Overview
- Dragon Chilling won the 2026 FIDE World Rapid Team Championship after finishing level on 18 match points with Team MGD1 and Hexamind and prevailing on the Olympiad Sonneborn‑Berger tiebreak.
- Ding Liren’s final‑round win helped Dragon Chilling tie for the lead, and the tiebreak margins were small enough that a single board result swung the title.
- Team MGD1, led by Arjun Erigaisi, finished second after strong individual performances but dropped a crucial match earlier in the day that ultimately cost them the defence.
- Individual board prizes went to R. Praggnanandhaa (gold on Board 1), Alireza Firouzja (silver on Board 1), and Arjun Erigaisi (bronze on Board 1), with other Indian players also earning board medals.
- Pre‑event favourites WR Chess underperformed in the Rapid, finishing in the mid‑teens while Magnus Carlsen lost four Rapid games in a row, and Dragon Chilling followed the Rapid with a Blitz knockout title to complete the team double.