MGD1 undefeated in day 1 of the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Teams 2025
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.
The last board of MGD1 – P Tayade Atharvaa – is also undefeated and continues with 4,0/4. His victory and the victory of Leon Luke Mendoca in the fourth round of the day secured the pole position for MGD1. Scroll down for the full stats of the team and the standings
FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team 2025 LIVE
Rapid Live 1-10 / Rapid Live 11-20 / Rapid Live 21+
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 4 from the World top 10 – Hikaru Nakamura, Arjun Erigaisi, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Alireza Firouzja) 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.
FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team 2025 results
Results round 1 / Results round 2 / Results round 3 / Results round 4
MGD1 players games and stats
| Round 1 on 2025/06/11 at 1400 | ||||||||||||
| Bo. | 32 | The MongolZ | Rtg | – | 6 | Team MGD1 | Rtg | 1 : 5 | ||||
| 6/1 | FM | Chinguun, Sumiya (w) | 2271 | – | GM | Harikrishna, Pentala (b) | 2634 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 6/2 | IM | Reimanis, Ritvars (b) | 2331 | – | GM | Anton Guijarro, David (w) | 2625 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 6/3 | IM | Itgelt, Khuyagtsogt (w) | 2216 | – | GM | Mendonca, Leon Luke (b) | 2477 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 6/4 | IM | Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel (b) | 2239 | – | GM | Pranav, V (w) | 2537 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 6/5 | FM | Ulziikhishig, Khishigbat (w) | 2027 | – | IM | Tsolakidou, Stavroula (b) | 2394 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 6/6 | Araya Fuentes, Cristian (b) | 1945 | – | Atharvaa, P Tayade (w) | 1952 | 0 – 1 | ||||||
| Round 2 on 2025/06/11 at 1540 | ||||||||||||
| Bo. | 6 | Team MGD1 | Rtg | – | 18 | Barys.kz | Rtg | 5 : 1 | ||||
| 6/1 | GM | Erigaisi, Arjun (w) | 2708 | – | GM | Nogerbek, Kazybek (b) | 2531 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 6/2 | GM | Anton Guijarro, David (b) | 2625 | – | GM | Makhnev, Denis (w) | 2531 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 6/3 | GM | Mendonca, Leon Luke (w) | 2477 | – | IM | Agmanov, Zhandos (b) | 2388 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 6/4 | GM | Pranav, V (b) | 2537 | – | IM | Mamedov, Edgar (w) | 2324 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 6/5 | IM | Tsolakidou, Stavroula (w) | 2394 | – | WGM | Balabayeva, Xeniya (b) | 2270 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 6/6 | Atharvaa, P Tayade (b) | 1952 | – | Nurakyn, Suleiman (w) | 1880 | 1 – 0 | ||||||
| Round 3 on 2025/06/11 at 1720 | ||||||||||||
| Bo. | 12 | Rishon LeZion Chess Club | Rtg | – | 6 | Team MGD1 | Rtg | 1½:4½ | ||||
| 5/1 | GM | Gelfand, Boris (w) | 2622 | – | GM | Erigaisi, Arjun (b) | 2708 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 5/2 | GM | Rodshtein, Maxim (b) | 2603 | – | GM | Harikrishna, Pentala (w) | 2634 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 5/3 | GM | Sokolovsky, Yahli (w) | 2367 | – | GM | Anton Guijarro, David (b) | 2625 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 5/4 | IM | Bronstein, Or (b) | 2345 | – | GM | Pranav, V (w) | 2537 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 5/5 | IM | Efroimski, Marsel (w) | 2337 | – | IM | Tsolakidou, Stavroula (b) | 2394 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 5/6 | Raiko, Yossi (b) | 1911 | – | Atharvaa, P Tayade (w) | 1952 | 0 – 1 | ||||||
| Round 4 on 2025/06/11 at 1900 | ||||||||||||
| Bo. | 4 | Uzbekistan | Rtg | – | 6 | Team MGD1 | Rtg | 2½:3½ | ||||
| 2/1 | GM | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek (w) | 2732 | – | GM | Erigaisi, Arjun (b) | 2708 | 1 – 0 | ||||
| 2/2 | GM | Sindarov, Javokhir (b) | 2668 | – | GM | Harikrishna, Pentala (w) | 2634 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 2/3 | GM | Yakubboev, Nodirbek (w) | 2547 | – | GM | Anton Guijarro, David (b) | 2625 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 2/4 | GM | Vokhidov, Shamsiddin (b) | 2519 | – | GM | Mendonca, Leon Luke (w) | 2477 | 0 – 1 | ||||
| 2/5 | WIM | Khamdamova, Afruza (w) | 2406 | – | IM | Tsolakidou, Stavroula (b) | 2394 | ½ – ½ | ||||
| 2/6 | WFM | Imomkuzieva, Nilufarkhon (b) | 1943 | – | Atharvaa, P Tayade (w) | 1952 | 0 – 1 | |||||
FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Teams standings
| Rk. | Team | + | = | – | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 |
