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2025 chess tournament in London, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
Quick Facts Tournament information, Sport ...
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Chess |
| Location | London, United Kingdom |
| Dates | 10–16 June 2025 |
| Format | Rapid and blitz chess |
| Venue | Novotel London West |
| Teams | 54 |
| Purse | €500,000 |
| Current champion | |
| Rapid: Team MGD1 Blitz: WR Chess Team | |
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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]
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Schedule
| OC | Opening ceremony | TM | Technical Meeting | R | Rapid round | B | Blitz round | CC | Closing ceremony |
More information June, 11th Sun ...
| 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 | ||||
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Prize Fund
More information Event, Winner ...
| 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 |
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Note: Prize money is per team
Teams
More information SNo, Team name ...
| SNo | Team name | Captain | Players | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WR Chess Team | Jan Gustafsson | Ian Nepomniachtchi (2762), Alireza Firouzja (2753), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2735), Hikaru Nakamura (2734), Yifan Hou (2539), Wadim Rosenstein (1704), Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2718), Wesley So (2714), Alexandra Kosteniuk (2483) | 2531 |
| 2 | KazChess | Gulmira Dauletova | Richard Rapport (2709), Alexander Grischuk (2696), Parham Maghsoodloo (2670), Andrey Esipenko (2651), Meruert Kamalidenova (2380), Darmen Dauren (1932), Darmen Sadvakasov (2587), Aldiyar Ansat (2383), Elnaz Kaliakhmet (2238) | 2524 |
| 3 | Malcolm's Mates | William Watson | Luke J McShane (2702), Gawain C B Maroroa Jones (2635), Michael Adams (2628), Ivan Saric (2597), Irina Bulmaga (2372), Murat Omarov (1918), Nikita Vitiugov (2590), Elmira Mirzoeva (2176), Alfred Soulier (2042) | 2496 |
| 4 | Uzbekistan | Saydali Yuldashev | Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2732), Javokhir Sindarov (2668), Rustam Kasimdzhanov (2641), Nodirbek Yakubboev (2547), Afruza Khamdamova (2406), Nilufarkhon Imomkuzieva (1943), Shamsiddin Vokhidov (2519), Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova (2282) | 2490 |
| 5 | Freedom | Emil Sutovsky | Viswanathan Anand (2719), Quang Liem Le (2645), Samuel Sevian (2636), Rauf Mamedov (2617), Anna Muzychuk (2409), Sarbartho Mani (1871), Haik M. Martirosyan (2610), Alexey Sarana (2603), Teodora Injac (2309) | 2483 |
| 6 | Team MGD1 | Srinath Narayanan | Arjun Erigaisi (2708), Pentala Harikrishna (2634), David Anton Guijarro (2625), V Pranav (2537), Stavroula Tsolakidou (2394), Atharvaa P Tayade (1952), Leon Luke Mendonca (2477), Srinath Narayanan (2440), Hariharan Raghavan (1400) | 2475 |
