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FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team 2025 round 5 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 4 rounds, MGD1 is the only perfect team in the field, winning vs Mongolz, Barys.kz, Rishon LeZion Chess Club, and Uzbekistan.

In round 5 MGD 1 were close to a disaster, after Vishy Sir defeated Arjun Erigaisi on board 1. P Tayade Athervaa saved the day, and brought the match to a draw in round 5.

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 5 results

Round 5 on 2025/06/12 at 1400
Bo.6Team MGD1Rtg–5FreedomRtg3 : 3
1/1GMErigaisi, Arjun (w)2708–GMAnand, Viswanathan (b)27190 – 1
1/2GMHarikrishna, Pentala (b)2634–GMMamedov, Rauf (w)2617½ – ½
1/3GMAnton Guijarro, David (w)2625–GMSevian, Samuel (b)2636½ – ½
1/4GMMendonca, Leon Luke (b)2477–GMMartirosyan, Haik M. (w)2610½ – ½
1/5IMTsolakidou, Stavroula (w)2394–GMMuzychuk, Anna (b)2409½ – ½
1/6Atharvaa, P Tayade (b)1952–Mani, Sarbartho (w)18711 – 0
Bo.1WR Chess TeamRtg–3Malcolm’s MatesRtg3½:2½
2/1GMFirouzja, Alireza (w)2753–GMMaroroa Jones, Gawain C B (b)26351 – 0
2/2GMVachier-Lagrave, Maxime (b)2735–GMVitiugov, Nikita (w)2590½ – ½
2/3GMNakamura, Hikaru (w)2734–GMAdams, Michael (b)26281 – 0
2/4GMSo, Wesley (b)2714–GMSaric, Ivan (w)2597½ – ½
2/5GMHou, Yifan (w)2539–IMBulmaga, Irina (b)2372½ – ½
2/6Rosenstein, Wadim (b)1704–Soulier, Alfred (w)20420 – 1
Bo.12Rishon LeZion Chess ClubRtg–2KazChessRtg3 : 3
3/1GMGelfand, Boris (w)2622–GMRapport, Richard (b)27091 – 0
3/2GMRodshtein, Maxim (b)2603–GMGrischuk, Alexander (w)26960 – 1
3/3GMSteinberg, Nitzan (w)2516–GMEsipenko, Andrey (b)2651½ – ½
3/4GMSokolovsky, Yahli (b)2367–IMAnsat, Aldiyar (w)23831 – 0
3/5IMEfroimski, Marsel (w)2337–WFMKaliakhmet, Elnaz (b)22380 – 1
3/6Lapushnian, Eran (b)1916–Aiten, Islam (w)2037½ – ½
Bo.9Hexamind Chess TeamRtg–4UzbekistanRtg3 : 3
4/1GMAronian, Levon (w)2746–GMAbdusattorov, Nodirbek (b)27320 – 1
4/2GMMurzin, Volodar (b)2637–GMSindarov, Javokhir (w)26680 – 1
4/3GMGiri, Anish (w)2688–GMKasimdzhanov, Rustam (b)2641½ – ½
4/4GMVidit, Santosh Gujrathi (b)2650–GMVokhidov, Shamsiddin (w)2519½ – ½
4/5IMDivya, Deshmukh (w)2386–WIMKhamdamova, Afruza (b)24061 – 0
4/6Muradyan, David (b)0–WFMImomkuzieva, Nilufarkhon (w)19431 – 0
Bo.7Germany and FriendsRtg–14Duobeniajan Costa Calida ESJRtg4 : 2
