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The FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team Championships took place in London Tue 10th to Mon 16th Jun 2025. Players included Firouzja, Aronian, MVL, Nakamura, Abdusattorov, Anand, 420 players of varying strengths playing for teams.

Each team of 6 in each match required one recreational player and one woman player.

6th seeds Team MGD1 (Erigaisi, Harikrishna, Anton Guijarro, Pranav, Mendonca, Tsolakidou and Atharvaa P Tayade) won the rapid ahead of Hexamind (Aronian, Giri, Murzin, Domginguez, Vidit, Divya, Panarin and Muradyan) and Freedom (Anand, Mamedov, Sevian, Le, Sarana, Martirosyan, Muzychuk, Injac and Mani) with top seeds WR Chess (Firouzja, MVL, Nakamura, Duda, So, Hou Yifan, Kosteniuk and Rosenstein. Nepomniachtchi couldn't get a visa in time for the rapid but appeared for the blitz) finishing 5th.

In the blitz WR Chess Team won beating Kazchess (Grischuk, Rapport, Esipenko, Maghsoodloo, Sadvakasov, Ansat, Kamalidenova, Kaliakhmet, Aiten) in the final. Hexamind finished 3rd beating Uzbekistan (Abdusattorov, Sindarov, Yakubboev, Kasimdzhanov, Vokhidov, Khamdamova, Tokhirjonova and Imomkuzieva) in a playoff.

There was controversy in the blitz quarterfinals when Team Germany and Friends beat WR Chess 4-2 with Nepomniachtchi, Nakamura, and Firouzja all losing. Most of the WR Chess team were late to the board and they blamed confusion over the start time, after a lengthy appeal the result was annulled and WR Chess went on to easy wins the second time around.

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FIDE World Rapid Team London ENG Tue 10th Jun 2025 - Mon 16th Jun 2025 Leading Final Round 12 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Team	Gms	+	-	=	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	6	Team MGD1	12	10	1	1	21	615	45.5
2	9	Hexamind Chess Team	12	9	1	2	20	642	47
3	5	Freedom	12	6	1	5	17	636	46.5
4	4	Uzbekistan	12	7	2	3	17	614	45.5
5	1	WR Chess Team	12	8	3	1	17	593.5	44.5
6	7	Germany and Friends	12	8	4	0	16	548	39.5
7	14	Duobeniajan Costa Calida ESJ	12	7	4	1	15	489.5	44.5
8	13	Generation XYZA	12	7	4	1	15	482	43
9	3	Malcolm's Mates	12	6	4	2	14	570.5	40.5
10	8	Ashdod Elit Chess Club	12	6	4	2	14	545.5	40.5
11	18	Barys.kz	12	7	5	0	14	514	42.5
12	2	KazChess	12	6	4	2	14	496.5	39
13	10	Knight Dance	12	6	4	2	14	490.5	40.5
14	16	Hetman GKS Katowice	12	7	5	0	14	443.5	39
15	11	Team Hungary	12	6	4	2	14	409	37
16	17	FIDE MB Team	12	7	5	0	14	402.5	38
17	19	Theme International Trading	12	5	4	3	13	475.5	38.5
18	21	Rookies	12	6	5	1	13	473.5	43
19	12	Rishon LeZion Chess Club	12	6	5	1	13	429	37.5
20	29	Mongolia-B	12	6	5	1	13	418	42
21	32	The MongolZ	12	6	5	1	13	375	34.5
22	24	Sharks 4NCL	12	5	4	3	13	373	37
23	33	Chess Rising Stars	12	6	5	1	13	332	35
24	25	Mongolia-A	12	5	5	2	12	385	39
25	20	e-therapeutics	12	5	5	2	12	379	35.5
26	34	Noval Group Kyrgyzstan	12	5	5	2	12	348.5	36.5
27	30	Berlin Chess Federation	12	6	6	0	12	336.5	36
28	35	Wood Green Youth	12	6	6	0	12	324.5	34
29	31	Mother Continent	12	4	4	4	12	288	31.5
30	15	Global Ramblers	12	4	5	3	11	401	36
31	28	Turkish Airlines Sports Club	12	4	5	3	11	393	36.5
32	36	¡Ållez-Y Initiative!	12	4	5	3	11	352.5	36
33	26	ChessbrahTV	12	5	6	1	11	350	38
34	22	Wood Green	12	5	6	1	11	318.5	31
35	47	Hammersmith Chess Club	12	5	6	1	11	277.5	31.5
36	37	English Knightmares	12	5	7	0	10	321	33
37	38	OlalaStars	12	5	7	0	10	300.5	33
38	23	Perfect	12	4	6	2	10	290	32
39	42	Uppsala SSS	12	4	6	2	10	271.5	31.5
40	45	Danish Futures	12	4	6	2	10	265.5	34
41	27	Sassy Seniors	12	3	5	4	10	260.5	30.5
42	44	The London Legends	12	3	5	4	10	234.5	32.5
43	51	Youth KG	12	3	6	3	9	305.5	31.5
44	39	ANI	12	2	5	5	9	285.5	31
45	43	Oxbridge	12	3	6	3	9	271	30.5
46	40	Chess Trust Accelerators	12	3	6	3	9	260.5	34
47	41	Berlin Lasker Legends	12	3	6	3	9	251.5	27.5
48	46	UK Chess Challenge Masters	12	4	8	0	8	244.5	29
49	49	Satranc Istanbul	12	1	5	6	8	236.5	29.5
50	48	xChess.AI	12	3	7	2	8	210.5	28
52 teams

