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Carlsen Beats Ding As Maghsoodloo Powers Al-Ain Into Sole Lead
World number-one Magnus Carlsen bounced back to beat GMs Daniil Dubov and Ding Liren on day two of the 2024 World Rapid & Blitz Team Championships, but his team WR Chess trails Al-Ain ACMG UAE by three points. GM Parham Maghsoodloo was the star for Al-Ain, taking down GMs Ian Nepomniachtchi, Jorden van Foreest, and Timur Gareyev. Second-placed Decade China Team relied on its secret weapon, unrated Pang Bo, who has now scored 7/7 on the “recreational board.”
Day three starts Sunday, August 4, at 5:30 a.m. ET / 11:30 CEST / 3 p.m. IST.
This is a flash report — come back later for full coverage, photos, and analysis.
With one day, and four rounds, remaining, Al-Ain has taken the sole lead, a point ahead of Decade China and two points clear of Chessy and the team that beat them in round eight, GM Arjun Erigaisi‘s Team MGD1.
FIDE World Rapid Team Championship Standings After Day 2 (Top 11)
| Rank | Seed | Team | Matches | + | = | – | Score | TB |
| 1 | 4 | Al-Ain ACMG UAE | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 284.5 |
| 2 | 2 | Decade China Team | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 304.5 |
| 3 | 3 | Chessy | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 282 |
| 4 | 6 | Team MGD1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 270.5 |
| 5 | 1 | WR Chess Team | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 250.5 |
| 6 | 7 | Ashdod Chess Club | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 232 |
| 7 | 9 | Q4Rail Kingsofchess Krakow | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 222.5 |
| 8 | 5 | Kazchess | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 218 |
| 9 | 17 | Hunnu Air | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 200.5 |
| 10 | 11 | Astana-1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 178.5 |
| 11 | 14 | Theme International Trading | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 173.5 |
Our Game of the Day is Carlsen’s methodical win over his successor as world champion, Ding, which has been analyzed by GM Rafael Leitao below.
Come back later for the full report!
How to watch?
The 2024 FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team Championships run August 2-5 in Astana, Kazakhstan, with 40 teams of six players competing. Each team must feature at least one female player and one “recreational player,” never rated 2000+. The Rapid is a 12-round Swiss with a time control of 15 minutes for all moves, plus a 10-second increment per move. The Blitz (3+2) begins with teams playing a round-robin in pools, before the top 16 play a knockout, where each clash features two mini-matches.
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