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
Live games will be daily on Chessdom. The FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team 2025 is on of the Major events in The Chess Calendar for the month of June.
This is the official FIDE video broadcast of the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team 2025. The Rapid part is Swiss, 12 rounds The time control: 15 minutes for the first with an increment of 10 seconds per move starting from move 1. Rapid Live 1-10 / Rapid Live 11-20 / Rapid Live 21+
Results: Round 1
