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World Rapid Team 2024 R5-8: Al-Ain ACMG UAE emerges sole leader, MGD1 maintains pursuit

by Shahid Ahmed - 04/08/2024

Al-Ain ACMG UAE has emerged sole leader 14/16 after Round 8 of World Rapid Team Championship 2024. They started the day by handing WR Chess their second consecutive loss. Then they drew with one of then coleaders, Chessy. Royal Chess and Q4Rail Kingsofchess Krakow were the next two teams to go down against the sole leader. Decade China is the only other team who is undefeated along with the sole leader. They are at 13/16. Chessy and MGD1 are third place 12/16 each. MGD1 defeated Chessy to finish the day on a high note and reduce the gap. Magnus Carlsen's team, the defending champions are lagging behind at fifth place 11/16 with Ashdod Chess Club. Round 9 starts today at 2:30 p.m. local time, 3 p.m. IST. Photos: Niklesh Jain

Magnus Carlsen beats Ding Liren

The 'recreational player' board result turned out to be very crucial for a lot of teams. Decade China Team made the best decision to have two 'recreational players' in their team. Unrated Pang Bo is having a fantastic run. He has scored 7/7 so far. While, Wadim Rosenstein of WR Chess and the one whose brainchild is this event, is having a tough time as he lost seven games in-a-row. His losses are certainly weighing heavy on their team.

The inaugural edition of FIDE World Rapid Team Championship will take place from 26th to 28th August 2023

Round 5: Al-Ain ACMG UAE beats WR Chess to move to the top, Chessy draws with Decade China

WR Chess suffered their second consecutive loss. This time aaginst Al-Ain ACMG UAE by 2-4. Chess drew 3-3 with Decade China. MGD1 scored second win in-a-row, it was against Q4Rail Kingsofchess Krakow by 5-1. GM Magnus Carlsen (WR Chess, 2827) scored the sole win for his team against GM Daniil Dubov (Al-Ain ACMG UAE, 2716). Dubov did not follow through correctly after his knight sacrifice.

Carlsen - Dubov

Position after 29...Re2

29...Re2 works as Black gets a couple of pawns 30.Rxd5 Bxf2+ 31.Kh1 Rxb2 32.Rd1 Be3 33.Rc6 a5 34.Rcxd6 Rc2? Black needed to continue rolling the passed pawn before going Rc2. 35.Ne5 Rf8 36.c4 and Black's position fell apart in a hurry.

Magnus Carlsen - Daniil Dubov, Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

Magnus Carlsen's sole win was not enough to prevent WR Chess team's second consecutive loss

Parham - Nepomniachtchi

Position after 48...b5??

This position should definitely make it to future chess books. In an equal queen and minor piece endgame, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (WR Chess, 2753) blundered 48...b5?? Find out the winning continuation for White. His opponent, GM Parham Maghsoodloo (Al-Ain ACMG UAE, 2653) noticed it after playing 48.Qd8+ Ke5 49.axb5 Nxb5.

WR Chess - Al-Ain ACMG UAE: 2-4

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Anna - Wenjun

Position after 22...b6??

The reigning women's world champion, GM Wenjun Ju (Decade China, 2540) made a paltry mistake 22...b6?? Find out the winning continuation for White which GM Anna Muzychuk (Chessy, 2404) executed in the game.

The battle between the reigning world champion, Ding Liren and his second during the World Championship Match, Richard Rapport, ended in a draw

Chessy - Decade China: 3-3

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MGD1 - Q4Rail Kingsofchess Krakow: 5-1

Round 6: Chessy draws with Al-Ain ACMG UAE, Decade China joins them in the lead

Chessy drew their second consecutive match of the day. It was against one of the leaders, Al-Ain ACMG UAE. Decade China defeated MGD1 4-2 to join the lead with the aforementioned teams. WR Chess bounced back after their two consecutive losses. They defeated Hunnu Air.

Sumiya - Carlsen

Position after 42...Rhd8

GM Sumiya Bilguun (Hunnu Air, 2439) needed to focus on his advantage and push the passed pawn 43.h4. However, he momentarily prevented the exchange of rooks 43.Nf3 Kd6 44.e5+ Ke7 Black managed to get out of danger and eventually win the game.

Sumiya Bilguun vs Magnus Carlsen, Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

GM Sumiya Bilguun (Hunnu Air) had a great opportunity to beat the World no.1, GM Magnus Carlsen (WR Chess)

Hunnu Air - WR Chess: 1-5

Chessy Al-Ain - ACMG UAE: 3-3

Arjun Erigaisi drew with the world champion, Ding Liren. Decade China defeated MGD1 by 4-2

Round 7: Decade China, Chessy and Al-Ain ACMG UAE maintain their lead, MGD1 bounces back

Decade China defeated Ashdod Chess Club 4.5-1.5 without conceding a single game. GM Nihal Sarin (Ashdod Chess Club, 2664) held the world champion, GM Ding Liren (Decade China, 2775) to a draw. World Champions Higher School went down to WR Chess 2-4. IM Kirill Shubin (WCHS) scored an upset win over GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (WR Chess). Al-Ain ACMG UAE scored a victory over Royal Chess by same score 4.5-1.5 without losing any game. Kazchess lost to Chessy 2-4. MGD1 won the match against Astana-1 by 4-2.

