The FIDE World Team Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2026 take place in Hong Kong, between June 16 and 22, 2026. The event is open to teams from all over the world. Teams can be made of club members, members of different federations or any other chess players.



Team composition
Each team shall be composed in accordance with the following requirements:
1. At least six and not more than nine players, including at least:
1.1. one female player,
1.2. one recreational player, other than the one indicated in the previous point, who never achieved FIDE Standard, Rapid or Blitz Rating of 2000 Elo points (or unrated) up to and including the March 2025 rating lists.
2. A captain, who may also be one of the players.

Each match is played on six boards. In each match, teams shall have at least: 
a. one female player,
b. one recreational player.

Championship consists of 2 events - Rapid, played on June 17-19, and Blitz on June 20-21.

Rapid
Swiss, 12 rounds
The time control: 15 minutes for the first with an increment of 10 seconds per move starting from move 1. 

Blitz
Round robin tournament in the Pools stage and 16 best teams Play-off stage (June 20).
Quarter Finals, Semi Finals and Final (June 21).
The time control: 3 minutes for the whole game with an increment of 2 seconds per move starting from move 1.

The cumulative prize fund of the tournament is €500,000, where €310,000 goes to the rapid event and €190,000 for blitz.