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FIDE World Bl Team Pool A London ENG Tue 10th Jun 2025 - Mon 16th Jun 2025 Leading Final Round 13 Standings:
Rk	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	WR Chess Team	*	4½	6	4½	3½	5½	5	3½	6	5	6	6	4½	24	60	264
2	Ashdod Elit Chess Club	1½	*	3½	5	6	5½	4½	3	5	5	5½	6	6	21	56.5	211
3	Knight Dance	0	2½	*	4½	3½	4	3	4½	5	5	6	5	6	19	49	171
4	FIDE MB Team	1½	1	1½	*	3	4	3½	3½	5	6	4½	5	6	17	44.5	136
5	Turkish Airlines Sports Club	2½	0	2½	3	*	2	4	4½	3	5½	4½	6	4½	14	42	101
6	¡Ållez-Y Initiative!	½	½	2	2	4	*	2	3½	3½	4	4	4½	3½	14	34	96
7	Global Ramblers	1	1½	3	2½	2	4	*	4½	2½	5½	5	4½	6	13	42	95
8	The MongolZ	2½	3	1½	2½	1½	2½	1½	*	5	5½	5	4	5	11	39.5	67
9	ChessbrahTV	0	1	1	1	3	2½	3½	1	*	3½	6	3	4	10	29.5	64
10	Chess Trust Accelerators	1	1	1	0	½	2	½	½	2½	*	4½	3½	5	6	22	14
11	Satranc Istanbul	0	½	0	1½	1½	2	1	1	0	1½	*	3	4	3	16	6
12	xChess.AI	0	0	1	1	0	1½	1½	2	3	2½	3	*	2½	2	18	13
13	Berlin Lasker Legends	1½	0	0	0	1½	2½	0	1	2	1	2	3½	*	2	15	4
13 teams

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FIDE World Bl Team Pool B London ENG Tue 10th Jun 2025 - Mon 16th Jun 2025 Leading Final Round 13 Standings:
Rk	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Freedom	*	4½	2½	3½	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	5½	6	22	62	230
2	Hexamind Chess Team	1½	*	6	3½	5½	3½	5	6	5	5½	5	4½	6	22	57	224
3	Theme International Trading	3½	0	*	2	4½	3½	4	3	3½	5	5	6	6	19	46	185
4	Malcolm's Mates	2½	2½	4	*	2	5	6	5	4½	6	6	5½	6	18	55	158
5	Wood Green	1	½	1½	4	*	3	3½	3½	2½	3½	5½	5	6	15	39.5	124
6	Rishon LeZion Chess Club	1	2½	2½	1	3	*	3	3½	5½	4½	4	4½	6	14	41	94
7	Sharks 4NCL	0	1	2	0	2½	3	*	3½	3½	4½	4	4	5½	13	33.5	80
8	Mother Continent	0	0	3	1	2½	2½	2½	*	3½	3	6	3	5½	9	32.5	58
9	Sassy Seniors	0	1	2½	1½	3½	½	2½	2½	*	4	3½	3	4½	9	29	56
10	UK Chess Challenge Masters	0	½	1	0	2½	1½	1½	3	2	*	3	4	3	5	22	23
11	Hammersmith Chess Club	0	1	1	0	½	2	2	0	2½	3	*	4	4	5	20	15
12	Oxbridge	½	1½	0	½	1	1½	2	3	3	2	2	*	5½	4	22.5	20
13	Desert Penguins	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	1½	3	2	½	*	1	8	5
13 teams

