Kyle (w)
1496
½ – ½

big win for MGD1 