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FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team 2025 round 8 results

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 was the only perfect team in the field, winning vs Mongolz, Barys.kz, Rishon LeZion Chess Club, and Uzbekistan.

Day 2 continued with a relentless march by MGD1, with Tayade Athervaa scoring 7,0/7! But even his 8,0/8 score in round 8 could not help MGD1 avoid their first loss, at the hands of Hexamind.

After 8 rounds MGD1 leads with 13 MP, the same as Hexamind, but with a better tiebreak.

Results round 1 / Results round 2 / Results round 3 / Results round 4 / Results round 5 / Results round 6 / Results round 7 / Results round 8

FIDE World Rapid Team 2025 round 8 results

Round 8 on 2025/06/12 at 1900
Bo.9Hexamind Chess TeamRtg–6Team MGD1Rtg4 : 2
1/1GMMurzin, Volodar (w)2637–GMErigaisi, Arjun (b)27081 – 0
1/2GMDominguez Perez, Leinier (b)2708–GMHarikrishna, Pentala (w)26341 – 0
1/3GMGiri, Anish (w)2688–GMAnton Guijarro, David (b)2625½ – ½
1/4GMVidit, Santosh Gujrathi (b)2650–GMPranav, V (w)2537½ – ½
1/5IMDivya, Deshmukh (w)2386–IMTsolakidou, Stavroula (b)23941 – 0
1/6Muradyan, David (b)0–Atharvaa, P Tayade (w)19520 – 1
Bo.2KazChessRtg–5FreedomRtg1 : 5
2/1GMRapport, Richard (w)2709–GMMamedov, Rauf (b)26171 – 0
2/2GMGrischuk, Alexander (b)2696–GMSevian, Samuel (w)26360 – 1
2/3GMEsipenko, Andrey (w)2651–GMLe, Quang Liem (b)26450 – 1
2/4IMAnsat, Aldiyar (b)2383–GMMartirosyan, Haik M. (w)26100 – 1
2/5IMKamalidenova, Meruert (w)2380–IMInjac, Teodora (b)23090 – 1
2/6Aiten, Islam (b)2037–Mani, Sarbartho (w)18710 – 1
Bo.3Malcolm’s MatesRtg–7Germany and FriendsRtg1½:4½
3/1GMMcshane, Luke J (w)2702–GMKeymer, Vincent (b)26490 – 1
3/2GMMaroroa Jones, Gawain C B (b)2635–GMSvane, Rasmus (w)2616½ – ½
3/3GMVitiugov, Nikita (w)2590–GMSvane, Frederik (b)24760 – 1
3/4GMSaric, Ivan (b)2597–GMKollars, Dmitrij (w)2553½ – ½
3/5IMBulmaga, Irina (w)2372–IMWagner, Dinara (b)2372½ – ½
3/6Soulier, Alfred (b)2042–Lobkin, Bohdan (w)19020 – 1
Bo.15Global RamblersRtg–4UzbekistanRtg1 : 5
4/1GMShirov, Alexei (w)2707–GMAbdusattorov, Nodirbek (b)2732½ – ½
4/2GMDudin, Gleb (b)2454–GMSindarov, Javokhir (w)26680 – 1
4/3GMShabalov, Alexander (w)2526–GMYakubboev, Nodirbek (b)25470 – 1
4/4IMMesropov, Konstantin (b)2473–GMVokhidov, Shamsiddin (w)25190 – 1
4/5IMZatonskih, Anna (w)2255–WIMKhamdamova, Afruza (b)2406½ – ½