5/1GMKeymer, Vincent (w)2649–GMPichot, Alan (b)25640 – 1
5/2GMBluebaum, Matthias (b)2596–GMIbarra Jerez, Jose Carlos (w)2541½ – ½
5/3GMSvane, Frederik (w)2476–GMCuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando (b)24591 – 0
5/4GMKollars, Dmitrij (b)2553–IMCamacho Collados, Marcos (w)23651 – 0
5/5IMWagner, Dinara (w)2372–GMKhotenashvili, Bella (b)2349½ – ½
5/6Lobkin, Bohdan (b)1902–Torres, Lucas (w)20311 – 0
Bo.28Turkish Airlines Sports ClubRtg–8Ashdod Elit Chess ClubRtg3 : 3
6/1IMOro, Faustino (w)2457–GMNihal, Sarin (b)26761 – 0
6/2IMAhmad, Khagan (b)2301–GMEljanov, Pavel (w)26140 – 1
6/3IMLu, Miaoyi (w)2240–GMVolokitin, Andrei (b)25680 – 1
6/4WGMXu, Yuanyuan (b)2251–GMSmirin, Ilia (w)2513½ – ½
6/5FMLohia, Sohum (w)2097–IMOsmak, Yuliia (b)2343½ – ½
6/6Yildiz, Ali Aras (b)1835–Sailaubay, Aldiyar (w)18311 – 0
Bo.21RookiesRtg–10Knight DanceRtg2 : 4
7/1IMSamadov, Read (w)2464–GMVan Foreest, Jorden (b)2640½ – ½
7/2FMShogdzhiev, Roman (b)2405–GMMoussard, Jules (w)2609½ – ½
7/3GMRoyal, Shreyas (w)2372–GMDardha, Daniel (b)25820 – 1
7/4FMSuleimen, Ergali (b)2336–GMMaurizzi, Marc`andria (w)24720 – 1
7/5WGMNurman, Alua (w)2250–IMRoebers, Eline (b)2404½ – ½
7/6Watson, Mikey J (b)1914–Phulpin, Theo (w)1754½ – ½
Bo.11Team HungaryRtg–19Theme International TradingRtg4 : 2
8/1GMKozak, Adam (w)2577–GMMartinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo (b)2665½ – ½
8/2GMKantor, Gergely (b)2545–GMJumabayev, Rinat (w)2524½ – ½
8/3GMErdos, Viktor (w)2525–GMTin, Jingyao (b)24851 – 0
8/4GMRuck, Robert (b)2460–GMLe, Tuan Minh (w)25030 – 1
8/5WGMGaal, Zsoka (w)2218–WGMGong, Qianyun (b)22201 – 0
8/6Marton-John, Almos Kiran (b)1909–Zhang, Changjie (w)16761 – 0
Bo.13Generation XYZARtg–23PerfectRtg4½:1½
9/1GMMamedyarov, Shakhriyar (w)2701–GMSagalchik, Gennadij (b)24341 – 0
9/2GMGurel, Ediz (b)2452–IMAtlas, Valery (w)24191 – 0
9/3GMErdogmus, Yagiz Kaan (w)2384–Slavin, Gennadie (b)22071 – 0
9/4IMSalimova, Nurgyul (b)2332–GMArakhamia-Grant, Ketevan (w)2267½ – ½
9/5IMKuru, Atilla (w)1972–FMAtlas, Dmitry (b)21071 – 0
9/6Ucok, Evren (b)0–Mindru, Valeriu (w)18400 – 1
Bo.15Global RamblersRtg–24Sharks 4NCLRtg3 : 3
10/1GMShirov, Alexei (w)2707–GMGhasi, Ameet K (b)24830 – 1
10/2GMDudin, Gleb (b)2454–IMRoberson, Peter T (w)23721 – 0
10/3GMGlek, Igor (w)2416–IMRendle, Thomas E (b)2412½ – ½
10/4IMMesropov, Konstantin (b)2473–FMMoreby, James (w)22101 – 0
