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 “2024.08.03”]
[Round “8.1”]
[White “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Black “Ding, Liren”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “2827”]
[BlackElo “2775”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “C84”]
[Opening “Ruy Lopez: Closed, Martinez Variation”]
[Termination “Unknown”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 { C84 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Martinez Variation } b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 b4 11. Ne2 c5 12. Nd2 O-O 13. f4 Rb8 14. Nc4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 a5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Ng3 Ne8 18. Qh5 Nd6 19. Bd5 Bf6 20. b3 g6 21. Qf3 Bg7 22. Be3 Rc8 23. Qf2 Qc7?! { (0.16 → 0.72) Inaccuracy. h5 was best. } (23… h5) 24. Bg5 Be6?! { (0.80 → 1.51) Inaccuracy. Bc6 was best. } (24… Bc6 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. Be7 Rfe8 27. Bxd6 f6 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Kh1 Qd7 30. Qf4) 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Qd2 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. Be3 Nf7 30. Qf2 Nd8 31. Nf1 Qe7 32. Nd2 Nc6 33. Nc4 h5 34. h4 Kg7 35. g3 Kg8 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. g4 hxg4 38. Qg3 Qf6 39. Bg5 Qf7?! { (2.23 → 3.46) Inaccuracy. Qf3+ was best. } (39… Qf3+ 40. Qxf3) 40. Nxe5 Nxe5 41. Qxe5+ Kh7 42. Qf6?! { (3.58 → 2.64) Inaccuracy. Qf4 was best. } (42. Qf4 Qe8 43. Qc7+ Kg8 44. Kg3 e5 45. Kxg4 Qe6+ 46. Kg3 Qa6 47. Qd7 Bg7) 42… Qe8 43. Kg3 Bg7 44. Qe7 Qb8+ 45. Bf4 e5 46. Bg5 Qb6 47. Be3 Qc6 48. Qxc5?? { (2.75 → 0.32) Blunder. Bxc5 was best. } (48. Bxc5) 48… Qf6 49. Kxg4 Qf1 50. Kg3 Bf6?? { (0.64 → 3.06) Blunder. Qe1+ was best. } (50… Qe1+ 51. Kg2 Qe2+ 52. Bf2 Bf6 53. Kg3 Qd2 54. Kh3 Qd1 55. Qc7+ Bg7 56. Kg3) 51. Bf2?? { (3.06 → 1.02) Blunder. Qc7+ was best. } (51. Qc7+ Kg8 52. Qc8+ Kf7 53. Qd7+ Be7 54. Qd5+ Kf8 55. Qxe5 Qe1+ 56. Bf2 Qe2) 51… Qh1?! { (1.02 → 2.15) Inaccuracy. Qe2 was best. } (51… Qe2) 52. Qc7+ Kg8 53. Qc8+ Kg7 54. Qd7+ Kg8 55. Qh3 Qc1 56. Qg4 Qxc2? { (2.15 → 4.35) Mistake. Kf7 was best. } (56… Kf7 57. h5 gxh5 58. Qxh5+ Kg7 59. Qe2 Qf4+ 60. Kg2 Qg5+ 61. Bg3 Be7 62. Qf2) 57. Qxg6+ Bg7 58. h5 Qxd3+?! { (4.15 → 5.62) Inaccuracy. Qxb3 was best. } (58… Qxb3 59. h6 Qxd3+ 60. Kh2 Qd7 61. hxg7 b3 62. Qb6 Qf7 63. Qb8+ Kxg7 64. Qxe5+) 59. Kg2 Qd2 60. h6 Qxh6 61. Qxh6 Bxh6 62. Bb6 Kf7 63. Kf3 Ke6 64. Bxa5 { White wins. } 1-0
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