World Team Chess Championship
The World Team Chess Championship is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of 10 countries whose chess federations dominate their continent. It is played every two years. In chess, this tournament and the Chess Olympiads are the most important international tournaments for teams.
The strongest national teams in the world participate, and also some teams representing a continent. A full round is played by the teams, meaning that each team plays against every other team. At the first tournament, in 1985, teams consisted of six players, since then of four players. Reserve players are permitted.
From 1985 the championship was held every four years, since 2011 every two years. Since 2007 there is a separate championship for women teams, which is also held every two years.
Since 2007 the final scores depend on the team results, before 2007 the individual scores determined the final ranking.
Summary of results[]
All data from OlimpBase World Team Chess Championship.
Open section team medals[]
Year | Location |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
1985 | ![]() Details |
![]() Anatoly Karpov Artur Yusupov Rafael Vaganian Andrei Sokolov Alexander Beliavsky Vasily Smyslov Alexander Chernin Lev Polugaevsky |
![]() Lajos Portisch Zoltán Ribli Gyula Sax Jozsef Pinter András Adorján Ivan Farago István Csom |
![]() Tony Miles John Nunn Jonathan Speelman Nigel Short Jonathan Mestel Murray Chandler James Plaskett Glenn Flear |
1989 | ![]() |
![]() Anatoly Karpov Alexander Beliavsky Jaan Ehlvest Rafael Vaganian Vassily Ivanchuk Mikhail Gurevich |
![]() Ljubomir Ljubojević Predrag Nikolić Petar Popovic Dragoljub Velimirovic Božidar Ivanović Branko Damljanovic |
![]() Nigel Short Jonathan Speelman John Nunn Murray Chandler Michael Adams Julian Hodgson |
1993 | ![]() |
![]() Gata Kamsky Alex Yermolinsky Boris Gulko Gregory Kaidanov Joel Benjamin Larry Christiansen |
![]() Vassily Ivanchuk Vladimir Malaniuk Oleg Romanishin Vladimir Tukmakov Viacheslav Eingorn |
![]() Vladimir Kramnik Alexander Khalifman Evgeny Bareev Sergey Dolmatov Alexei Dreev Alexey Vyzmanavin |
1997 | ![]() |
![]() Evgeny Bareev Peter Svidler Alexander Khalifman Sergei Rublevsky Alexei Dreev Vadim Zvjaginsev |
![]() Alex Yermolinsky Joel Benjamin Boris Gulko Nick De Firmian Gregory Kaidanov Larry Christiansen |
![]() Vladimir Akopian Rafael Vaganian Smbat Lputian Artashes Minasian Ashot Anastasian Melikset Khachiyan |
2001 | ![]() |
![]() Vassily Ivanchuk Ruslan Ponomariov Vladimir Baklan Viacheslav Eingorn Oleg Romanishin Vadim Malakhatko |
![]() Peter Svidler Alexei Dreev Alexander Grischuk Sergei Rublevsky Konstantin Sakaev Alexander Motylev |
![]() Vladimir Akopian Rafael Vaganian Smbat Lputian Karen Asrian Ashot Anastasian Artashes Minasian |
2005 | ![]() |
![]() Peter Svidler Alexei Dreev Alexander Grischuk Alexander Morozevich Evgeny Bareev Sergei Rublevsky |
![]() Bu Xiangzhi Zhang Pengxiang Ni Hua Zhang Zhong Zhou Jianchao Liang Chong |
![]() Levon Aronian Vladimir Akopian Karen Asrian Rafael Vaganian Smbat Lputyan Ashot Anastasian |
2009[1] | ![]() |
![]() Alexander Grischuk Dmitry Jakovenko Alexander Morozevich Evgeny Tomashevsky Vladimir Malakhov Nikita Vitiugov |
![]() Hikaru Nakamura |
![]() Pendyala Harikrishna Surya Shekhar Ganguly Krishnan Sasikiran Geetha Narayanan Gopal Subramanian Arun Prasad Baskaran Adhiban |
2011 | ![]() |
