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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	Lucerne Details	Soviet Union Anatoly Karpov Artur Yusupov Rafael Vaganian Andrei Sokolov Alexander Beliavsky Vasily Smyslov Alexander Chernin Lev Polugaevsky	Hungary Lajos Portisch Zoltán Ribli Gyula Sax Jozsef Pinter András Adorján Ivan Farago István Csom Atilla Groszpeter	England Tony Miles John Nunn Jonathan Speelman Nigel Short Jonathan Mestel Murray Chandler James Plaskett Glenn Flear
1989	Lucerne Details	Soviet Union Anatoly Karpov Alexander Beliavsky Jaan Ehlvest Rafael Vaganian Vassily Ivanchuk Mikhail Gurevich	Yugoslavia Ljubomir Ljubojević Predrag Nikolić Petar Popovic Dragoljub Velimirovic Božidar Ivanović Branko Damljanovic	England Nigel Short Jonathan Speelman John Nunn Murray Chandler Michael Adams Julian Hodgson
1993	Lucerne Details	United States Gata Kamsky Alex Yermolinsky Boris Gulko Gregory Kaidanov Joel Benjamin Larry Christiansen	Ukraine Vassily Ivanchuk Vladimir Malaniuk Oleg Romanishin Vladimir Tukmakov Viacheslav Eingorn Arthur Frolov	Russia Vladimir Kramnik Alexander Khalifman Evgeny Bareev Sergey Dolmatov Alexei Dreev Alexey Vyzmanavin
1997	Lucerne Details	Russia Evgeny Bareev Peter Svidler Alexander Khalifman Sergei Rublevsky Alexei Dreev Vadim Zvjaginsev	United States Alex Yermolinsky Joel Benjamin Boris Gulko Nick De Firmian Gregory Kaidanov Larry Christiansen	Armenia Vladimir Akopian Rafael Vaganian Smbat Lputian Artashes Minasian Ashot Anastasian Melikset Khachiyan
2001	Yerevan Details	Ukraine Vassily Ivanchuk Ruslan Ponomariov Vladimir Baklan Viacheslav Eingorn Oleg Romanishin Vadim Malakhatko	Russia Peter Svidler Alexei Dreev Alexander Grischuk Sergei Rublevsky Konstantin Sakaev Alexander Motylev	Armenia Vladimir Akopian Rafael Vaganian Smbat Lputian Karen Asrian Ashot Anastasian Artashes Minasian
2005	Beersheba Details	Russia Peter Svidler Alexei Dreev Alexander Grischuk Alexander Morozevich Evgeny Bareev Sergei Rublevsky	China Bu Xiangzhi Zhang Pengxiang Ni Hua Zhang Zhong Zhou Jianchao Liang Chong	Armenia Levon Aronian Vladimir Akopian Karen Asrian Rafael Vaganian Smbat Lputyan Ashot Anastasian
2009[1]	Bursa Details	Russia Alexander Grischuk Dmitry Jakovenko Alexander Morozevich Evgeny Tomashevsky Vladimir Malakhov Nikita Vitiugov	United States Hikaru Nakamura Alexander Onischuk Yuri Shulman Varuzhan Akobian Robert Hess Ray Robson	India Pendyala Harikrishna Surya Shekhar Ganguly Krishnan Sasikiran Geetha Narayanan Gopal Subramanian Arun Prasad Baskaran Adhiban
2011	Ningbo Details	Armenia Levon Aronian Sergei Movsesian Vladimir Akopian Gabriel Sargissian Robert Hovhannisyan	China Wang Hao Wang Yue Li Chao Yu Yangyi Ding Liren	Ukraine Vassily Ivanchuk Pavel Eljanov Zahar Efimenko Alexander Moiseenko Alexander Areshchenko
2013	Antalya Details	Russia Vladimir Kramnik Sergey Karjakin Alexander Grischuk Ian Nepomniachtchi Nikita Vitiugov	China Li Chao Ding Liren Wang Yue Bu Xiangzhi Yu Yangyi	Ukraine Vassily Ivanchuk Anton Korobov Alexander Moiseenko Yuriy Kryvoruchko Alexander Areshchenko
2015	Tsaghkadzor Details	China Ding Liren Yu Yangyi Bu Xiangzhi Wei Yi Wen Yang	Ukraine Ruslan Ponomariov Vassily Ivanchuk Pavel Eljanov Yuriy Kryvoruchko Alexander Moiseenko	Armenia Levon Aronian Gabriel Sargissian Sergei Movsesian Vladimir Akopian Hrant Melkumyan
2017	Khanty-Mansiysk Details	China Ding Liren Yu Yangyi Wei Yi Li Chao Wen Yang	Russia Peter Svidler Ian Nepomniachtchi Nikita Vitiugov Maxim Matlakov Vladimir Fedoseev	Poland Radosław Wojtaszek Jan-Krzysztof Duda Kacper Piorun Mateusz Bartel Grzegorz Gajewski