10/5IMZatonskih, Anna (w)2255–WFMHryshchenko, Kamila (b)2054½ – ½
10/6Volkov, Leonid (b)1833–Morea, Georgiana-Steluta (w)19290 – 1
Bo.25Mongolia-ARtg–16Hetman GKS KatowiceRtg2½:3½
11/1IMAmartuvshin, Ganzorig (w)2356–GMNavara, David (b)2671½ – ½
11/2IMAmilal, Munkhdalai (b)2341–GMKlimkowski, Jan (w)24160 – 1
11/3WGMMunkhzul, Turmunkh (w)2357–IMSeemann, Jakub (b)23921 – 0
11/4FMGan-Od, Sereenen (b)2294–FMCieslak, Patryk (w)22200 – 1
11/5WGMUuriintuya, Uurtsaikh (w)2239–WGMTsatsalashvili, Keti (b)22540 – 1
11/6Han, Qixuan (b)1831–Smolinski, Wojciech (w)19291 – 0
Bo.29Mongolia-BRtg–17FIDE MB TeamRtg4 : 2
12/1IMGan-Erdene, Sugar (w)2433–GMHong, Andrew (b)2547½ – ½
12/2GMBilguun, Sumiya (b)2438–GMShort, Nigel D (w)25331 – 0
12/3IMBatkhuyag, Munguntuul (w)2291–GMBologan, Victor (b)25011 – 0
12/4WCMMungunzul, Bat-Erdene (b)2285–GMAl-Mudahka, Mohd (w)2479½ – ½
12/5FMSodbilegt, Naranbold (w)1946–GMZhu, Chen (b)23121 – 0
12/6Enkhbayar, Genden (b)1837–Zaiarski, Stepan (w)17640 – 1
Bo.18Barys.kzRtg–33Chess Rising StarsRtg5½: ½
13/1GMNogerbek, Kazybek (w)2531–FMWu, Li (b)22701 – 0
13/2GMMakhnev, Denis (b)2531–FMCumming, Rhys (w)22231 – 0
13/3IMAgmanov, Zhandos (w)2388–WGMNavrotescu, Andreea (b)2195½ – ½
13/4IMMamedov, Edgar (b)2324–FMTsaknakis, Zisis (w)21301 – 0
13/5WIMKairbekova, Amina (w)2280–Bird, Joel (b)19271 – 0
13/6Nurakyn, Suleiman (b)1880–Kennedy, Aden (w)18061 – 0
Bo.20e-therapeuticsRtg–36¡Ållez-Y Initiative!Rtg3 : 3
14/1GMGurevich, Ilya (w)2586–GMBjerre, Jonas Buhl (b)2546½ – ½
14/2GMWilliams, Simon K (b)2497–FMJacobsen, Mikkel Manosri (w)21690 – 1
14/3GMNorwood, David R (w)2494–WIMMuetsch, Annmarie (b)21881 – 0
14/4IMMortazavi, Ali (b)2392–FMLoftgaard, Mikkel Vinh (w)2160½ – ½
14/5WFMSivanandan, Bodhana (w)2052–CMJalving, August (b)18930 – 1
14/6Mortazavi, Sami (b)1714–McCallum, Elliot (w)18311 – 0
Bo.35Wood Green YouthRtg–22Wood GreenRtg1½:4½
15/1FMDerakhshani, Borna (w)2240–IMHarvey, Marcus R (b)24600 – 1
15/2IMBalaji, Aaravamudhan (b)2278–IMWadsworth, Matthew J (w)2367½ – ½
15/3FMHaydon, David L (w)2292–IMCzopor, Maciej (b)23821 – 0
15/4FMWaldhausen Gordon, Frederick (b)2153–IMWillow, Jonah B (w)23220 – 1
15/5WCMCamp, Imogen A L (w)1805–WFMKueh, Audrey (b)20980 – 1
15/6Ivanov, Elizabeth (b)1763–Gamal, Alaa (w)17540 – 1
Bo.26ChessbrahTVRtg–37English KnightmaresRtg2 : 4