4/6Volkov, Leonid (b)1833–WFMImomkuzieva, Nilufarkhon (w)19430 – 1
Bo.18Barys.kzRtg–1WR Chess TeamRtg1½:4½
5/1GMNogerbek, Kazybek (w)2531–GMFirouzja, Alireza (b)27530 – 1
5/2GMMakhnev, Denis (b)2531–GMVachier-Lagrave, Maxime (w)27350 – 1
5/3IMAgmanov, Zhandos (w)2388–GMNakamura, Hikaru (b)27340 – 1
5/4IMMamedov, Edgar (b)2324–GMDuda, Jan-Krzysztof (w)27181 – 0
5/5WGMBalabayeva, Xeniya (w)2270–GMKosteniuk, Alexandra (b)2483½ – ½
5/6Nurakyn, Suleiman (b)1880–Rosenstein, Wadim (w)17040 – 1
Bo.12Rishon LeZion Chess ClubRtg–8Ashdod Elit Chess ClubRtg2½:3½
6/1GMGelfand, Boris (w)2622–GMNihal, Sarin (b)26760 – 1
6/2GMSteinberg, Nitzan (b)2516–GMEljanov, Pavel (w)26141 – 0
6/3GMSokolovsky, Yahli (w)2367–GMGledura, Benjamin (b)25750 – 1
6/4IMBronstein, Or (b)2345–GMVolokitin, Andrei (w)2568½ – ½
6/5IMEfroimski, Marsel (w)2337–IMOsmak, Yuliia (b)2343½ – ½
6/6Raiko, Yossi (b)1911–Sailaubay, Aldiyar (w)1831½ – ½
Bo.13Generation XYZARtg–10Knight DanceRtg2½:3½
7/1GMMamedyarov, Shakhriyar (w)2701–GMVan Foreest, Jorden (b)26401 – 0
7/2GMGurel, Ediz (b)2452–GMMoussard, Jules (w)2609½ – ½
7/3GMErdogmus, Yagiz Kaan (w)2384–GMDardha, Daniel (b)2582½ – ½
7/4IMSalimova, Nurgyul (b)2332–GMMaurizzi, Marc`andria (w)24720 – 1
7/5IMKuru, Atilla (w)1972–IMRoebers, Eline (b)2404½ – ½
7/6Ucok, Evren (b)0–Phulpin, Theo (w)17540 – 1
Bo.36¡Ållez-Y Initiative!Rtg–11Team HungaryRtg½ :5½
8/1GMBjerre, Jonas Buhl (w)2546–GMKozak, Adam (b)2577½ – ½
8/2FMJacobsen, Mikkel Manosri (b)2169–GMKantor, Gergely (w)25450 – 1
8/3WIMMuetsch, Annmarie (w)2188–GMErdos, Viktor (b)25250 – 1
8/4FMLoftgaard, Mikkel Vinh (b)2160–GMRuck, Robert (w)24600 – 1
8/5CMJalving, August (w)1893–WGMGaal, Zsoka (b)22180 – 1
8/6McCallum, Elliot (b)1831–Marton-John, Almos Kiran (w)19090 – 1
Bo.14Duobeniajan Costa Calida ESJRtg–19Theme International TradingRtg3 : 3
9/1GMPichot, Alan (w)2564–GMMartinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo (b)2665½ – ½
9/2GMIbarra Jerez, Jose Carlos (b)2541–GMJumabayev, Rinat (w)25240 – 1
9/3GMCuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando (w)2459–GMTin, Jingyao (b)24851 – 0
9/4IMCamacho Collados, Marcos (b)2365–GMLe, Tuan Minh (w)25030 – 1
9/5GMKhotenashvili, Bella (w)2349–WGMGong, Qianyun (b)2220½ – ½
9/6Torres, Lucas (b)2031–Zhang, Changjie (w)16761 – 0
Bo.37English KnightmaresRtg–16Hetman GKS KatowiceRtg2 : 4
10/1GMFernandez, Daniel Howard (w)2380–GMNavara, David (b)26710 – 1
