{"id":34428,"date":"2025-04-27T12:22:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T12:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/?p=34428"},"modified":"2025-05-01T07:29:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T07:29:26","slug":"last-chance-to-join-2025-fide-world-rapid-blitz-team-championships-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/last-chance-to-join-2025-fide-world-rapid-blitz-team-championships-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Last chance to join 2025 FIDE World Rapid &amp; Blitz Team Championships in London!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"34428\" class=\"elementor elementor-34428\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5e24be e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f5e24be\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c870935 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c870935\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Registration-Closes.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-34429\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Registration-Closes.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Registration-Closes-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Registration-Closes-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76758eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"76758eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Time is ticking! With the registration deadline of <strong>May 10<\/strong> fast approaching, this is your last chance to join the global chess community at the 2025 FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team Championships, taking place in London from <strong>June 10-16<\/strong>. This is your opportunity to compete alongside some of the world&#8217;s top chess players in a fun and exciting team environment.\u200b With a total prize fund of <strong>\u20ac500,000<\/strong> &#8211; \u20ac310,000 for the Rapid event and \u20ac190,000 for Blitz, there&#8217;s plenty to play for. \u200b<\/p><p><strong>What the players are saying<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Vidit Gujrathi (Hexamind Chess Team)<\/strong>: <em>\u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to playing &#8211; this event feels very relaxed for me. These days, I actually enjoy rapid and blitz more than classical chess, so it\u2019s the perfect fit. Plus, it\u2019s being held in London, and this is a great time of year to be there!\u201d<\/em>\u200b<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Stavroula Tsolakidou (MGD1):<\/strong><em> \u201cIt will be my first time participating in this very exciting event, and I am looking forward to experiencing the team spirit and the general atmosphere of the competition, as well as to be part of a team with such strong and inspiring players!\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Simon Williams (e-therapeutics)<\/strong>: <em>\u201cLondon is an amazing place to hold any event, and I am especially looking forward to playing in a team of friends against some of the best players in the world. The fact that it is a team event adds a great angle; and knowing some of the players in my team, I am sure there will be lots of laughs and drinks shared after the matches. <\/em><em>Play hard at the board and relax afterwards!\u201d<\/em>\u200b<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Kevin Goh (Theme International Trading)<\/strong>: <em>\u201cWe have a relatively young team with a mix of young Singaporean players and seasoned pros. We are excited to see how we would match up against the top teams and hopefully can pull up an upset or two.\u201d<\/em>\u200b<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Dinara Saduakassova (Hetman GKS Katowice)<\/strong>: <em>\u201cI haven\u2019t been playing chess actively for a while, so I\u2019m really excited to return\u2014and doing it here in London, where I\u2019m currently studying, makes it even more special. <\/em><em>Can\u2019t wait to be part of the event!\u201d<\/em><\/span>\u200b<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8645d07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8645d07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schedule.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-34430\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schedule.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schedule-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schedule-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09737df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"09737df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Team <\/strong><strong>r<\/strong><strong>equirements<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Each team must have <strong>6 to 9 players<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Include at least <strong>one female player<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Include at least <strong>one recreational player<\/strong> (someone who has never had a FIDE rating over 2000).<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Register now<\/strong><\/p><p>Don&#8217;t miss out on this unique chess experience. Assemble your team and register before <strong>May 10<\/strong>.\u200b<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/worldrapidblitzteams2025.fide.com\/registration\">Register Here<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>For more details, as well as the full list of registered teams, visit the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/worldrapidblitzteams2025.fide.com\/\">official tournament website<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time is ticking! With the registration deadline of May 10 fast approaching, this is your last chance to join the global chess community at the 2025 FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team Championships, taking place in London from June 10-16. This is your opportunity to compete alongside some of the world&#8217;s top chess players in a fun and exciting team environment.\u200b With a total prize fund of \u20ac500,000 &#8211; \u20ac310,000 for the Rapid event and \u20ac190,000 for Blitz, there&#8217;s plenty to play for. \u200b What the players are saying Vidit Gujrathi (Hexamind Chess Team): \u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to playing &#8211; this event feels very relaxed for me. These days, I actually enjoy rapid and blitz more than classical chess, so it\u2019s the perfect fit. Plus, it\u2019s being held in London, and this is a great time of year to be there!\u201d\u200b Stavroula Tsolakidou (MGD1): \u201cIt will be my first time participating in this very exciting event, and I am looking forward to experiencing the team spirit and the general atmosphere of the competition, as well as to be part of a team with such strong and inspiring players!\u201d Simon Williams (e-therapeutics): \u201cLondon is an amazing place to hold any event, and I am especially looking forward to playing in a team of friends against some of the best players in the world. The fact that it is a team event adds a great angle; and knowing some of the players in my team, I am sure there will be lots of laughs and drinks shared after the matches. Play hard at the board and relax afterwards!\u201d\u200b Kevin Goh (Theme International Trading): \u201cWe have a relatively young team with a mix of young Singaporean players and seasoned pros. We are excited to see how we would match up against the top teams and hopefully can pull up an upset or two.\u201d\u200b Dinara Saduakassova (Hetman GKS Katowice): \u201cI haven\u2019t been playing chess actively for a while, so I\u2019m really excited to return\u2014and doing it here in London, where I\u2019m currently studying, makes it even more special. Can\u2019t wait to be part of the event!\u201d\u200b Team requirements Each team must have 6 to 9 players. Include at least one female player. Include at least one recreational player (someone who has never had a FIDE rating over 2000). Register now Don&#8217;t miss out on this unique chess experience. Assemble your team and register before May 10.\u200b Register Here For more details, as well as the full list of registered teams, visit the official tournament website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":34429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[366],"regular":[],"sticky-post":[],"class_list":["post-34428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chess-news","tag-world-rapid-and-blitz-team-championship"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34428"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34437,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34428\/revisions\/34437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34428"},{"taxonomy":"regular","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regular?post=34428"},{"taxonomy":"sticky-post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sticky-post?post=34428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}