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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 MGD1Rtg5FreedomRtg3 : 3
1/1GMErigaisi, Arjun (w)2708GMAnand, Viswanathan (b)27190 – 1
1/2GMHarikrishna, Pentala (b)2634GMMamedov, Rauf (w)2617½ – ½
1/3GMAnton Guijarro, David (w)2625GMSevian, Samuel (b)2636½ – ½
1/4GMMendonca, Leon Luke (b)2477GMMartirosyan, Haik M. (w)2610½ – ½
1/5IMTsolakidou, Stavroula (w)2394GMMuzychuk, Anna (b)2409½ – ½
1/6Atharvaa, P Tayade (b)1952Mani, Sarbartho (w)18711 – 0
Bo.1WR Chess TeamRtg3Malcolm’s MatesRtg3½:2½
2/1GMFirouzja, Alireza (w)2753GMMaroroa Jones, Gawain C B (b)26351 – 0
2/2GMVachier-Lagrave, Maxime (b)2735GMVitiugov, Nikita (w)2590½ – ½
2/3GMNakamura, Hikaru (w)2734GMAdams, Michael (b)26281 – 0
2/4GMSo, Wesley (b)2714GMSaric, Ivan (w)2597½ – ½
2/5GMHou, Yifan (w)2539IMBulmaga, Irina (b)2372½ – ½
2/6Rosenstein, Wadim (b)1704Soulier, Alfred (w)20420 – 1
Bo.12Rishon LeZion Chess ClubRtg2KazChessRtg3 : 3
3/1GMGelfand, Boris (w)2622GMRapport, Richard (b)27091 – 0
3/2GMRodshtein, Maxim (b)2603GMGrischuk, Alexander (w)26960 – 1
3/3GMSteinberg, Nitzan (w)2516GMEsipenko, Andrey (b)2651½ – ½
3/4GMSokolovsky, Yahli (b)2367IMAnsat, Aldiyar (w)23831 – 0
3/5IMEfroimski, Marsel (w)2337WFMKaliakhmet, Elnaz (b)22380 – 1
3/6Lapushnian, Eran (b)1916Aiten, Islam (w)2037½ – ½
Bo.9Hexamind Chess TeamRtg4UzbekistanRtg3 : 3
4/1GMAronian, Levon (w)2746GMAbdusattorov, Nodirbek (b)27320 – 1
4/2GMMurzin, Volodar (b)2637GMSindarov, Javokhir (w)26680 – 1
4/3GMGiri, Anish (w)2688GMKasimdzhanov, Rustam (b)2641½ – ½
4/4GMVidit, Santosh Gujrathi (b)2650GMVokhidov, Shamsiddin (w)2519½ – ½
4/5IMDivya, Deshmukh (w)2386WIMKhamdamova, Afruza (b)24061 – 0
4/6Muradyan, David (b)0WFMImomkuzieva, Nilufarkhon (w)19431 – 0
Bo.7Germany and FriendsRtg14Duobeniajan Costa Calida ESJRtg4 : 2
5/1GMKeymer, Vincent (w)2649GMPichot, Alan (b)25640 – 1
5/2GMBluebaum, Matthias (b)2596GMIbarra Jerez, Jose Carlos (w)2541½ – ½
5/3GMSvane, Frederik (w)2476GMCuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando (b)24591 – 0
5/4GMKollars, Dmitrij (b)2553IMCamacho Collados, Marcos (w)23651 – 0
5/5IMWagner, Dinara (w)2372GMKhotenashvili, Bella (b)2349½ – ½
5/6Lobkin, Bohdan (b)1902Torres, Lucas (w)20311 – 0
Bo.28Turkish Airlines Sports ClubRtg8Ashdod Elit Chess ClubRtg3 : 3
6/1IMOro, Faustino (w)2457GMNihal, Sarin (b)26761 – 0
6/2IMAhmad, Khagan (b)2301GMEljanov, Pavel (w)26140 – 1
6/3IMLu, Miaoyi (w)2240GMVolokitin, Andrei (b)25680 – 1
6/4WGMXu, Yuanyuan (b)2251GMSmirin, Ilia (w)2513½ – ½
6/5FMLohia, Sohum (w)2097IMOsmak, Yuliia (b)2343½ – ½
6/6Yildiz, Ali Aras (b)1835Sailaubay, Aldiyar (w)18311 – 0
Bo.21RookiesRtg10Knight DanceRtg2 : 4
7/1IMSamadov, Read (w)2464GMVan Foreest, Jorden (b)2640½ – ½
