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Dragon Chilling Wins World Rapid Team Title on Tiebreaks

Tiebreak calculations determined the podium and underscored how individual upsets reshaped the Rapid standings.

Dragon Chilling Tops Rapid Standings at World Team Rapid and Blitz in Hong Kong

Carlsen Wins Opener At Record-Size Grenke Freestyle Open

Dutch Chess Great Jan Timman Dies at 74

Carlsen Wins Inaugural FIDE Freestyle World Championship After Dramatic Turnaround

Carlsen Competes as Freestyle Chess World Championship Debuts at Weissenhaus

Carlsen Leads Eight as FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship Opens Friday in Germany

Koneru Humpy Confirmed for Norway Chess Women 2026 in Oslo

Chess.com Names 12-Year-Old Faustino Oro Chess Kid of the Year as GM Bid Nears

FIDE and Freestyle Chess Unite for Official Freestyle World Championship in Germany Next Month

Carlsen Wins World Blitz Final for Record Ninth, Completes Rapid-Blitz Double

Argentine Youngsters Stand Out at World Blitz as Oro Surges, Francisco Finishes 50th

Carlsen Reclaims World Rapid Title as Goryachkina Wins Women’s Playoff in Doha

Faustino Oro, 12, Clears 2500 in Rapid to Complete 2500+ Triple at World Rapid

Artemyev Defeats Carlsen to Seize Lead at Doha Rapid Worlds

World Rapid & Blitz Chess Opens in Doha as Carlsen Leads Record Field

FIDE Eases Doha Dress Code, Officially Allows Classic Jeans for World Rapid & Blitz

Carlsen Confirms Doha Return for World Rapid & Blitz After 'Jeansgate'

Ukraine Protests Russian ‘Team FIDE’ Entry at Women’s World Team Championship

FIDE-Backed Total World Chess Championship Sets 2026 Pilot as Carlsen Voices Support