Atomic WC
Team leaders: 
A group for competitors and followers of the annual Atomic Chess World Championship (AWC)
AWC 2026 is on!
Read about the rule changes in 2026 in this blog.
Schedule
Group stage round 1 - completed.
Group stage round 2 - until October 14th, 23:59.
Group stage finals - until October 21st, 23:59.
Round of 16 - until October 28th, 23:59.
Round of 8/Losers round 1 - until November 4th, 23:59.
Losers round 2 - until November 11th, 23:59.
Semifinals/Losers round 3 - until November 18th, 23:59.
Losers round 4 - until November 25th, 23:59.
Winners final/Losers round 5 - until December 2nd, 23:59.
Losers final - until December 9th, 23:59.
Grand final - until December 20th, 23:59.
Make sure to:
- read the rules
- message your opponent as soon as the pairings are known
- schedule your matches properly
- post the match time in the "Rounds and Results" forum thread once agreed
- post the result in the "Rounds and Results" forum thread once played
Please message @AtomicWorldChamp for any issue or question you may have.
Tournaments
| July Atomic Team Battle½+0 • Atomic • Rated • 1h 30m | Battle of 21 teams | 89 | |
| atomic Team Battle10+0 • Atomic • Rated • 2h | Battle of 6 teams | 29 | |
| Atomic Marathon Team Battle5+0 • Atomic • Rated • 6h | Battle of 9 teams | 13 | |
| Gaprindashvili Team Battle3+2 • Blitz • Rated • 1h | Battle of 10 teams | 2 | |
| Alapin Team Battle1+0 • Atomic • Rated • 1h 20m | Battle of 3 teams | 2 |
Forum
@Crepuscular 5.5-1.5 @gooliver10 Last game: https://lichess.org/zQRHmG1ljnrG
@RabbieR vs @GoroArmeT at Friday 16 oct 22:00 UTC
@levi_blythe said [^] That was a very nice and high-effort post, thanks for sharing!
Hey there everyone, some of you already found the [first] game review blog for the group stage and now the [second] blog featuring three matches at the same time has also been published! If you have some spare …
DanDan2016 vs Rider3208 Oct 17 15:00 UTC
@TolyaStarina0991 5.5-3.5 @RaviharaV Last game: https://lichess.org/mYA2S5t3/black