10/2FMBadacsonyi, Stanley (b)2316–GMKlimkowski, Jan (w)24160 – 1
10/3CMShearsby, Jude (w)2090–IMSeemann, Jakub (b)23920 – 1
10/4FMBadacsonyi, Frankie (b)1947–FMCieslak, Patryk (w)2220½ – ½
10/5WFMHng, Mei-En Emmanuelle (w)1994–WGMTsatsalashvili, Keti (b)2254½ – ½
10/6Jain, Gautam (b)1918–Smolinski, Wojciech (w)19291 – 0
Bo.28Turkish Airlines Sports ClubRtg–17FIDE MB TeamRtg1½:4½
11/1IMOro, Faustino (w)2457–GMHong, Andrew (b)2547½ – ½
11/2IMAhmad, Khagan (b)2301–GMShort, Nigel D (w)25330 – 1
11/3IMLu, Miaoyi (w)2240–GMBologan, Victor (b)25010 – 1
11/4WGMXu, Yuanyuan (b)2251–GMAl-Mudahka, Mohd (w)24790 – 1
11/5FMLohia, Sohum (w)2097–GMZhu, Chen (b)2312½ – ½
11/6Yildiz, Ali Aras (b)1835–Zaiarski, Stepan (w)1764½ – ½
Bo.20e-therapeuticsRtg–29Mongolia-BRtg3½:2½
12/1GMGurevich, Ilya (w)2586–IMGan-Erdene, Sugar (b)2433½ – ½
12/2GMWilliams, Simon K (b)2497–GMBilguun, Sumiya (w)2438½ – ½
12/3GMNorwood, David R (w)2494–IMBatkhuyag, Munguntuul (b)22911 – 0
12/4IMMortazavi, Ali (b)2392–WCMMungunzul, Bat-Erdene (w)22850 – 1
12/5WFMSivanandan, Bodhana (w)2052–FMSodbilegt, Naranbold (b)1946½ – ½
12/6Mortazavi, Sami (b)1714–Enkhbayar, Genden (w)18371 – 0
Bo.31Mother ContinentRtg–21RookiesRtg1 : 5
13/1IMRakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina (w)2404–IMSamadov, Read (b)2464½ – ½
13/2FMWanyama, Harold (b)2246–FMShogdzhiev, Roman (w)24050 – 1
13/3FMGeorge Samir, David (w)2234–GMRoyal, Shreyas (b)23720 – 1
13/4FMMhango, Banele (b)2136–FMSuleimen, Ergali (w)2336½ – ½
13/5WCMQuickpen, Deborah Ebimobo-Ere (w)2077–WFMNurgaliyeva, Zarina (b)20810 – 1
13/6Makgatle, Cordeliah Goitsemodimo (b)0–Watson, Mikey J (w)19140 – 1
Bo.22Wood GreenRtg–32The MongolZRtg2 : 4
14/1IMHarvey, Marcus R (w)2460–FMChinguun, Sumiya (b)2271½ – ½
14/2IMWadsworth, Matthew J (b)2367–IMReimanis, Ritvars (w)23310 – 1
14/3IMCzopor, Maciej (w)2382–IMItgelt, Khuyagtsogt (b)2216½ – ½
14/4IMWillow, Jonah B (b)2322–IMNomin-Erdene, Davaademberel (w)22390 – 1
14/5Barwick, Carmel (w)1915–FMUlziikhishig, Khishigbat (b)20270 – 1
14/6Gamal, Alaa (b)1754–Araya Fuentes, Cristian (w)19451 – 0
Bo.41Berlin Lasker LegendsRtg–25Mongolia-ARtg½ :5½
15/1FMEilenberg, Jonas (w)2279–IMAmartuvshin, Ganzorig (b)2356½ – ½
15/2Yatskar, Martin (b)2223–IMAmilal, Munkhdalai (w)23410 – 1
15/3CMKunz, Andre (w)2128–WGMMunkhzul, Turmunkh (b)23570 – 1
15/4Stein, Theodor (b)1933–FMGan-Od, Sereenen (w)22940 – 1
