Word Teams Rapid

 The international chess calendar is becoming increasingly crowded, with one event finishing and another starting almost immediately. The World Cup finished late last week, and a number of players headed off to Germany to play the newly created World Rapid Teams Championship. 

It looks as though anyone could enter a team, and while there are some incredibly strong teams at the top, there are a number of club teams at the tail end of the field. Sitting somewhere in the middle is a team representing the FIDE Management Board, containing 4 GM's an IM, one WFM, and the FIDE President as the reserve player. He has only played 1 game but has a 100% score. He is listed on the team sheet as a FID player (under the FIDE flag, which does make sense), but his rating profile still has the Russian flag next to his picture.

Dvorkovich,Arkady - Jasinska,Iga [E61]
2023 World Rapid Team Championship Dusseldorf (4.6), 26.08.2023

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. d4 e6 7. O-O b6 8. b3 d5 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. e3 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Rac1 Nb4 13. Qb1 c5 14. a3 Nc6 15. Ne2 Ba6 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Nf4 Rad8 18. Ne5 Qd6 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Nxe6 Qe7 22. Nxc6 Qxe6 23. Nxd8 Rxd8 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qb2+ Kh6 26. Qd4 Qg4 27. Qf6 Rd7 28. Qf4+ Kh5 29. Qxg4+ Kxg4 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. cxd5 Bb5 32. d6 Kf5 33. Rc7 Ke6 34. Rxa7 Kxd6 35. Rxh7 Be8 36. h4 Ke6 37. g4 Kf6 38. a4 g5 39. h5 b5 40. a5 1-0