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Birthday boy Hans niemann!! 🎂🎀

how is it that every year wr chess underperforms in the rapid portion and dominates in blitz

Two legends fighting! 🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand 0-1 Magnus Carlsen 🇳🇴 #FIDERapidBlitzTeams #HongKong

unc still got it

Ju Wenjun was the only one with an impressive performance on the women's board! 🇨🇳 She finished with 4½/6 (!), good for a 2668 performance, over 100 Elo better than Bibisara in 2nd! 👏👏 Neither played enough games to get a board medal though! 🫠 s1.chess-results.com/tnr1435703.asp…

@BroccoliChess im crying nobody except the kid in the background cared 😭😭

I don't want to be a hater but why are we proposing at a FIDE event waiting in queue😭 Girl runnn ily

Dragon Chilling are the FIDE World Team Rapid Chess Champions 2026! 🏆🔥 #FIDERapidBlitzTeams #HongKong

🇨🇳 Dragon Chilling win the 2026 FIDE World Team Rapid Championship! After a dramatic final day that saw the lead change hands multiple times, Dragon Chilling emerged on top to claim gold at the World Team Rapid Championship in 🇭🇰 Hong Kong. The star-studded lineup of Ding Liren, Yu Yangyi, Wei Yi, Lu Shanglei, Bai Jinshi, Ju Wenjun, Lei Tingjie, Wang Zihao, and Xie Xiaoyang secured the title and added another major team success to Chinese chess.

Jan Gustafsson experience watching World Number 1 Magnus Carlsen play

good lord

🎉 Happy Birthday to GM Peter Svidler @polborta! ♟️ A three-time World Championship Candidate and one of the game’s most respected voices, Peter is back in action at the FIDE World Team Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2026. Wishing him a fantastic year ahead and plenty of memorable moments over the board! 🥳 #FIDERapidBlitzTeams #HongKong

Player of the Day – Rapid Day 1🏅 Commentators’ pick: Hans Niemann 🔥 🇺🇸 Hans Niemann scores a perfect 4/4! 📷 Michal Walusza / FIDE #FIDERapidBlitzTeams #HongKong

ding liren vs richard rapport tomorrow 🚬🚬

Awonder Liang of the "Mr Birdie and friends" team: "Mr Birdie is a close bird friend of ours who unfortunately passed away not so long ago, so we’re playing in memory of our pet bird."

nothing against the players individually but this team will always be a hatewatch for me <3

the w in wr chess stands for WASHED