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FIDE World Bl Team Pool C London ENG Tue 10th Jun 2025 - Mon 16th Jun 2025 Leading Final Round 13 Standings:
Rk	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Uzbekistan	*	4½	3½	3½	4	4½	5½	5	6	6	4½	6	5	24	58	264
2	Germany and Friends	1½	*	4½	3½	4½	5½	4½	5	6	5	5	4	6	22	55	220
3	Rookies	2½	1½	*	4	3½	4½	5	6	4½	6	5½	4½	3½	20	51	180
4	Generation XYZA	2½	2½	2	*	3	6	6	4½	5½	5½	5	5	5	17	52.5	131
5	Duobeniajan Costa Calida ESJ	2	1½	2½	3	*	2½	5	4	5	6	5	5	5	15	46.5	103
6	Mongolia-B	1½	½	1½	0	3½	*	3	5	6	6	4	5	5	15	41	105
7	Wood Green Youth	½	1½	1	0	1	3	*	3	4½	4	4	3	5½	11	31	67
8	e-therapeutics	1	1	0	1½	2	1	3	*	5	2	5	4	4	9	29.5	43
9	Berlin Chess Federation	0	0	1½	½	1	0	1½	1	*	3	4½	4	3½	7	20.5	25
10	ANI	0	1	0	½	0	0	2	4	3	*	3½	3½	2	7	19.5	39
11	OlalaStars	1½	1	½	1	1	2	2	1	1½	2½	*	3½	4	4	21.5	10
12	Chess Rising Stars	0	2	1½	1	1	1	3	2	2	2½	2½	*	5	3	23.5	15
13	Youth KG	1	0	2½	1	1	1	½	2	2½	4	2	1	*	2	18.5	14
13 teams

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FIDE World Bl Team Pool D London ENG Tue 10th Jun 2025 - Mon 16th Jun 2025 Leading Final Round 13 Standings:
Rk	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Team MGD1	*	3½		4	3	5	5	6	6	6	5	6	6	5½	23	61	233
2	KazChess	2½	*	4	4	4	4	5½	5	4½		6	6	6	6	22	57.5	230
3	Hetman GKS Katowice		2	*	2	3½	4	3½	4½	5	4½	5	4½	6	6	20	50.5	172
4	Barys.kz	2	2	4	*	1½	3	4	3½	4½	6		6	6	6	17	48.5	151
5	Team Hungary	3	2	2½	4½	*	4	2½	3½		5½	4	5	6	6	17	48.5	149
6	Noval Group Kyrgyzstan	1	2	2	3	2	*	4	4	4½	4½	5		6	6	15	44	115
7	Mongolia-A	1	½	2½	2	3½	2	*		3½	4½	3½	5	6	6	14	40	90
8	English Knightmares	0	1	1½	2½	2½	2		*	3½	5	4	5	6	6	12	39	56
9	The London Legends	0	1½	1	1½		1½	2½	2½	*	3½	3	3½	5½	6	9	32	32
10	Danish Futures	0		1½	0	½	1½	1½	1	2½	*	3½	3½	4	6	8	25.5	22
11	Perfect	1	0	1		2	1	2½	2	3	2½	*	3	5	6	6	29	14
12	Uppsala SSS	0	0	1½	0	1		1	1	2½	2½	3	*	5	5½	5	23	6
13	Equity Bank, Kenya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	2	1	1	*		0	4.5	0
14	REY AHOGADO	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½		*	0	1	0
14 teams

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FIDE World Bl Team Final London ENG Tue 10th Jun 2025 - Mon 16th Jun 2025 Leading Final Round 4 Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts	Mpts
	Final
1	A1 WR Chess Team	8.0	4
2	D2 KazChess	4.0	0
3	B2 Hexamind Chess Team	7.0	4
4	C1 Uzbekistan	5.0	0
	Semi-final
1	D2 KazChess	7.0	3
2	C1 Uzbekistan	5.0	1
1	A1 WR Chess Team	8.5	3
2	B2 Hexamind Chess Team	3.5	1
	Quarter-final
1	D2 KazChess	6.5	3
2	B1 Freedom	5.5	1
1	C1 Uzbekistan	8.0	3
2	A2 Ashdod Elit Chess Club	4.0	1
1	A1 WR Chess Team	8.5	4
2	C2 Germany and Friends	3.5	0
1	B2 Hexamind Chess Team	7.0	3
2	D1 Team MGD1	5.0	1
	Round 1
1	D2 KazChess	11.0	4
2	C3 Rookies	7.0	2
1	B1 Freedom	11.0	4
2	A4 FIDE MB Team	1.0	0
1	A2 Ashdod Elit Chess Club	10.5	4
2	B3 Theme International Trading	7.5	2
1	C1 Uzbekistan	7.0	3
2	D4 Barys.kz	5.0	1
1	C2 Germany and Friends	9.5	4
2	D3 Hetman GKS Katowice	2.5	0
1	A1 WR Chess Team	9.5	4
2	B4 Malcolm's Mates	2.5	0
1	B2 Hexamind Chess Team	9.0	4
2	A3 Knight Dance	3.0	0
1	D1 Team MGD1	8.0	4
2	C4 Generation XYZA	4.0	0
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FIDE World Bl Team 5-8th London ENG Tue 10th Jun 2025 - Mon 16th Jun 2025 Leading Final Round 2 Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts	Mpts
	Final
5	D1 Team MGD1	8.0	4
6	B1 Freedom	4.0	0
	Semi-final
1	B1 Freedom	8.5	4
2	A2 Ashdod Elit Chess Club	3.5	0
1	D1 Team MGD1	10.0	4
2	C2 Germany and Friends	8.0	2
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