| 7 | Germany and Friends | Dennis Wagner | Vincent Keymer (2649), Rasmus Svane (2616), Matthias Bluebaum (2596), Alexander Donchenko (2561), Dinara Wagner (2372), Bohdan Lobkin (1902), Dmitrij Kollars (2553), Frederik Svane (2476), Luisa Bashylina (2065) | 2449 |
| 8 | Ashdod Elit Chess Club | Moshe Slav | Nihal Sarin (2676), Pavel Eljanov (2614), Benjamin Gledura (2575), Andrei Volokitin (2568), Yuliia Osmak (2343), Aldiyar Sailaubay (1831), Alexander Moiseenko (2533), Ilia Smirin (2513), Maria Manakova (2170) | 2435 |
| 9 | Hexamind Chess Team | Daria Panarina | Levon Aronian (2746), Leinier Dominguez Perez (2708), Anish Giri (2688), Santosh Gujrathi Vidit (2650), Divya Deshmukh (2386), Platon Panarin (1400), Volodar Murzin (2637), David Muradyan (1400), Mark Panarin (1400) | 2430 |
| 10 | Knight Dance | Elliot Papadiamandis | Jorden Van Foreest (2640), Jules Moussard (2609), Daniel Dardha (2582), Marc'Andria Maurizzi (2472), Eline Roebers (2404), Theo Phulpin (1754), Elliot Papadiamandis (2247) | 2410 |
| 11 | Team Hungary | Csaba Balogh | Csaba Balogh (2609), Adam Kozak (2577), Gergely Kantor (2545), Viktor Erdos (2525), Zsoka Gaal (2218), Almos Kiran Marton-John (1909), Robert Ruck (2460) | 2397 |
| 12 | Rishon LeZion Chess Club | Alexander Kaspi | Boris Gelfand (2622), Maxim Rodshtein (2603), Nitzan Steinberg (2516), Yahli Sokolovsky (2367), Marsel Efroimski (2337), Michal Lahav (2100), Or Bronstein (2345), Eran Lapushnian (1916), Yossi Raiko (1911) | 2394 |
| 13 | Generation XYZA | Selim Ziya Gurcan | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2701), Dragan Solak (2591), Ediz Gurel (2452), Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (2384), Nurgyul Salimova (2332), Sabrican Onay Yontar (1870), Turkan Mamedjarova (2161), Atilla Kuru (1972), Evren Ucok (1400) | 2388 |
| 14 | Duobeniajan Costa Calida ESJ | Jose Carlos Ibarra Jerez | Alan Pichot (2564), Jose Carlos Ibarra Jerez (2541), Jose Fernando Cuenca Jimenez (2459), Marcos Camacho Collados (2365), Bella Khotenashvili (2349), Lucas Torres (2031), Adhara Rodriguez Redondo (2121), Alexandra Aguilera Quiztke (1898) | 2385 |
| 15 | Global Ramblers | Denis Bilunov | Alexei Shirov (2707), Alexander Shabalov (2526), Konstantin Mesropov (2473), Gleb Dudin (2454), Anna Zatonskih (2255), Leonid Volkov (1833), Igor Glek (2416), Alexander Reprintsev (2299), Olga Badelka (2238) | 2375 |
| 16 | Hetman GKS Katowice | Grzegorz Masternak | David Navara (2671), Dinara Saduakassova (2449), Jan Klimkowski (2416), Jakub Seemann (2392), Jacek Gdanski (2333), Wojciech Smolinski (1929), Keti Tsatsalashvili (2254), Grzegorz Masternak (2225), Patryk Cieslak (2220) | 2365 |
| 17 | FIDE MB Team | Lukasz Turlej | Andrew Hong (2547), Nigel D Short (2533), Victor Bologan (2501), Mohd Al-Mudahka (2479), Chen Zhu (2312), Stepan Zaiarski (1764), Sava Stoisavljevic (2103), Lukasz Turlej (1992), Arkady Dvorkovich (1400) | 2356 |
| 18 | Barys.kz | Pavel Kotsur | Kazybek Nogerbek (2531), Denis Makhnev (2531), Anuar Ismagambetov (2466), Alisher Suleymenov (2428), Amina Kairbekova (2280), Suleiman Nurakyn (1880), Zhandos Agmanov (2388), Edgar Mamedov (2324), Xeniya Balabayeva (2270) | 2353 |