| 1 | Team MGD1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 68 | 18 | 16 |
| 2 | WR Chess Team | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 65 | 17 | 18 |
| 3 | Freedom | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 63 | 18 | 16 |
| 4 | Malcolm’s Mates | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 53.5 | 14.5 | 16 |
| 5 | KazChess | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 63 | 15 | 18 |
| 6 | Hexamind Chess Team | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 62.5 | 16.5 | 17 |
| 7 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 60.5 | 17.5 | 17 |
| 8 | Duobeniajan Costa Calida ESJ | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 53.5 | 17 | 13 |
| 9 | Ashdod Elit Chess Club | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 52 | 16 | 16 |
| 10 | Germany and Friends | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 44.5 | 14.5 | 13 |
| 11 | Turkish Airlines Sports Club | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 43 | 16.5 | 13 |
| 12 | Rishon LeZion Chess Club | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 38 | 14.5 | 14 |
| 13 | Theme International Trading | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 53.5 | 13.5 | 18 |
| 14 | Knight Dance | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 51.5 | 16 | 16 |
| 15 | Rookies | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 47 | 15 | 15 |
| 16 | Team Hungary | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 47 | 13.5 | 16 |
| 17 | Global Ramblers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 46 | 15.5 | 15 |
| 18 | Generation XYZA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 43 | 14 | 16 |
| 19 | Mongolia-A | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 38 | 14 | 14 |
| 20 | Sharks 4NCL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 25.5 | 13 | 12 |
| 21 | Perfect | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 22.5 | 12 | 8 |
| 22 | Hetman GKS Katowice | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 12.5 | 16 |
| 23 | Mongolia-B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 15.5 | 14 |
| 24 | Barys.kz | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 13 | 18 |
| 25 | FIDE MB Team | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 11.5 | 16 |
| 26 | ChessbrahTV | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 13 | 14 |
| 27 | Wood Green | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 11 | 16 |
| 28 | e-therapeutics | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 25.5 | 13 | 7 |
| 29 | Chess Rising Stars | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 11.5 | 12 |
| 30 | English Knightmares | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 24.5 | 13 | 11 |
| 31 | Wood Green Youth | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 12 |
| 32 | ¡Ållez-Y Initiative! | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 12 |
| 33 | Youth KG | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 10.5 | 16 |
| 34 | The MongolZ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 10.5 | 17 |
| 35 | Oxbridge | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 23.5 | 10 | 12 |
| 36 | Noval Group Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 13 |
| 37 | Uppsala SSS | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 11 |
| 38 | Mother Continent | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17.5 | 8 | 15 |
| 39 | Chess Trust Accelerators | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9.5 | 15 |
| 40 | OlalaStars | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 8 | 15 |
| 41 | UK Chess Challenge Masters | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 7.5 | 16 |
| 42 | Satranc Istanbul | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 13 |
| 43 | Danish Futures | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 23.5 | 10 | 13 |
| 44 | Hammersmith Chess Club | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 12 |
| 45 | xChess.AI | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 |
| 46 | Sassy Seniors | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 12 |
| 47 | Berlin Chess Federation | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 11 |
| 48 | Berlin Lasker Legends | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10.5 | 6 | 13 |
| 49 | The London Legends | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7.5 | 11 |
| 50 | ANI | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 7.5 | 12 |
| 51 | Desert Penguins | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13.5 | 6 | 11 |
| 52 | Equity Bank, Kenya | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2.5 | 10 |