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FIDE World Blitz Team Chess Championship 2024

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The FIDE World Blitz Team Chess Championship 2024 is the historic first edition of this prestigious tournament organized by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in collaboration with the Kazakhstan Chess Federation.

ChessSep 4, 2026KazakhstanKazakhstan€100,000Kazakhstan Chess FIDE Federation

Format

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).