🏆 e-Catur Pinang #25

Tournament Report & Standings

E-Catur Pinang  25/2026

  4th FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team Championships 2026

Chess Hub has sponsored a team for the 4th WRBT Championships. Mohd. Adam Hafiz is the captain of this young team. GM Yeoh Li Tian, Malaysia’s first Grandmaster is tasked to face some the strongest GMs in the world on first board. 15 year-old FM Kavin Mohan, IM Mas Hafizulhelmi and IM Tan Jun Ying will have to bring out their very best to match the elite teams. Talented 16 year-old WFM Ainul Mardhiah is the sole female player. And 12 year-old CM Chow Yi Chen and Mohd. Kamal, Eldin Hakimi completes the line-up. Chess Hub (Average 2,102) is ranked 37th out of the 48 teams. Good luck Team Chess Hub! 

The FIDE World Team Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2026 features a combined €500,000 prize fund, split between €310,000 for the rapid and €190,000 for the blitz. Additional category prizes are available for teams in the Under 2400 and Under 2200 average rating brackets in the Rapid. The world’s top players are at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Hong Kong to battle out for the 1st Prize of 110,000 euros for the Rapid and 75,000 euros for the Blitz. 

The 360+ super-strong list of players includes an ensemble of former world champions - Magnus Carlsen, Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Hou Yi Fan, Ju Wenju and Ding Liren, and current Candidates winners Javokhir Sindarov and Vaishali Rameshbabu.

The FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team Chess Championships is a team tournament in chess, played under rapid time controls and organized by FIDE. The championships is open to team from all over the world.

Teams can be made of club members, members of different federations or any other chess players.

Each team shall be composed in accordance in accordance with the following requirements:

1. At least 6 and not more than 9 players, including at least one female player and one recreational player (who never achieved FIDE Standard, Rapid of Blitz Rating of 2000 Elo points (or unrated) 2. A captain, who may also be one of the players.

Each match is played over six boards. In each match, team shall have at least one female player and one recreational player.

  Illustrations and photos from FIDE

  https://worldrapidblitzteams2026.fide.com/ 

  Round 1 : Versus Chessnut Nova 1-5 Round 2: Versus Chongqing Kylin Chess Club 2.5-3.5

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