Women's team medals

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2007	Yekaterinburg Details	China Hou Yifan Zhao Xue Shen Yang Ruan Lufei Huang Qian	Russia Tatiana Kosintseva Nadezhda Kosintseva Ekaterina Kovalevskaya Ekaterina Korbut Elena Tairova	Ukraine Kateryna Lahno Anna Ushenina Inna Gaponenko Tatjana Vasilevich Oksana Vozovic
2009	Ningbo Details	China Hou Yifan Zhao Xue Shen Yang Ju Wenjun Huang Qian	Russia Tatiana Kosintseva Nadezhda Kosintseva Ekaterina Kovalevskaya Marina Romanko Valentina Gunina	Ukraine Anna Ushenina Natalia Zhukova Inna Yanovska Mariya Muzychuk Natalia Zdebska
2011	Mardin Details	China Hou Yifan Ju Wenjun Zhao Xue Tan Zhongyi Zhang Xiaowen	Russia Nadezhda Kosintseva Tatiana Kosintseva Alexandra Kosteniuk Valentina Gunina Natalia Pogonina	Georgia Nana Dzagnidze Lela Javakhishvili Bela Khotenashvili Nino Khurtsidze Salome Melia
2013	Astana Details	Ukraine Kateryna Lahno Anna Ushenina Mariya Muzychuk Natalia Zhukova Inna Gaponenko	China Ju Wenjun Huang Qian Tan Zhongyi Guo Qi Shen Yang	Russia Valentina Gunina Alexandra Kosteniuk Natalia Pogonina Alisa Galliamova Olga Girya
2015	Chengdu Details	Georgia Bela Khotenashvili Lela Javakhishvili Meri Arabidze Nino Batsiashvili Salome Melia	Russia Valentina Gunina Alexandra Kosteniuk Natalija Pogonina Aleksandra Goryachkina Olga Girya	China Ju Wenjun Tan Zhongyi Shen Yang Lei Tingjie Ding Yixin
2017	Khanty-Mansiysk Details	Russia Alexandra Kosteniuk Kateryna Lagno Valentina Gunina Aleksandra Goryachkina Olga Girya	China Ju Wenjun Tan Zhongyi Zhao Xue Lei Tingjie Guo Qi	Georgia Nana Dzagnidze Lela Javakhishvili Bela Khotenashvili Nino Batsiashvili 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	Country	1st place	2nd place	3rd place	Total
1	Russia	4	2	1	7
2	China	2	3	0	5
3	Soviet Union	2	0	0	2
4	Ukraine	1	2	2	5
5	United States	1	2	0	3
6	Armenia	1	0	4	5
7	Hungary	0	1	0	1
7	Yugoslavia	0	1	0	1
9	England	0	0	2	2
10	India	0	0	1	1
10	Poland	0	0	1	1
Total		11	11	11	33

Women's section total ranking

The table contains the women's teams ranked by the medals won at the World Team Championships.

Rank	Country	1st place	2nd place	3rd place	Total
1	China	3	2	1	6
2	Russia	1	4	1	6
3	Ukraine	1	0	2	3
3	Georgia	1	0	2	3
Total		6	6	6	18

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

• OlimpBase World Team Chess Championship