Al-Ain ACMG UAE clear first at World Rapid Team 2024, WR Chess third
Al-Ain ACMG UAE scored an unbeaten 21/24 to win World Rapid Team Championship 2024. Decade China Team scored sole 20/24 to secure second place. They also remained undefeated. The defending champion, WR Chess won all four matches on the final day to finish third scoring 19/24. The winners, drew with the eventual runner-up in round 4 and defeated the second runner-up in in round 5. GM Dmitry Andreikin was the top performer 9/10 for the winning team. The All-Indian team MGD1 scored 17/24 to finish fifth. Although Praggnanandhaa did not have the best event, his team WR Chess finished third. Seven rounds of Blitz will be played in pool stage before the Knockouts starting today at 11 a.m. local time, 11:30 a.m. IST. Photo: FIDE/Ruslan Mazunin
No tie-breaks needed for top five
The star of the 'recreational player' board is undoubtedly - Pang Bo of Decade China. He scored 11/11 with a performance of 2624. Since he is unrated, his performance is even more impressive. He quite possibly would have scored 12/12 if he had played the first round. He mentioned that he is the alumni of the same university as Ni Hua. That's how he got into the team. Before every round, his teammates were helping him starting from opening to analysis and how to play against different opponents. He also added that this was his first international tournament. What a fantastic debut!
Daniil Dubov mentioned in an interview in his own way that this was his worst performance in a team event but he was delighted that his team won. He joked with his teammates that if he is playing well the team should not be worried because that means the team will win. However, in the last round, he needed to win his game for his team to win the match. That's what he did. He is a former World Rapid champion and one of the seconds of Magnus Carlsen for a reason after all.
Round 9: MGD1 - Al-Ain ACMG UAE: 3-3
World no.4, GM Arjun Erigaisi (MGD1, 2671) defeated former World Rapid champion, GM Daniil Dubov (Al-Ain ACMG UAE, 2716). It was evened out by GM Dmitry Andreikin's (AAAU, 2644) win over GM B Adhiban (MGD1, 2504).
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Round 10: Astana-1 - Al-Ain ACMG: 1-5
Astana-1 got squashed by Al-Ain ACMG UAE 1-5. AAAU won the match without losing a single game.
Round 11: Al-Ain ACMG UAE - GMHans.com: 3.5-2.5
GM Vladislav Artemiev and GM Dmitry Andreikin powered Al-Ain ACMG UAE to a 3.5-2.5 victory over GMHans.com. Nihal Sarin held the World no.1, Magnus Carlsen to a draw, although the former's team Ashdod Chess Club lost to WR Chess by a narrow margin 3.5-2.5.
Round 12: Al-Ain ACMG UAE - Theme International Trading: 3.5-2.5
Daniil Dubov scored a crucial win over Jingyao Tin (2479) to ensure his team Al-Ain ACMG UAE's victory over Theme International Trading and also the tournament victory.
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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.
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Round 12 results
| No. | SNo | Team | MP | Res. | : | Res. | MP | Team | SNo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | GMHans.com | 13 | 2½ | : | 3½ | 17 | WR Chess Team *) | 1 |
| 2 | 4 | Al-Ain ACMG UAE | 19 | 3½ | : | 2½ | 13 | Theme International Trading | 14 |
| 3 | 2 | Decade China Team | 18 | 6 | : | 0 | 13 | Q4Rail Kingsofchess Krakow | 9 |
| 4 | 17 | Hunnu Air | 13 | 1½ | : | 4½ | 16 | Chessy | 3 |
| 5 | 12 | FIDE Management Board | 12 | 2 | : | 4 | 15 | Team MGD1 | 6 |
| 6 | 7 | Ashdod Chess Club | 12 | 4 | : | 2 | 12 | World Champions Higher School | 15 |
| 7 | 21 | Astana-2 | 12 | 2½ | : | 3½ | 12 | Royal Chess | 10 |
| 8 | 11 | Astana-1 | 12 | ½ | : | 5½ | 12 | Rookies | 16 |
| 9 | 23 | GMs Kazahhstan | 12 | 2 | : | 4 | 11 | Kazchess | 5 |
| 10 | 20 | Kyrgyz Chess Academy | 11 | ½ | : | 5½ | 11 | Teniz Kazakhstan | 13 |
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Team | Group | Games | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Al-Ain ACMG UAE | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 635,5 | 47 | |
| 2 | 2 | Decade China Team | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 682 | 52,5 | |
| 3 | 1 | WR Chess Team | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 533,5 | 42,5 | |
| 4 | 3 | Chessy | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 606 | 45,5 | |
| 5 | 6 | Team MGD1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 583 | 44 | |
| 6 | 7 | Ashdod Chess Club | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 545 | 42,5 | |
| 7 | 10 | Royal Chess | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 450,5 | 37 | |
| 8 | 16 | Rookies | * | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 432 | 40 |
| 9 | 8 | GMHans.com | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 505,5 | 37 | |
| 10 | 5 | Kazchess | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 498,5 | 40,5 |
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
Blitz Pool Process Regulations
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