| 19 | Theme International Trading | Wei Ming Kevin Goh | Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara (2665), Rinat Jumabayev (2524), Tuan Minh Le (2503), Jingyao Tin (2485), Qianyun Gong (2220), Changjie Zhang (1676), Jagadeesh Siddharth (2408), Wei Ming Kevin Goh (2355) | 2346 |
| 20 | e-therapeutics | Ali Mortazavi | Nicholas Pert (2600), Ilya Gurevich (2586), Simon K Williams (2497), David R Norwood (2494), Bodhana Sivanandan (2052), Sami Mortazavi (1714), Richard G Pert (2447), Ali Mortazavi (2392), Max Pert (1940) | 2324 |
| 21 | Rookies | Yevgeniy Vladimirov | Read Samadov (2464), Roman Shogdzhiev (2405), Shreyas Royal (2372), Ergali Suleimen (2336), Alua Nurman (2250), Islam Aiten (2037), Daniyal Sapenov (2325), Imangali Akhilbay (2288), Zarina Nurgaliyeva (2081) | 2290 |
| 22 | Wood Green | Viktor Stoyanov | Marcus R Harvey (2460), Maciej Czopor (2382), Matthew J Wadsworth (2367), Jonah B Willow (2322), Audrey Kueh (2098), Carmel Barwick (1915), Viktor Stoyanov (2174), Madara Orlovska (2095), Alaa Gamal (1754) | 2257 |
| 23 | Perfect | Valery Atlas | Gennadij Sagalchik (2434), Valery Atlas (2419), Boris A Zlotnik (2349), Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (2267), Gennadie Slavin (2207), Valeriu Mindru (1840), Mark Gluhovsky (2136), Dmitry Atlas (2107), Daniel J Slavin (1400) | 2255 |
| 24 | ChessbrahTV | Miodrag Perunovic | Eric Hansen (2582), Dagur Ragnarsson (2350), Miodrag Perunovic (2297), Marta Garcia Martin (2262), Trevor Vincent (2226), Nikola Stojsin (1789), Killian Delaney (2177), Kameron Grose (1813) | 2251 |
| 25 | Sharks 4NCL | Ben J. Purton | Ameet K Ghasi (2483), Thomas E Rendle (2412), Peter T Roberson (2372), James Moreby (2210), Kamila Hryshchenko (2054), Georgiana-Steluta Morea (1929), Ben J Purton (2185), Kevin C McCarthy (1917) | 2243 |
| 26 | Mongolia-A | Gan-Od Sereenen | Turmunkh Munkhzul (2357), Ganzorig Amartuvshin (2356), Munkhdalai Amilal (2341), Gan-Od Sereenen (2294), Sumiya Chinguun (2271), Dondog Amarbat (1943), Uurtsaikh Uuriintuya (2239), Qixuan Han (1831) | 2236 |
| 27 | Sassy Seniors | Natasha Regan | Jonathan F Parker (2506), Matthew J Turner (2506), Stephen Dishman (2266), Chris R Duncan (2253), Natasha K Regan (1905), Matthew Dishman (1901), Rajko Vujatovic (2194), Dildarav Lishoy Gengis Paratazham (2035), Leela Widger (1400) | 2223 |
| 28 | Turkish Airlines Sports Club | Ozgur Solakoglu | Faustino Oro (2457), Khagan Ahmad (2301), Yuanyuan Xu (2251), Kerem Erten (2185), Sohum Lohia (2097), Ali Aras Yildiz (1835), Miaoyi Lu (2240), Indy Southcott-Moyers (2089), Ozgur Solakoglu (2024) | 2212 |
| 29 | Mongolia-B | Sumiya Bilguun | Sumiya Bilguun (2438), Sugar Gan-Erdene (2433), Munguntuul Batkhuyag (2291), Naranbold Sodbilegt (1946), Genden Enkhbayar (1837), Gombojav Zandanshatar (1400), Bat-Erdene Mungunzul (2285) | 2205 |
| 30 | Berlin Chess Federation | Bernhard Riess | Ilja Schneider (2429), Johannes Florstedt (2334), Marius Fromm (2320), Lara Schulze (2211), Michael Ziems (1890), Alina Rath (2038) | 2204 |