15/5Ho, Ngoc Hai-Dang (w)1981–WGMUuriintuya, Uurtsaikh (b)22390 – 1
15/6Schuster, Rebekka (b)1874–Han, Qixuan (w)18310 – 1
Bo.48xChess.AIRtg–26ChessbrahTVRtg½ :5½
16/1CMSava, Robert-Gabriel (w)2132–GMHansen, Eric (b)2582½ – ½
16/2Rusu, Lucas (b)2130–IMRagnarsson, Dagur (w)23500 – 1
16/3Badescu, Matei-Andrei (w)1961–FMDelaney, Killian (b)21770 – 1
16/4FMSava, Christiansen-Danut-Eugen (b)1971–Vincent, Trevor (w)22260 – 1
16/5Badescu, Eliza-Ioana (w)1789–IMGarcia Martin, Marta (b)22620 – 1
16/6Platschek, Luca (b)1827–Stojsin, Nikola (w)17890 – 1
Bo.30Berlin Chess FederationRtg–24Sharks 4NCLRtg2½:3½
17/1IMSchneider, Ilja (w)2429–GMGhasi, Ameet K (b)2483½ – ½
17/2IMFromm, Marius (b)2320–IMRoberson, Peter T (w)23721 – 0
17/3FMFlorstedt, Johannes (w)2334–IMRendle, Thomas E (b)24120 – 1
17/4FMSchulze, Lara (b)2211–FMMoreby, James (w)2210½ – ½
17/5CMRath, Alina (w)2038–WFMHryshchenko, Kamila (b)20540 – 1
17/6Ziems, Michael (b)1890–Morea, Georgiana-Steluta (w)1929½ – ½
Bo.33Chess Rising StarsRtg–39ANIRtg3 : 3
18/1FMWu, Li (w)2270–FMZakarian, David (b)2277½ – ½
18/2FMCumming, Rhys (b)2223–FMKiremitciyan, Ari (w)21650 – 1
18/3WGMNavrotescu, Andreea (w)2195–Stepanyan, Henrik (b)21401 – 0
18/4FMTsaknakis, Zisis (b)2130–Zakarian, Dimitrios Levon (w)20331 – 0
18/5Bird, Joel (w)1927–WFMGrigoryan, Meri (b)1908½ – ½
18/6Mihailidou, Magdalini (b)1822–Mesropyan, Hayk (w)19320 – 1
Bo.35Wood Green YouthRtg–38OlalaStarsRtg4 : 2
19/1GMTan, Justin (w)2403–GMKogan, Arthur (b)24551 – 0
19/2IMBalaji, Aaravamudhan (b)2278–FMKrivenko, Dion (w)22211 – 0
19/3FMWaldhausen Gordon, Frederick (w)2153–Sason, Noam (b)20771 – 0
19/4FMO`donnell, Conor (b)2195–WFMBlokhin, Sofia (w)20990 – 1
19/5Jaufarally, Nadia (w)1901–Agafonov, Yuri Dr (b)19870 – 1
19/6WCMCamp, Imogen A L (b)1805–Kiritshenko, Platon (w)17321 – 0
Bo.47Hammersmith Chess ClubRtg–23PerfectRtg2½:3½
20/1Gallana, Marco (w)2232–IMAtlas, Valery (b)24190 – 1
20/2Stewart, Ashley (b)2056–IMZlotnik, Boris A (w)23491 – 0
20/3Hanache, Kai (w)2018–GMArakhamia-Grant, Ketevan (b)2267½ – ½
20/4Franco, Gaston (b)2010–Gluhovsky, Mark (w)21360 – 1
20/5Aryaman, Ganguly (w)1604–FMAtlas, Dmitry (b)2107½ – ½
20/6Cepoi, Gesneria-Codruta (b)1599–Mindru, Valeriu (w)1840½ – ½
Bo.27Sassy SeniorsRtg–34Noval Group KyrgyzstanRtg1 : 5
21/1FMDishman, Stephen (w)2266–IMOrozbaev, Eldiyar (b)23760 – 1
21/2FMDuncan, Chris R (b)2253–FMDegenbaev, Aziz (w)22520 – 1