7/2FMShogdzhiev, Roman (b)2405GMMoussard, Jules (w)2609½ – ½
7/3GMRoyal, Shreyas (w)2372GMDardha, Daniel (b)25820 – 1
7/4FMSuleimen, Ergali (b)2336GMMaurizzi, Marc`andria (w)24720 – 1
7/5WGMNurman, Alua (w)2250IMRoebers, Eline (b)2404½ – ½
7/6Watson, Mikey J (b)1914Phulpin, Theo (w)1754½ – ½
Bo.11Team HungaryRtg19Theme International TradingRtg4 : 2
8/1GMKozak, Adam (w)2577GMMartinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo (b)2665½ – ½
8/2GMKantor, Gergely (b)2545GMJumabayev, Rinat (w)2524½ – ½
8/3GMErdos, Viktor (w)2525GMTin, Jingyao (b)24851 – 0
8/4GMRuck, Robert (b)2460GMLe, Tuan Minh (w)25030 – 1
8/5WGMGaal, Zsoka (w)2218WGMGong, Qianyun (b)22201 – 0
8/6Marton-John, Almos Kiran (b)1909Zhang, Changjie (w)16761 – 0
Bo.13Generation XYZARtg23PerfectRtg4½:1½
9/1GMMamedyarov, Shakhriyar (w)2701GMSagalchik, Gennadij (b)24341 – 0
9/2GMGurel, Ediz (b)2452IMAtlas, Valery (w)24191 – 0
9/3GMErdogmus, Yagiz Kaan (w)2384Slavin, Gennadie (b)22071 – 0
9/4IMSalimova, Nurgyul (b)2332GMArakhamia-Grant, Ketevan (w)2267½ – ½
9/5IMKuru, Atilla (w)1972FMAtlas, Dmitry (b)21071 – 0
9/6Ucok, Evren (b)0Mindru, Valeriu (w)18400 – 1
Bo.15Global RamblersRtg24Sharks 4NCLRtg3 : 3
10/1GMShirov, Alexei (w)2707GMGhasi, Ameet K (b)24830 – 1
10/2GMDudin, Gleb (b)2454IMRoberson, Peter T (w)23721 – 0
10/3GMGlek, Igor (w)2416IMRendle, Thomas E (b)2412½ – ½
10/4IMMesropov, Konstantin (b)2473FMMoreby, James (w)22101 – 0
10/5IMZatonskih, Anna (w)2255WFMHryshchenko, Kamila (b)2054½ – ½
10/6Volkov, Leonid (b)1833Morea, Georgiana-Steluta (w)19290 – 1
Bo.25Mongolia-ARtg16Hetman GKS KatowiceRtg2½:3½
11/1IMAmartuvshin, Ganzorig (w)2356GMNavara, David (b)2671½ – ½
11/2IMAmilal, Munkhdalai (b)2341GMKlimkowski, Jan (w)24160 – 1
11/3WGMMunkhzul, Turmunkh (w)2357IMSeemann, Jakub (b)23921 – 0
11/4FMGan-Od, Sereenen (b)2294FMCieslak, Patryk (w)22200 – 1
11/5WGMUuriintuya, Uurtsaikh (w)2239WGMTsatsalashvili, Keti (b)22540 – 1
11/6Han, Qixuan (b)1831Smolinski, Wojciech (w)19291 – 0
Bo.29Mongolia-BRtg17FIDE MB TeamRtg4 : 2
12/1IMGan-Erdene, Sugar (w)2433GMHong, Andrew (b)2547½ – ½
12/2GMBilguun, Sumiya (b)2438GMShort, Nigel D (w)25331 – 0
12/3IMBatkhuyag, Munguntuul (w)2291GMBologan, Victor (b)25011 – 0
12/4WCMMungunzul, Bat-Erdene (b)2285GMAl-Mudahka, Mohd (w)2479½ – ½
12/5FMSodbilegt, Naranbold (w)1946GMZhu, Chen (b)23121 – 0
12/6Enkhbayar, Genden (b)1837Zaiarski, Stepan (w)17640 – 1
Bo.18Barys.kzRtg33Chess Rising StarsRtg5½: ½
13/1GMNogerbek, Kazybek (w)2531FMWu, Li (b)22701 – 0
13/2GMMakhnev, Denis (b)2531FMCumming, Rhys (w)22231 – 0
13/3IMAgmanov, Zhandos (w)2388WGMNavrotescu, Andreea (b)2195½ – ½
13/4IMMamedov, Edgar (b)2324FMTsaknakis, Zisis (w)21301 – 0
13/5WIMKairbekova, Amina (w)2280Bird, Joel (b)19271 – 0
13/6Nurakyn, Suleiman (b)1880Kennedy, Aden (w)18061 – 0
