2025 FIDE World Blitz Team Championship 5th Place Playoff
Team SwissBlitz
28 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 15 Jun 2025 in London, England. 25 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2671, and top seed was Erigaisi Arjun (🇮🇳 IND, GM, 2738).
Atharvaa P Tayade (🇮🇳 IND, 1920) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Samuel Sevian (3.5) and Erigaisi Arjun (3.0). Tayade shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 4: David Anton Guijarro (GM, 2543) beat Alexey Sarana (GM, 2699), a +156-point gap.
Location
🇬🇧London, England
Dates
15 Jun 2025
Time control
Blitz: 3 minutes for game with 2 seconds increment from move 1
System
Team · 5 rounds
Titled players · 25
GM×20
IM×4
CM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇮🇳India×7
🇩🇪Germany×6
🇺🇦Ukraine×5
🇷🇸Serbia×2
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×1
🇪🇸Spain×1
🇻🇳Vietnam×1
🇦🇿Azerbaijan×1
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atharvaa P Tayade | 🇮🇳IND | 1920 | 4.0 | 1979 | 2219 | +38.2 |
| 2 | GMSevian, Samuel | 🇺🇸USA | 2711 | 3.5 | 2717 | 3053 | +15.4 |
| 5 | GMErigaisi Arjun | 🇮🇳IND | 2738 | 3.0 | 2635 | 2707 | -1.8 |
| 3 | GMPranav, V | 🇮🇳IND | 2592 | 3.0 | 2597 | 2669 | +5.3 |
| 4 | GMSarana, Alexey | 🇷🇸SRB | 2699 | 3.0 | 2530 | 2723 | +1.0 |
| 6 | GMAnton Guijarro, David | 🇪🇸ESP | 2543 | 2.5 | 2664 | 2759 | +11.6 |
| 8 | GMHarikrishna, Pentala | 🇮🇳IND | 2641 | 2.5 | 2646 | 2741 | +5.3 |
| 7 | IMTsolakidou, Stavroula | 🇬🇷GRE | 2361 | 2.5 | 2400 | 2400 | +5.4 |
| 9 | GMLe, Quang Liem | 🇻🇳VIE | 2662 | 2.5 | 2600 | 2695 | +1.6 |
| 11 | GMBluebaum, Matthias | 🇩🇪GER | 2618 | 2.0 | 2592 | 2717 | +3.9 |
| 10 | GMSvane, Frederik | 🇩🇪GER | 2531 | 2.0 | 2554 | 2679 | +6.1 |
| 12 | IMWagner, Dinara | 🇩🇪GER | 2396 | 1.5 | 2360 | 2360 | -3.0 |
| 13 | Sailaubay, Aldiyar | 🇰🇿KAZ | 1915 | 1.5 | 2014 | 2207 | +20.3 |
| 15 | Lobkin, Bohdan | 🇺🇦UKR | 1955 | 1.0 | 1920 | 1795 | -13.0 |
| 19 | GMMuzychuk, Anna | 🇺🇦UKR | 2406 | 1.0 | 2360 | 2360 | -1.2 |
| 16 | GMMartirosyan, Haik M. | 🇦🇲ARM | 2687 | 1.0 | 2601 | 2476 | -8.5 |
| 14 | GMEljanov, Pavel | 🇺🇦UKR | 2605 | 1.0 | 2687 | 2687 | +2.2 |
| 17 | IMInjac, Teodora | 🇷🇸SRB | 2328 | 1.0 | 2284 | 2284 | -2.4 |
| 18 | IMOsmak, Yuliia | 🇺🇦UKR | 2284 | 1.0 | 2328 | 2328 | +2.4 |
| 20 | CMMani, Sarbartho | 🇮🇳IND | 2014 | 0.5 | 1917 | 1595 | -77.5 |
| 24 | GMKeymer, Vincent | 🇩🇪GER | 2585 | 0.5 | 2738 | 2465 | -4.0 |
| 21 | GMSvane, Rasmus | 🇩🇪GER | 2643 | 0.5 | 2592 | 2399 | -6.4 |
| 23 | GMMendonca, Leon Luke | 🇮🇳IND | 2480 | 0.5 | 2553 | 2360 | -3.0 |
| 22 | GMKollars, Dmitrij | 🇩🇪GER | 2575 | 0.5 | 2479 | 2479 | -1.3 |
| 28 | GMNihal Sarin | 🇮🇳IND | 2695 | 0.0 | 2711 | 1911 | -9.6 |
| 26 | GMVolokitin, Andrei | 🇺🇦UKR | 2517 | 0.0 | 2698 | 1898 | -5.2 |
| 27 | GMGledura, Benjamin | 🇭🇺HUN | 2558 | 0.0 | 2662 | 1862 | -7.2 |
| 25 | GMMamedov, Rauf | 🇦🇿AZE | 2620 | 0.0 | 2592 | 1792 | -5.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Atharvaa P TayadeIND+38.24.0 pts · #1
- 2Sailaubay, AldiyarKAZ+20.31.5 pts · #13
- 3Sevian, SamuelGMUSA+15.43.5 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Mani, SarbarthoCMIND-77.50.5 pts · #20
- 2Lobkin, BohdanUKR-13.01.0 pts · #15
- 3Nihal SarinGMIND-9.60.0 pts · #28
Biggest upsets
- R4+156 Elo gap