21/3Vujatovic, Rajko (w)2194–IMZhakshylykov, Erzhan (b)22350 – 1
21/4Lishoy Gengis Paratazham, Dildarav (b)2035–CMIunusov, Nuriddin (w)1947½ – ½
21/5Dishman, Matthew (w)1901–WFMSovetbekova, Nurai (b)1867½ – ½
21/6WIMRegan, Natasha K (b)1905–Zhunusbekova, Aimonchok (w)17160 – 1
Bo.40Chess Trust AcceleratorsRtg–49Satranc IstanbulRtg3 : 3
22/1CMKhoury, Theo (w)2144–IMEren, Ataberk (b)21950 – 1
22/2Verbytski, Oleg (b)2090–FMMakaraci, Tunahan (w)21510 – 1
22/3WFMDicen, Elis Denele (w)1982–Eken, Atakan (b)20031 – 0
22/4CMZhao, George (b)1939–Tahaoglu, Ugur Barkin (w)19590 – 1
22/5Volovich, Julia (w)1859–Kalender, Murat Emre (b)17551 – 0
22/6Kendall, Arthur (b)1712–Demir, Aleyna (w)15911 – 0
Bo.45Danish FuturesRtg–42Uppsala SSSRtg2 : 4
23/1IMSkytte, Rasmus (w)2412–FMGrahn, Vidar (b)22011 – 0
23/2IMKistrup, Nicolai (b)2221–FMStrom-Engdahl, Alexander (w)21130 – 1
23/3WIMNilssen, Ellen Fredericia (w)2104–CMFrank, Anton (b)2110½ – ½
23/4CMSkytte, Robert (b)1846–Nilsson, Oliver (w)20430 – 1
23/5WCMDerlich, Sarah Sima (w)1807–Ostensson, Julia (b)19660 – 1
23/6Andries, Leia (b)1708–Morell, Edvin (w)1882½ – ½
Bo.44The London LegendsRtg–43OxbridgeRtg3 : 3
24/1Cancedda-Dupuis, Livio (w)2203–IMO`gorman, Tom (b)22571 – 0
24/2Bryant, Harry (b)2121–Goh, Jinghan Cameron (w)19920 – 1
24/3Dasgupta, Avyukt (w)2083–Gallagher, Daniel Gh (b)20631 – 0
24/4Patel, Zain (b)2001–Rushbrooke, Remy (w)20551 – 0
24/5Mokhber-Garcia, Sebastian (w)1921–WFMHng, Mei-Xian Eunice (b)18480 – 1
24/6ACMKodukula, Sameera (b)1662–Nayberg, Simona (w)18330 – 1
Bo.52Equity Bank, KenyaRtg–46UK Chess Challenge MastersRtg2½:3½
25/1FMKawuma, Patrick (w)2218–Vaidyanathan, Adithya (b)21471 – 0
25/2Gurevich, Artjom (b)2137–Yu, Rock (w)2091½ – ½
25/3Andiwoh, Moses (w)1831–Zhu, Pengxiao (b)19840 – 1
25/4WCMMutisya, Jully (b)1712–WFMLongson, Sarah N (w)20450 – 1
25/5Kabugu, Njagi (w)1695–Sefton, Adam (b)17300 – 1
25/6Kuka, Kyle (b)1496–Veselow, Zoe (w)17751 – 0
Bo.51Youth KGRtg–50Desert PenguinsRtg3 : 3
26/1CMMomunaliev, Ruslan (w)2070–Sedykh, Mikhail (b)2108½ – ½
26/2Kurbanbaev, Zalkar (b)1848–IMMadan, Augustin (w)22031 – 0
26/3Beknazarov, Emir (w)1870–Bansal, Rohan (b)19560 – 1
26/4CMKeneshbekov, Elim (b)1832–Bansal, Saahil (w)1874½ – ½
26/5Baktybek Kyzy, Alika (w)1591–Sedykh, Stakhey (b)1694½ – ½
26/6Yrysov, Timur (b)1543–Ding, Yihua (w)1536½ – ½
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