| 31 | Mother Continent | Goitsemodimo Makgatle | Fy Antenaina Rakotomaharo (2404), Harold Wanyama (2246), David George Samir (2234), Banele Mhango (2136), Deborah Ebimobo-ere Quickpen (2077), Philip Selikem Yao Amoako (1948), Fouzi Ali Alshalwi (1836), Aun O. A. Younis (1400) | 2174 |
| 32 | The MongolZ | Anu Bayar | Ritvars Reimanis (2331), Sumiya Chinguun (2271), Davaademberel Nomin-Erdene (2239), Khuyagtsogt Itgelt (2216), Khishigbat Ulziikhishig (2027), Cristian Araya Fuentes (1945), Anu Bayar (1927) | 2172 |
| 33 | Chess Rising Stars | Maria Manelidou | Lorin D'Costa (2378), Li Wu (2270), Rhys Cumming (2223), Andreea Navrotescu (2195), Zisis Tsaknakis (2130), Magdalini Mihailidou (1822), Christopher Russell (2082), Joel Bird (1927), Aden Kennedy (1806) | 2170 |
| 34 | Noval Group Kyrgyzstan | Sardarbek Nurdin uulu | Eldiyar Orozbaev (2376), Emir Sharshenbekov (2265), Aziz Degenbaev (2252), Erzhan Zhakshylykov (2235), Assel Lesbekova (2004), Aimonchok Zhunusbekova (1716), Nuriddin Iunusov (1947), Nurai Sovetbekova (1867), Elzarbek Tazhimyrzaev (1803) | 2156 |
| 35 | Wood Green Youth | Lawrence Cooper | Justin Tan (2403), David L Haydon (2292), Aaravamudhan Balaji (2278), Borna Derakhshani (2240), Nadia Jaufarally (1901), Elizabeth Ivanov (1763), Conor O'Donnell (2195), Frederick Waldhausen Gordon (2153), Imogen A L Camp (1805) | 2153 |
| 36 | ¡Ållez-Y Initiative! | Susie Sun | Jonas Buhl Bjerre (2546), Annmarie Muetsch (2188), Mikkel Manosri Jacobsen (2169), Mikkel Vinh Loftgaard (2160), August Jalving (1893), Elliot McCallum (1831) | 2131 |
| 37 | English Knightmares | Frankie Badacsonyi | Daniel Howard Fernandez (2380), Stanley Badacsonyi (2316), Jude Shearsby (2090), Supratit Banerjee (2067), Mei-En Emmanuelle Hng (1994), Gautam Jain (1918), Frankie Badacsonyi (1947), George Ivanov (1819) | 2128 |
| 38 | Borsa Team | Bachferrag Mohamed | Bilel Bellahcene (2551), Adlane Arab (2412), Mohamed Anis Achour (2016), Lina Nassr (1963), Hatem Ould Rouis (1923), Ahmed Younsi (1400), Zakaria Ould Rouis (1740), Mohamed Metali (1400) | 2101 |
| 39 | OlalaStars | Dion Krivenko | Arthur Kogan (2455), Dion Krivenko (2221), Sofia Blokhin (2099), Noam Sason (2077), Yuri Agafonov (1987), Platon Kiritshenko (1732) | 2095 |
| 40 | ANI | Meri Grigoryan | David Zakarian (2277), Ari Kiremitciyan (2165), Henrik Stepanyan (2140), Dimitrios Levon Zakarian (2033), Meri Grigoryan (1908), Sebouh Takvorian (1681), Hayk Mesropyan (1932) | 2076 |
| 41 | Chess Trust Accelerators | John Emms | John M Emms (2415), Theo Khoury (2144), Oleg Verbytski (2090), Elis Denele Dicen (1982), Kushal Jakhria (1956), Arthur Kendall (1712), George Zhao (1939), Julia Volovich (1859), John Zhao (1400) | 2074 |
| 42 | Berlin Lasker Legends | Andre Kunz | Jonas Eilenberg (2279), Martin Yatskar (2223), Andre Kunz (2128), Ngoc Hai-Dang Ho (1981), Theodor Stein (1933), Rebekka Schuster (1874) | 2070 |
| 43 | Uppsala SSS | Vidar Grahn | Vidar Grahn (2201), Alexander Strom-Engdahl (2113), Anton Frank (2110), Oliver Nilsson (2043), Julia Ostensson (1966), Tim Letoret (1794), Edvin Morell (1882) | 2053 |