16/1GMHansen, Eric (w)2582–GMFernandez, Daniel Howard (b)2380½ – ½
16/2IMRagnarsson, Dagur (b)2350–CMShearsby, Jude (w)2090½ – ½
16/3FMDelaney, Killian (w)2177–FMBanerjee, Supratit (b)20670 – 1
16/4Vincent, Trevor (b)2226–FMBadacsonyi, Frankie (w)1947½ – ½
16/5IMGarcia Martin, Marta (w)2262–WFMHng, Mei-En Emmanuelle (b)1994½ – ½
16/6Stojsin, Nikola (b)1789–Jain, Gautam (w)19180 – 1
Bo.40Chess Trust AcceleratorsRtg–31Mother ContinentRtg3 : 3
17/1CMKhoury, Theo (w)2144–IMRakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina (b)24041 – 0
17/2Verbytski, Oleg (b)2090–FMWanyama, Harold (w)22461 – 0
17/3WFMDicen, Elis Denele (w)1982–FMGeorge Samir, David (b)22340 – 1
17/4CMZhao, George (b)1939–FMMhango, Banele (w)21360 – 1
17/5Volovich, Julia (w)1859–WCMQuickpen, Deborah Ebimobo-Ere (b)20770 – 1
17/6Kendall, Arthur (b)1712–Makgatle, Cordeliah Goitsemodimo (w)01 – 0
Bo.32The MongolZRtg–42Uppsala SSSRtg6 : 0
18/1FMChinguun, Sumiya (w)2271–FMGrahn, Vidar (b)22011 – 0
18/2IMReimanis, Ritvars (b)2331–FMStrom-Engdahl, Alexander (w)21131 – 0
18/3IMItgelt, Khuyagtsogt (w)2216–CMFrank, Anton (b)21101 – 0
18/4IMNomin-Erdene, Davaademberel (b)2239–Nilsson, Oliver (w)20431 – 0
18/5FMUlziikhishig, Khishigbat (w)2027–Ostensson, Julia (b)19661 – 0
18/6Araya Fuentes, Cristian (b)1945–Letoret, Tim (w)17941 – 0
Bo.43OxbridgeRtg–34Noval Group KyrgyzstanRtg1 : 5
19/1IMO`gorman, Tom (w)2257–IMOrozbaev, Eldiyar (b)2376½ – ½
19/2Goh, Jinghan Cameron (b)1992–FMDegenbaev, Aziz (w)22520 – 1
19/3Gallagher, Daniel Gh (w)2063–IMZhakshylykov, Erzhan (b)22350 – 1
19/4Rushbrooke, Remy (b)2055–CMSharshenbekov, Emir (w)22650 – 1
19/5WFMHng, Mei-Xian Eunice (w)1848–WCMLesbekova, Assel (b)20040 – 1
19/6Nayberg, Simona (b)1833–Tazhimyrzaev, Elzarbek (w)1803½ – ½
Bo.27Sassy SeniorsRtg–51Youth KGRtg3 : 3
20/1GMTurner, Matthew J (w)2506–CMMomunaliev, Ruslan (b)20700 – 1
20/2FMDishman, Stephen (b)2266–Kurbanbaev, Zalkar (w)18480 – 1
20/3FMDuncan, Chris R (w)2253–Beknazarov, Emir (b)18701 – 0
20/4Vujatovic, Rajko (b)2194–WCMSezdbekova, Aizhan (w)17931 – 0
20/5Dishman, Matthew (w)1901–Mukanov, Iskender (b)16000 – 1
20/6WIMRegan, Natasha K (b)1905–Yrysov, Timur (w)15431 – 0
Bo.30Berlin Chess FederationRtg–45Danish FuturesRtg3½:2½
21/1IMSchneider, Ilja (w)2429–IMSkytte, Rasmus (b)2412½ – ½
21/2IMFromm, Marius (b)2320–IMKistrup, Nicolai (w)22211 – 0
