The inaugural edition of the World Rapid Team Championship, a 12-round Swiss tournament played over three days under rapid time control, will take place in Düsseldorf from August 25 (arrival day) to August 28, 2023. The event, with a prize fund of €250,000, is open to teams from all over the world.
Each team shall be composed in accordance with the following requirements:
A. At least six and not more than nine players, including at least:
1) One female player
2) One player, other than the one indicated in the previous point, who never achieved FIDE Standard, Rapid or Blitz Rating of 2000 Elo points (or unrated) up to and including the April 2023 rating lists
B. A captain, who may also be one of the players.
The preliminary list of registered teams has been published on the event’s official website. We will see quite a few top GMs in action, including Ian Nepomniachtchi, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Levon Aronian, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Hou Yifan, Kateryna Lagno, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Harika Dronavalli, Elisabeth Paehtz, and many others.
Preliminary list of registered teams as of June 05, 2023:
WR Chess
|
1 |
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof |
GM |
2794 |
|
2 |
So, Wesley |
GM |
2789 |
|
3 |
Nepomniachtchi, Ian |
GM |
2760 |
|
4 |
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek |
GM |
2703 |
|
5 |
Keymer, Vincent |
GM |
2617 |
|
6 |
Praggnanandhaa R |
GM |
2587 |
|
7 |
Hou, Yifan |
GM |
2540 |
|
8 |
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
GM |
2524 |
|
9 |
Rosenstein, Wadim (Captain) |
Columbus Energy KingsOfChess Kraków
|
1 |
Jobava, Baadur |
GM |
2660 |
|
2 |
Gumularz, Szymon |
GM |
2550 |
|
3 |
Teclaf, Pawel |
IM |
2494 |
|
4 |
Pakleza, Zbigniew (Captain) |
GM |
2455 |
|
6 |
Jakubiec, Artur |
GM |
2430 |
|
7 |
Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra |
IM |
2371 |
|
8 |
Kulon, Klaudia |
IM |
2147 |
|
9 |
Przedlacki, Wiktor |
1645 |
Rishon LeZion Chess Club
|
1 |
Gelfand, Boris |
GM |
2619 |
|
2 |
Zanan, Evgeny |
GM |
2407 |
|
3 |
Veinberg, Nimrod |
IM |
2348 |
|
4 |
Bronstein, Or |
IM |
2328 |
|
5 |
Kaspi, Alexander |
IM |
2312 |
|
6 |
Belenkaya, Dina |
WGM |
2163 |
|
7 |
Lahav, Michal (Captain) |
WIM |
2094 |
|
8 |
Raiko, Yossi |
1838 |
|
|
9 |
Bulkovstein, David |
1663 |
Chess Wizards
|
1 |
Dyachuk, Artem |
FM |
2044 |
|
2 |
Korchynskyi, Mykola |
1864 |
|
|
3 |
Nechitaylo, Nikita |
1816 |
|
|
4 |
Kliashtornyi, Arkadii |
1760 |
|
|
5 |
Tarasenko, Nazar |
1727 |
|
|
7 |
Hladeniuk, Yelyzaveta |
1477 |
|
|
8 |
Nechitaylo, Lev |
1411 |
|
|
9 |
Shynkar, Daria |
1014 |
|
|
Westerhoff, Ralf (Captain) |
1517 |
ASV AlphaEchecs LINZ
|
1 |
Bacrot, Etienne (Captain) |
GM |
2691 |
|
2 |
Maghsoodloo, Parham |
GM |
2672 |
|
3 |
Naiditsch, Arkadij |
GM |
2566 |
|
4 |
Lagno, Kateryna |
GM |
2494 |
|
5 |
Llari, Marc |
1868 |
|
|
6 |
Stoettinger, Michael |
1779 |
Berlin Chess Federation
|
1 |
Huschenbeth, Niclas |
GM |
2566 |
