FIDE World Blitz Team Chess Championship 2024

Format & Time Control

• Time Control: 3 minutes per player.

• Increment: 2 seconds per move, starting from move 1.

Competition Stages

• Group Stage:

  • System: Single Round-Robin.

  • Match Format: Team vs Team played across 6 boards (includes Board 5 reserved for Women and Board 6 for players with a Blitz rating under 2000).

  • Qualification: The top 3 teams from each group, along with the best 4th-placed team overall, advance to the next stage.

• Playoffs:

  • System: Single-elimination bracket with 2-match ties per round.

Tie-Breaks

If two or more teams finish tied on team points, ties are broken using the following criteria in order of priority:

1. Sonneborn-Berger Coefficient.

2. Individual Game Points (Board Points).