![]() Levon Aronian |
![]() Wang Hao |
![]() Vassily Ivanchuk |
2013 | ![]() |
![]() Vladimir Kramnik |
![]() Li Chao |
![]() Vassily Ivanchuk |
2015 | ![]() |
![]() Ding Liren |
![]() Ruslan Ponomariov |
![]() Levon Aronian |
2017 | ![]() |
![]() Ding Liren |
![]() Peter Svidler |
![]() Radosław Wojtaszek |
2019 | ![]() |
![]() Sergey Karjakin |
![]() Michael Adams |
![]() Ding Liren |
Women's team medals[]
Year | Location |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
2007 | ![]() |
![]() Hou Yifan Zhao Xue Shen Yang Ruan Lufei Huang Qian |
![]() Tatiana Kosintseva Nadezhda Kosintseva Ekaterina Kovalevskaya Ekaterina Korbut Elena Tairova |
![]() Kateryna Lahno Anna Ushenina Inna Gaponenko Tatjana Vasilevich Oksana Vozovic |
2009 | ![]() Details |
![]() Hou Yifan Zhao Xue Shen Yang Ju Wenjun Huang Qian |
![]() Tatiana Kosintseva Nadezhda Kosintseva Ekaterina Kovalevskaya Marina Romanko Valentina Gunina |
![]() Anna Ushenina Natalia Zhukova Inna Yanovska Mariya Muzychuk Natalia Zdebskaya |
2011 | ![]() |
![]() Hou Yifan Ju Wenjun Zhao Xue Tan Zhongyi Zhang Xiaowen |
![]() Nadezhda Kosintseva Tatiana Kosintseva Alexandra Kosteniuk Valentina Gunina Natalia Pogonina |
![]() Nana Dzagnidze Lela Javakhishvili Bela Khotenashvili Nino Khurtsidze Salome Melia |
2013 | ![]() |
![]() Kateryna Lahno Anna Ushenina Mariya Muzychuk Natalia Zhukova Inna Gaponenko |
![]() Ju Wenjun Huang Qian Tan Zhongyi Guo Qi Shen Yang |
![]() Valentina Gunina Alexandra Kosteniuk Natalia Pogonina Alisa Galliamova Olga Girya |
2015 | ![]() |
![]() Bela Khotenashvili Lela Javakhishvili Meri Arabidze Nino Batsiashvili Salome Melia |
![]() Valentina Gunina Alexandra Kosteniuk Natalija Pogonina Aleksandra Goryachkina Olga Girya |
![]() Ju Wenjun Tan Zhongyi Shen Yang Lei Tingjie Ding Yixin |
2017 | ![]() |
![]() Alexandra Kosteniuk Kateryna Lagno Valentina Gunina Aleksandra Goryachkina Olga Girya |
![]() Ju Wenjun Tan Zhongyi Zhao Xue Lei Tingjie Guo Qi |
![]() Nana Dzagnidze Lela Javakhishvili Bela Khotenashvili Nino Batsiashvili Salome Melia |
2019 | ![]() |
![]() Tan Zhongyi Shen Yang Huang Qian Lei Tingjie Ding Yixin |
![]() Kateryna Lagno Alexandra Kosteniuk Valentina Gunina Aleksandra Goryachkina Olga Girya |
![]() Bela Khotenashvili Meri Arabidze Lela Javakhishvili Nino Batsiashvili Salome Melia |
2021 | ![]() |
![]() Aleksandra Goryachkina Alexandra Kosteniuk Kateryna Lagno Polina Shuvalova Alina Kashlinskaya |
![]() Harika Dronavalli Vaishali Rameshbabu Tania Sachdev Bhakti Kulkarni Mary Ann Gomes |
![]() Nana Dzagnidze Nino Batsiashvili Meri Arabidze Lela Javakhishvili Salome Melia |
Total team ranking[]
Open section total ranking[]
The table contains the men's teams ranked by the medals won at the World Team Championships.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (11 nations) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
Women's section total ranking[]
The table contains the women's teams ranked by the medals won at the World Team Championships.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Totals (5 nations) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
See also[]
- Chess Olympiad
- European Team Chess Championship
- Russia (USSR) vs Rest of the World
- Women's Chess Olympiad
- European Chess Club Cup
- World Chess Championship
- World Mind Sports Games
- Mind Sports Organisation
- Correspondence Chess Olympiad
References[]
- World championships in chess