The tournament, organized by FIDE and the Israel Chess Federation with the support of the Israel Ministry of Sport and Culture, will be contested in rapid format.
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The FIDE World Teams Chess Championship will be held in Jerusalem, Israel, from November 19 to November 26, 2022. The championship will be contested in rapid format. The time limit for the entire game will be 45 minutes, with a 10-second increment commencing with move 1. The participating countries will now be divided into two pools of equal strength, using the November 1st rapid rating list as a guide. The top four teams from each pool will advance to the knock-out round, where they will compete in Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, and Finals, with each match consisting of two matches between the teams.
Big names like Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri, Teimour Radjabov, Shakhiyar Mamedyarov, and Vasyl Ivanchuk will compete in the tournament. The tournament, organized by FIDE and the Israel Chess Federation with the support of the Israel Ministry of Sport and Culture, will take place at the Mount Scopus Hall in the Dan Hotel in Jerusalem. The commentators will be former world champion Viswanathan Anand and seven-time French Women’s Chess Champion Almira Skripchenko.
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The LIVE Streaming of the FIDE World Team Chess Championship 2022 will be available on the Twitch platform (Chess.com) and Chess24.
| Group A | Group B |
| China | Azerbaijan |
| France | India |
| Netherlands | Israel |
| South Africa | Poland |
| Spain | United States |
| Ukraine | Uzbekistan |
Azerbaijan: Nijat Abasov (Captain), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Teimour Radjabov, Rauf Mamedov, Aydin Suleymanli, Gadir Guseinov, Vugar Asadli
China: Wen Yang (Captain & Player), Xu Xiangyu, Bai Jinshi, Lu Shanglei, Li Di
France: Jean-Baptiste Mullon (Captain & Chief Of Delegation), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Jules Moussard, Laurent Fressinet, Maxime Lagarde, Tigran Gharamian
India: Vaibhab Suri (Captain), Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan, Nihal Sarin, Sasikiran Krishnan, Sethuraman Panayappan, Abhijit Gupta
Israel: Ilana David (Captain), Maxim Rodshtein, Tamir Nabaty, Avital Boruchovsky, Ilia Smirin, Evgeny Postny, Ori Kobo
Netherlands: Jan Smeets (Captain & Player), Anish Giri, Jorden Van Foreest, Lucas Van Foreest, Max Warmerdam, Robby Kevlishvili
Poland: Michal Bartel (Captain), Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Mateusz Bartel, Kacper Piorun, Bartosz Socko, Szymon Gumularz, Igor Janik
South Africa: Hendrink Petrus Du Toit (Captain & Chief Of Delegation), Kenneth Terence Solomon, Daniel John Cawdery, Daniel Barrish,
Banele Fortune Mhango
Spain: Javier Ochoa De Echagüen (Chief Of Delegation), David Martinez (Captain),Jaime Santos, David Anton, Alexei Shirov, Daniil Yuffa, Miguel Santos
Ukraine: Yurii Gnyp (Chief Of Delegation), Oleksander Sulypa (Captain), Igor Kovalenko, Vasyl Ivanchuk, Andriy Volokytin, Kirill Shevchenko, Vitali Bernadskyi, Mykhaylo Oleksyenko
Usa: John Donaldson (Captain), Hans Niemann, Lazaro Bruzon, Alexander Onischuk, Varuzhan Akobian, Yuniesky Quesada Perez
Uzbekistan: Husan Turdialiev (Chief Of Delegation), Ivan Sokolov (Captain), Nodirbek Yakubboev, Javokhir Sindarov, Shamsiddin Vokhidov, Abdimalik Abdisalimov, Ortik Nigmatov
