The FIDE World Rapid Team Championship 2024 is a 12-round Swiss for teams, held from the 2nd to the 4th of August in Astana, Kazakhstan, featuring Magnus Carlsen, Ding Liren, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Ju Wenjun and many more.
Time control is 15 minutes for the entire game, with a 10-second increment from move 1.
Matches are played on 6 boards. Each team is required to have at least 1 female player and 1 amateur player.
For each match the winning team gets 2 points, in case of a draw both teams get 1 point and the losing team gets 0 points.
The team with the highest overall score is crowned World Rapid Team Champion.
[Event “WRTC 2024”]
[Site “Astana, Kazakhstan”]
[Date “2024.08.04”]
[Round “10.1”]
[White “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Black “Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar”]
[Result “*”]
[WhiteElo “2827”]
[BlackElo “2687”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “C81”]
[Opening “Ruy Lopez: Open, Howell Attack”]
[Termination “Unterminated”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Qe2 { C81 Ruy Lopez: Open, Howell Attack } Nc5 10. Rd1 Nxb3 11. axb3 Be7 12. c4 b4 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Nf1 Qd7 15. Bg5 Rfd8 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Ne3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qe6 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Qb7 Qxe5 21. Qxa6 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rf8 23. Qc4 c5 24. g3 h6 25. Kg2 Qc7 26. h4 Rc8 27. h5 Qc6+ 28. Kg1 Qe6 29. Qxe6 fxe6 30. Rd6 Nf5 31. Nxf5 exf5 32. Rd5 c4 33. bxc4 Rxc4 34. Rb5 f4 35. Kg2 fxg3 36. Kxg3 Kf7 37. f4 Kf6 38. Kg4 Rd4 39. b3 Ke6 40. Rb8 Kf6 41. Rb7 Ke6 42. Rxg7 Rd3 43. Rg6+ Kf7 44. Rxh6 Rxb3 45. Rb6 Rb1 46. Kf5 b3 47. Rb7+ Kg8 48. Kf6 b2 49. Rb8+ Kh7 50. f5 Rh1 51. Rxb2 Rxh5 52. Rb7+ Kh6 53. Rb8 Kh7 54. Ke6 Rh1 55. f6 Re1+ 56. Kf7 Ra1 57. Kf8 Ra7 58. f7 Kg6 59. Rb6+ Kh7 60. Re6 Ra8+ 61. Re8 Ra7 62. Re1 Ra8+ 63. Ke7 *
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