Ding Liren - Nihal Sarin: 0.5-0.5

Round 8: MGD1 beats Chessy, Al-Ain ACMG UAE gains sole lead

WR Chess drew with Decade China 3-3. Magnus Carlsen's win over Ding Liren was evened out by Pang Bo's (Decade China) win over Wadim Rosenstein (WR Chess). Pang won seven in-a-row while Wadim lost seven consecutive games after winning his sole first round game.

Carlsen - Liren

Position after 47...Qc6

Carlsen made a rare mistake in the endgame 48.Qxc5 allowing the world champion to get back in the game Qf6 49.Kxg4 Qf1 50.Kg3 Bf6? soon White managed to transfer his queen to the kingside to come to the aid of the king and win the game.

Richard Rapport comes late and destroys Magnus Carlsen - Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

Magnus Carlsen and Ding Liren had an intriguing battle

WR Chess - Decade China: 3-3

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Arjun Erigaisi saved a losing endgame against Richard Rapport

S L Narayanan - Haik

Position after 28.Be3

GM S L Narayanan (MGD1, 2595) trapped GM Haik Martirosyan's (Chessy, 2612) queen at the center of the board.

GM S L Narayanan's second consecutive win turned out to be a crucial one for his team MGD1

Chessy - MGD1: 2.5-3.5

Replay Chessy - Team MGD1 games

Al-Ain ACMG UAE - Q4Rail Kingsofchess Krakow: 3.5-2.5
Hans Niemann - Nihal Sarin, Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India

Unrated Pang Bo is having a phenomenal tournament scoring an unbeaten 7/7 so far
The 9-year-old Chess Influencer from Kazakhstan - Daniil Li | Video: ChessBase India

Replay live commentary

Replay Live Commentary of Round 5-8 by GMs Peter Leko (HUN), Evgenij Miroshnichenko (UKR) and Irina Krush (USA) | Video: FIDE

Team composition

Each team will consist of at least six and maximum nine players. Apart from having to include at least one female player, just like last year, teams will have to include a recreational player, who has never achieved a Standard, Rapid or Blitz FIDE rating of 2000 or more. It is not mandatory for the teams to have board order as per rating. For more details, please check the tournament regulations, link provided at the end of the article.

Format

The 12-round Swiss League team event has a time control of 15 minutes + 10 seconds increment from move no.1. There is no default time. No penalty shall be imposed on a player if he/she is late for any of his/her games. Scoring is usual for a team event. Match points: Win = 2, Draw = 1 and Loss = 0.

Replay Round 5-8 games

Round 8 results

No.SNoTeamMPRes.:Res.MPTeamSNo
11WR Chess Team *)103:312Decade China Team2
23Chessy12:10Team MGD16
34Al-Ain ACMG UAE12:10Q4Rail Kingsofchess Krakow9
48GMHans.com9½:9Ashdod Chess Club7
55Kazchess84:29Royal Chess10
611Astana-18:8World Champions Higher School15
717Hunnu Air8:8FIDE Management Board12
818Greco8:8Theme International Trading14
913Teniz Kazakhstan74:28Astana-221
1016Rookies74:27Egypt19

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Standings after Round 8

Rk.SNoTeamGames  +   =   -  TB1  TB2  TB3 
14Al-Ain ACMG UAE862014284,532
22Decade China Team853013304,533
33Chessy85211228231
46Team MGD1860212270,531
51WR Chess Team851211250,528
67Ashdod Chess Club85121123230,5
79Q4Rail Kingsofchess Krakow850310222,528
85Kazchess84221021828,5
917Hunnu Air850310200,530,5
1011Astana-1850310178,524

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Round 9 pairings

No.SNoTeamMPRes.:Res.MPTeamSNo
19Q4Rail Kingsofchess Krakow10:11WR Chess Team *)1
26Team MGD112:14Al-Ain ACMG UAE4
32Decade China Team13:10Kazchess5
47Ashdod Chess Club11:12Chessy3
514Theme International Trading10:10Astana-111
610Royal Chess9:10Hunnu Air17
716Rookies9:9GMHans.com8
812FIDE Management Board8:9Teniz Kazakhstan13
915World Champions Higher School8:8GMs Kazahhstan23
1025Chess Ratel8:8Greco18

Details

Schedule

Venue

The venue for the event will be Congress Center in Astana, Kazakhstan

Prize

The total prize fund is €250000 in Rapid and €100000 in Blitz. There are six prizes in Rapid - top five and one rating category. The top three prizes are: €100000, 60000 and 40000 each respectively. Best U2400 will earn €12500. For Blitz, there are four prizes with a total of €100000. They are - €40000, €25000, €17500 and €17500 each.

Links

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Tournament Regulations

Blitz Pool Process Regulations



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