Bo.20e-therapeuticsRtg36¡Ållez-Y Initiative!Rtg3 : 3
14/1GMGurevich, Ilya (w)2586GMBjerre, Jonas Buhl (b)2546½ – ½
14/2GMWilliams, Simon K (b)2497FMJacobsen, Mikkel Manosri (w)21690 – 1
14/3GMNorwood, David R (w)2494WIMMuetsch, Annmarie (b)21881 – 0
14/4IMMortazavi, Ali (b)2392FMLoftgaard, Mikkel Vinh (w)2160½ – ½
14/5WFMSivanandan, Bodhana (w)2052CMJalving, August (b)18930 – 1
14/6Mortazavi, Sami (b)1714McCallum, Elliot (w)18311 – 0
Bo.35Wood Green YouthRtg22Wood GreenRtg1½:4½
15/1FMDerakhshani, Borna (w)2240IMHarvey, Marcus R (b)24600 – 1
15/2IMBalaji, Aaravamudhan (b)2278IMWadsworth, Matthew J (w)2367½ – ½
15/3FMHaydon, David L (w)2292IMCzopor, Maciej (b)23821 – 0
15/4FMWaldhausen Gordon, Frederick (b)2153IMWillow, Jonah B (w)23220 – 1
15/5WCMCamp, Imogen A L (w)1805WFMKueh, Audrey (b)20980 – 1
15/6Ivanov, Elizabeth (b)1763Gamal, Alaa (w)17540 – 1
Bo.26ChessbrahTVRtg37English KnightmaresRtg2 : 4
16/1GMHansen, Eric (w)2582GMFernandez, Daniel Howard (b)2380½ – ½
16/2IMRagnarsson, Dagur (b)2350CMShearsby, Jude (w)2090½ – ½
16/3FMDelaney, Killian (w)2177FMBanerjee, Supratit (b)20670 – 1
16/4Vincent, Trevor (b)2226FMBadacsonyi, Frankie (w)1947½ – ½
16/5IMGarcia Martin, Marta (w)2262WFMHng, Mei-En Emmanuelle (b)1994½ – ½
16/6Stojsin, Nikola (b)1789Jain, Gautam (w)19180 – 1
Bo.40Chess Trust AcceleratorsRtg31Mother ContinentRtg3 : 3
17/1CMKhoury, Theo (w)2144IMRakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina (b)24041 – 0
17/2Verbytski, Oleg (b)2090FMWanyama, Harold (w)22461 – 0
17/3WFMDicen, Elis Denele (w)1982FMGeorge Samir, David (b)22340 – 1
17/4CMZhao, George (b)1939FMMhango, Banele (w)21360 – 1
17/5Volovich, Julia (w)1859WCMQuickpen, Deborah Ebimobo-Ere (b)20770 – 1
17/6Kendall, Arthur (b)1712Makgatle, Cordeliah Goitsemodimo (w)01 – 0
Bo.32The MongolZRtg42Uppsala SSSRtg6 : 0
18/1FMChinguun, Sumiya (w)2271FMGrahn, Vidar (b)22011 – 0
18/2IMReimanis, Ritvars (b)2331FMStrom-Engdahl, Alexander (w)21131 – 0
18/3IMItgelt, Khuyagtsogt (w)2216CMFrank, Anton (b)21101 – 0
18/4IMNomin-Erdene, Davaademberel (b)2239Nilsson, Oliver (w)20431 – 0
18/5FMUlziikhishig, Khishigbat (w)2027Ostensson, Julia (b)19661 – 0
18/6Araya Fuentes, Cristian (b)1945Letoret, Tim (w)17941 – 0
Bo.43OxbridgeRtg34Noval Group KyrgyzstanRtg1 : 5
19/1IMO`gorman, Tom (w)2257IMOrozbaev, Eldiyar (b)2376½ – ½
19/2Goh, Jinghan Cameron (b)1992FMDegenbaev, Aziz (w)22520 – 1
19/3Gallagher, Daniel Gh (w)2063IMZhakshylykov, Erzhan (b)22350 – 1
19/4Rushbrooke, Remy (b)2055CMSharshenbekov, Emir (w)22650 – 1
19/5WFMHng, Mei-Xian Eunice (w)1848WCMLesbekova, Assel (b)20040 – 1
19/6Nayberg, Simona (b)1833Tazhimyrzaev, Elzarbek (w)1803½ – ½
Bo.27Sassy SeniorsRtg51Youth KGRtg3 : 3
20/1GMTurner, Matthew J (w)2506CMMomunaliev, Ruslan (b)20700 – 1