|
2 |
Paehtz, Elisabeth |
GM |
2373 |
|
3 |
Baskin, Robert |
IM |
2327 |
|
4 |
Lagunow, Raphael |
IM |
2317 |
|
5 |
Meyer-Dunker, Paul (Captain) |
2109 |
|
|
7 |
Carmesin, Leon Lucas |
||
|
8 |
Rabiega, Robert |
GM |
Germany and friends
|
1 |
Svane, Rasmus |
GM |
2621 |
|
2 |
Bluebaum, Matthias |
GM |
2601 |
|
3 |
Donchenko, Alexander (Captain) |
GM |
2568 |
|
5 |
Kollars, Dmitrij |
GM |
2526 |
|
6 |
Bashylina, Luisa |
WFM |
2007 |
|
7 |
Lobkin, Bohdan |
1722 |
Kompetenzakademie Allstars
|
1 |
Caruana, Fabiano |
GM |
2752 |
|
2 |
Aronian, Levon |
GM |
2743 |
|
3 |
Gukesh D |
GM |
2629 |
|
4 |
Tsatsalashvili, Keti |
WGM |
2203 |
|
5 |
Schneider, Manfred |
||
|
6 |
Becker, Rainer (Captain) |
Naphtali Team Nigeria
|
1 |
Koko, Obubele |
2061 |
|
|
2 |
Oluwadare Samuel |
1990 |
|
|
3 |
Akomaka, Apollos (Captain) |
1763 |
|
|
5 |
Ajanwachukwu, Eunice |
|
|
|
6 |
Ezeh, Pamella Souter |
|
|
|
7 |
Egbujie, Stanley |
|
|
|
8 |
Nwachukwu, John |
|
|
|
9 |
Dan-Jumbo, Queen Awuereba |
|
|
|
10 |
Dan-Jumbo, Victor |
|
Neustadt Weinstraße
|
1 |
Schulz-Knappe, Florian (Captain) |
2150 |
|
|
3 |
Reh, Claudia Anne |
|
|
|
4 |
Thomas, Andreas |
|
|
|
5 |
Gaab, Wolfgang |
|
|
|
6 |
Teuffer, Michael |
|
|
|
7 |
Helbig, Mark |
FM |
|
|
8 |
Allmacher, Marco |
|
|
|
9 |
Schwarz, Dietmar |
|
PhileKhoob Chess Club
|
1 |
Pooreraghian, Mohammadreza |
2082 |
|
|
2 |
Khademi, Mohammad Miran |
FM |
1997 |
|
3 |
Bahmani, Koorosh |
1863 |
|
|
4 |
Shahsanam, Alireza |
1766 |
|
|
5 |
Sousanabadi Farahani, Ramin |
1540 |
|
|
6 |
Farahani, Ali |
1260 |
|
|
7 |
Marzban, Yasaman |
||
|
8 |
Shamsi, Mohammadhossein (Captain) |
CM |
|
|
9 |
Mirzaiee Rad, Javad |
Slovenia
|
1 |
Borisek, Jure |
GM |
2548 |
|
2 |
Sebenik, Matej (Captain) |
GM |
2464 |
|
4 |
Skoberne, Jure |
GM |
2436 |
|
5 |
Subelj, Jan |
IM |
2430 |
|
6 |
Unuk, Laura |
IM |
2197 |
|
7 |
Novak, Rok |
1621 |
Team MGD1
|
1 |
Erigaisi Arjun |
GM |
2714 |
|
2 |
Nihal Sarin |
GM |
2672 |
|
3 |
Harikrishna, Pentala |
GM |
2630 |
|
4 |
Sadhwani, Raunak |
GM |
2567 |
|
6 |
Dronavalli, Harika |
GM |
2450 |
|
7 |
Peter Anand, A |
1906 |
|
|
Narayanan, Srinath (Captain) |
GM |
2482 |
Unischach Bayreuth
|
1 |
Ivekovic, Tihana |
WFM |
2054 |
|
2 |
Braun, Kristin |
1947 |
|
|
3 |
Glock, Benjamin (Captain) |
1710 |
|
|
5 |
Holoubek, Jonas |
1524 |
|
|
6 |
Hollstein, Jonas |
||
|
7 |
Colmie, Nicolai |
||
|
8 |
Kraus, Sebastian |
||
|
9 |
Strahl, Christian |
Wensing & Pöbel
|
1 |
Elier, Ali |
2216 |
|
|
2 |
Garbuz, Vitaliy |
2149 |
|
|
3 |
Kracht, Raphael |
2032 |
|
|
4 |
Bartelt, Max Peter (Captain) |
1981 |
|
|
6 |
Moeller, Lisa-Marie |
||
|
7 |
Kesselmeier, Kevin |
||
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8 |
Wensing, Maximilian |
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|
9 |
Leonard, Timo |
Registration is open until June 10, 2023, 12 PM Lausanne time. Each team shall apply for participation by filling out the registration form on the event’s official website.
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