| 44 | Oxbridge | Cameron Jinghan Goh | Tom O'Gorman (2257), Ranesh Ratnesan (2143), Ashvin Sivakumar (2126), Daniel GH Gallagher (2063), Mei-Xian Eunice Hng (1848), Simona Nayberg (1833), Remy Rushbrooke (2055), Cameron Jinghan Goh (1992) | 2045 |
| 45 | The London Legends | Avyukt Dasgupta | Livio Cancedda-Dupuis (2203), Harry Bryant (2121), Avyukt Dasgupta (2083), Raman Vashisht-Pigem (2015), Sebastian Mokhber-Garcia (1921), Emily Maton (1827), Zain Patel (2001), Alexey M. Lapidus (1884), Sameera Kodukula (1662) | 2028 |
| 46 | Danish futures | Rasmus Skytte | Rasmus Skytte (2412), Nicolai Kistrup (2221), Ellen Fredericia Nilssen (2104), Robert Skytte (1846), Leia Andries (1708), Sarah Sima Derlich (1807) | 2016 |
| 47 | UK Chess Challenge Masters | Sarah Longson | Adithya Vaidyanathan (2147), Rock Yu (2091), Sarah N Longson (2045), Jan Murawski (1985), Pengxiao Zhu (1984), Zoe Veselow (1775), Adam Sefton (1730) | 2005 |
| 48 | Hammersmith Chess Club | Gaston Franco | Marco Gallana (2232), Thomas Villiers (2108), Alistair Hill (2095), Ashley Stewart (2056), Maria-Alexandra Ciocan (1924), Aryaman Ganguly (1604), Kai Hanache (2018), Gaston Franco (2010), Gesneria-Codruta Cepoi (1599) | 2003 |
| 49 | xChess.AI | Christiansen-Danut-Eugen Sava | Robert-Gabriel Sava (2132), Lucas Rusu (2130), Christiansen-Danut-Eugen Sava (1971), Matei-Andrei Badescu (1961), Luca Platschek (1827), Eliza-Ioana Badescu (1789) | 1968 |
| 50 | Satranc Istanbul | Tunahan Makaraci | Ataberk Eren (2195), Tunahan Makaraci (2151), Atakan Eken (2003), Ugur Barkin Tahaoglu (1959), Adnan Mesih Saygili (1692), Aleyna Demir (1591), Murat Emre Kalender (1755) | 1942 |
| 51 | Desert Penguins | Augustin Madan | Augustin Madan (2203), Mikhail Sedykh (2108), Rohan Bansal (1956), Saahil Bansal (1874), Yicheng Ding (1761), Yihua Ding (1536), Balahari Bharat Kumar (1790), Yiwen Ding (1704), Stakhey Sedykh (1694) | 1911 |
| 52 | REY AHOGADO | Carlos D. Schneider Sanchez | Jose Maria Medal Paves (1992), Carlos D. Schneider Sanchez (1980), Robert Kohlmann (1950), David Henriquez Garcia (1905), Anca-Claudia Cujba (1753), Ayraldo Dominguez Afonso (1748), Peter Heimbaecher (1771) | 1892 |
| 53 | Youth KG | Zhamila Aitbaeva | Ruslan Momunaliev (2070), Emir Beknazarov (1870), Zalkar Kurbanbaev (1848), Baiel Muradylov (1834), Aizhan Sezdbekova (1793), Iskender Mukanov (1600), Elim Keneshbekov (1832), Alika Baktybek Kyzy (1591), Timur Yrysov (1543) | 1875 |
| 54 | Equity Bank, Kenya | Moses Andiwoh | Arthur Ssegwanyi (2301), Patrick Kawuma (2218), Haruna Nsubuga (2154), Brian Gabriel Mwangi (1864), Jully Mutisya (1712), Kuka Kyle (1496), Njagi Kabugu (1695), Victor Ongono (1587) | 1863 |
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Results
Rapid
More information Rank, Team ...
| 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 |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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