21/3FMFlorstedt, Johannes (w)2334–WIMNilssen, Ellen Fredericia (b)21040 – 1
21/4FMSchulze, Lara (b)2211–CMSkytte, Robert (w)18461 – 0
21/5CMRath, Alina (w)2038–WCMDerlich, Sarah Sima (b)18071 – 0
21/6Ziems, Michael (b)1890–Andries, Leia (w)17080 – 1
Bo.46UK Chess Challenge MastersRtg–38OlalaStarsRtg½ :5½
22/1Vaidyanathan, Adithya (w)2147–GMKogan, Arthur (b)24550 – 1
22/2Yu, Rock (b)2091–FMKrivenko, Dion (w)22210 – 1
22/3CMMurawski, Jan (w)1985–Sason, Noam (b)20770 – 1
22/4Zhu, Pengxiao (b)1984–WFMBlokhin, Sofia (w)20990 – 1
22/5WFMLongson, Sarah N (w)2045–Agafonov, Yuri Dr (b)1987½ – ½
22/6Veselow, Zoe (b)1775–Kiritshenko, Platon (w)17320 – 1
Bo.41Berlin Lasker LegendsRtg–47Hammersmith Chess ClubRtg3 : 2
23/1FMEilenberg, Jonas (w)2279–Gallana, Marco (b)22321 – 0
23/2Yatskar, Martin (b)2223–Hill, Alistair (w)20951 – 0
23/3CMKunz, Andre (w)2128–Stewart, Ashley (b)20560 – 1
23/4Stein, Theodor (b)1933–Hanache, Kai (w)20180 – 1
23/5Ho, Ngoc Hai-Dang (w)1981–Aryaman, Ganguly (b)16041 – 0
23/6Schuster, Rebekka (b)1874–Cepoi, Gesneria-Codruta (w)1599
Bo.44The London LegendsRtg–48xChess.AIRtg3 : 3
24/1Bryant, Harry (w)2121–CMSava, Robert-Gabriel (b)2132½ – ½
24/2Dasgupta, Avyukt (b)2083–Rusu, Lucas (w)2130½ – ½
24/3Patel, Zain (w)2001–Badescu, Matei-Andrei (b)1961½ – ½
24/4Vashisht-Pigem, Raman (b)2015–FMSava, Christiansen-Danut-Eugen (w)19710 – 1
24/5Mokhber-Garcia, Sebastian (w)1921–Badescu, Eliza-Ioana (b)17891 – 0
24/6ACMKodukula, Sameera (b)1662–Platschek, Luca (w)1827½ – ½
Bo.49Satranc IstanbulRtg–39ANIRtg2½:3½
25/1IMEren, Ataberk (w)2195–FMZakarian, David (b)22770 – 1
25/2FMMakaraci, Tunahan (b)2151–FMKiremitciyan, Ari (w)21651 – 0
25/3Eken, Atakan (w)2003–Stepanyan, Henrik (b)2140½ – ½
25/4Tahaoglu, Ugur Barkin (b)1959–Zakarian, Dimitrios Levon (w)2033½ – ½
25/5Kalender, Murat Emre (w)1755–WFMGrigoryan, Meri (b)1908½ – ½
25/6Demir, Aleyna (b)1591–Mesropyan, Hayk (w)19320 – 1
Bo.50Desert PenguinsRtg–52Equity Bank, KenyaRtg3 : 3
26/1Sedykh, Mikhail (w)2108–FMKawuma, Patrick (b)22180 – 1
26/2IMMadan, Augustin (b)2203–Gurevich, Artjom (w)21370 – 1
26/3Bansal, Saahil (w)1874–Andiwoh, Moses (b)1831+ – –
26/4Bharat Kumar, Balahari (b)1790–WCMMutisya, Jully (w)17121 – 0
26/5Ding, Yiwen (w)1704–Ongono, Victor (b)1587+ – –
26/6Ding, Yihua (b)1536–Kuka, Kyle (w)14960 – 1
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