在香港举行的国际象棋世界团体闪电战锦标赛首日比赛中，经过小组赛和16强淘汰赛，八支队伍成功晋级四分之一决赛。
48支参赛队伍被分为四个小组进行循环赛，每组前四名晋级淘汰赛。WR Chess、Endgame.AI、Hexamind以及Mr Birdie and Friends分别获得各小组头名。在16强赛中，各小组头名分别击败了印度尼西亚队、Schnappi Krokodil Team、Interstellar Club和Sky Chess队，成功晋级。Dragon Chilling、乌兹别克斯坦队、Team MGD1和Chessgurukul也同样顺利过关。Chessgurukul队爆出本次比赛的最大冷门，他们分别以4-2和5-1的总比分淘汰了由维斯瓦纳坦·阿南德（Viswanathan Anand）领衔的Chess United队。在被淘汰的选手中包括阿南德、理查德·拉波尔特（Richard Rapport）和彼得·斯维德勒（Peter Svidler）。四分之一决赛、半决赛和决赛将于周日举行。在四分之一决赛中，WR Chess将对阵乌兹别克斯坦队。
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Reigning world chess champion D. Gukesh announced he will participate only in the rapid and blitz tournaments in Warsaw and Zagreb during the 2026 Grand Chess Tour. Citing recent poor form, the 19-year-old Indian grandmaster plans to skip longer events away from home to focus on training. Grand Chess Tour organizers approved his request and named Javokhir Sindarov as his replacement for the full tour.
Two teams finished day one of the 2026 FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team Championships with perfect records. Kazchess and Dragon Chilling each won all four matches in Hong Kong. Most other top seeds suffered early defeats.
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Dragon Chilling claimed the FIDE World Team Rapid Chess Championship 2026 on tiebreaks after finishing level on points with two other teams. The Chinese squad edged out Team MGD1 and Hexamind Chess Team in Hong Kong.