{"id":45051,"date":"2026-04-08T15:53:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T15:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/?p=45051"},"modified":"2026-04-08T19:05:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:05:50","slug":"media-accreditation-open-for-the-fide-world-rapid-and-blitz-teams-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/media-accreditation-open-for-the-fide-world-rapid-and-blitz-teams-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Media accreditation open for the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Teams 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"45051\" class=\"elementor elementor-45051\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afacc8a e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"afacc8a\" 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-50fb9fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"50fb9fc\" 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=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WTRBC-Media.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-45052\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WTRBC-Media.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WTRBC-Media-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WTRBC-Media-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WTRBC-Media-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\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-f8076a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f8076a8\" 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>FIDE is pleased to announce the opening of media accreditation to for the FIDE World Team Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2026.<\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dates: June 16 \u2013 20, 2026<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Location: Hong Kong, China<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p>The World Rapid and Blitz Teams, which FIDE launched in 2023, is a unique chess competition where elite professionals, recreational players \u2013 both men and women &#8211; compete on the same team in a serious world event. With the knockout format and rapid and blitz games, the event is naturally built for spectators.<\/p><p>The tournament is also growing at remarkable pace, drawing global chess spotlight as well as top world players such as Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Alireza Firouzja, Hou Yifan, and others.<\/p><p>The FIDE World Team Rapid Chess Championship will be played as a 12-round Swiss tournament across three days (June 17-19), with four rounds per day and a time control of 15 minutes for the whole game plus a 10-second increment per move. The FIDE World Team Blitz Chess Championship follows on June 20 and 21, beginning with pool stages before moving to a knockout format for the top 16 teams, with a time control of 3 minutes plus a 2-second increment per move.<\/p><p>Media registration form: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/worldrapidblitzteams2026.fide.com\/mediaregistration\">https:\/\/worldrapidblitzteams2026.fide.com\/mediaregistration<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>Official website: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/worldrapidblitzteams2026.fide.com\/\">http:\/\/worldrapidblitzteams2026.fide.com\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>We invite all media representatives wishing to cover the tournaments to submit their accreditation applications via the media registration form above.<\/p><p>Accreditation is open for all members of the written press, photographic press, online media, and writers and photographers working for publications and\/or websites of the FIDE National Member Federations.<\/p><p>Accredited event media will collect their badges onsite at the events. A valid travel document containing a photo must be presented to receive media accreditation.<\/p><p>The event organisers will ensure a comfortable working environment for all Accredited Media, providing a range of facilities and services at the level established at major FIDE events.<\/p><p>We look forward to your coverage of the FIDE World Team Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2026!<\/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>FIDE is pleased to announce the opening of media accreditation to for the FIDE World Team Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2026. Dates: June 16 \u2013 20, 2026 Location: Hong Kong, China The World Rapid and Blitz Teams, which FIDE launched in 2023, is a unique chess competition where elite professionals, recreational players \u2013 both men and women &#8211; compete on the same team in a serious world event. With the knockout format and rapid and blitz games, the event is naturally built for spectators. The tournament is also growing at remarkable pace, drawing global chess spotlight as well as top world players such as Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Alireza Firouzja, Hou Yifan, and others. The FIDE World Team Rapid Chess Championship will be played as a 12-round Swiss tournament across three days (June 17-19), with four rounds per day and a time control of 15 minutes for the whole game plus a 10-second increment per move. The FIDE World Team Blitz Chess Championship follows on June 20 and 21, beginning with pool stages before moving to a knockout format for the top 16 teams, with a time control of 3 minutes plus a 2-second increment per move. Media registration form: https:\/\/worldrapidblitzteams2026.fide.com\/mediaregistration Official website: http:\/\/worldrapidblitzteams2026.fide.com\/\u00a0 We invite all media representatives wishing to cover the tournaments to submit their accreditation applications via the media registration form above. Accreditation is open for all members of the written press, photographic press, online media, and writers and photographers working for publications and\/or websites of the FIDE National Member Federations. Accredited event media will collect their badges onsite at the events. A valid travel document containing a photo must be presented to receive media accreditation. The event organisers will ensure a comfortable working environment for all Accredited Media, providing a range of facilities and services at the level established at major FIDE events. We look forward to your coverage of the FIDE World Team Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2026!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":45052,"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-45051","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\/45051","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=45051"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45056,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45051\/revisions\/45056"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45051"},{"taxonomy":"regular","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regular?post=45051"},{"taxonomy":"sticky-post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sticky-post?post=45051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}