20/2FMDishman, Stephen (b)2266Kurbanbaev, Zalkar (w)18480 – 1
20/3FMDuncan, Chris R (w)2253Beknazarov, Emir (b)18701 – 0
20/4Vujatovic, Rajko (b)2194WCMSezdbekova, Aizhan (w)17931 – 0
20/5Dishman, Matthew (w)1901Mukanov, Iskender (b)16000 – 1
20/6WIMRegan, Natasha K (b)1905Yrysov, Timur (w)15431 – 0
Bo.30Berlin Chess FederationRtg45Danish FuturesRtg3½:2½
21/1IMSchneider, Ilja (w)2429IMSkytte, Rasmus (b)2412½ – ½
21/2IMFromm, Marius (b)2320IMKistrup, Nicolai (w)22211 – 0
21/3FMFlorstedt, Johannes (w)2334WIMNilssen, Ellen Fredericia (b)21040 – 1
21/4FMSchulze, Lara (b)2211CMSkytte, Robert (w)18461 – 0
21/5CMRath, Alina (w)2038WCMDerlich, Sarah Sima (b)18071 – 0
21/6Ziems, Michael (b)1890Andries, Leia (w)17080 – 1
Bo.46UK Chess Challenge MastersRtg38OlalaStarsRtg½ :5½
22/1Vaidyanathan, Adithya (w)2147GMKogan, Arthur (b)24550 – 1
22/2Yu, Rock (b)2091FMKrivenko, Dion (w)22210 – 1
22/3CMMurawski, Jan (w)1985Sason, Noam (b)20770 – 1
22/4Zhu, Pengxiao (b)1984WFMBlokhin, Sofia (w)20990 – 1
22/5WFMLongson, Sarah N (w)2045Agafonov, Yuri Dr (b)1987½ – ½
22/6Veselow, Zoe (b)1775Kiritshenko, Platon (w)17320 – 1
Bo.41Berlin Lasker LegendsRtg47Hammersmith Chess ClubRtg3 : 2
23/1FMEilenberg, Jonas (w)2279Gallana, Marco (b)22321 – 0
23/2Yatskar, Martin (b)2223Hill, Alistair (w)20951 – 0
23/3CMKunz, Andre (w)2128Stewart, Ashley (b)20560 – 1
23/4Stein, Theodor (b)1933Hanache, Kai (w)20180 – 1
23/5Ho, Ngoc Hai-Dang (w)1981Aryaman, Ganguly (b)16041 – 0
23/6Schuster, Rebekka (b)1874Cepoi, Gesneria-Codruta (w)1599
Bo.44The London LegendsRtg48xChess.AIRtg3 : 3
24/1Bryant, Harry (w)2121CMSava, Robert-Gabriel (b)2132½ – ½
24/2Dasgupta, Avyukt (b)2083Rusu, Lucas (w)2130½ – ½
24/3Patel, Zain (w)2001Badescu, Matei-Andrei (b)1961½ – ½
24/4Vashisht-Pigem, Raman (b)2015FMSava, Christiansen-Danut-Eugen (w)19710 – 1
24/5Mokhber-Garcia, Sebastian (w)1921Badescu, Eliza-Ioana (b)17891 – 0
24/6ACMKodukula, Sameera (b)1662Platschek, Luca (w)1827½ – ½
Bo.49Satranc IstanbulRtg39ANIRtg2½:3½
25/1IMEren, Ataberk (w)2195FMZakarian, David (b)22770 – 1
25/2FMMakaraci, Tunahan (b)2151FMKiremitciyan, Ari (w)21651 – 0
25/3Eken, Atakan (w)2003Stepanyan, Henrik (b)2140½ – ½
25/4Tahaoglu, Ugur Barkin (b)1959Zakarian, Dimitrios Levon (w)2033½ – ½
25/5Kalender, Murat Emre (w)1755WFMGrigoryan, Meri (b)1908½ – ½
25/6Demir, Aleyna (b)1591Mesropyan, Hayk (w)19320 – 1
Bo.50Desert PenguinsRtg52Equity Bank, KenyaRtg3 : 3
26/1Sedykh, Mikhail (w)2108FMKawuma, Patrick (b)22180 – 1
26/2IMMadan, Augustin (b)2203Gurevich, Artjom (w)21370 – 1
26/3Bansal, Saahil (w)1874Andiwoh, Moses (b)1831+ – –
26/4Bharat Kumar, Balahari (b)1790WCMMutisya, Jully (w)17121 – 0
26/5Ding, Yiwen (w)1704Ongono, Victor (b)1587+ – –
26/6Ding, Yihua (b)1536Kuka, Kyle (w)14960 – 1
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