Team World Blitz Championship 2026

The Online Team Gomoku World Blitz Championship (TGWBC) is a championship in one-minute gomoku and open to everyone. One-minute gomoku means swap2 gomoku games with the time control 1 minute per player and is a highly involving kind of sport enjoyed by many gomoku players. To excel in it, one has to possess a whole bunch of various skills and abilities – the ability to think very fast and accurately, intuition, time management, emotion control, a lot of learned gomoku shapes, and fine motor skills. It is a highly intellectually demanding activity that causes strong adrenaline rushes.

This time, for the 3rd time, Team Gomoku World Blitz Championship is organized. The tournament will determine which country is currently the best on the planet at one-minute gomoku as well as help popularise gomoku in general and let many people fulfil their competitive instinct and experience strong emotions to spice up their lives. The main difference between the previous and the current edition is the change in the number of games in a micro-match, from 11 it is 12, to balance chances regarding openings.

In the previous edition of the TGWBC, 15 teams from 6 countries, as well as an international teams competed, consisting of 56 players in total. The championship was won by Hungary A, namely Zoltán László, Ciarán Lucey, Zoltán Sonkoly, and Gergő Tóth. The second place was taken by Poland A, namely Michał Żukowski, Bogdan Brachaczek, Adrian Fitzermann, and Michał Zajk. The third place was taken by Czech Republic A, namely Jakub Horák, Pavel Laube, Martin Muzika and Lukáš Souček.

Summary of the most essential rules (i.e., those that every participant must know): 

    English: file TGWBC2026-ENG-SHORT.PDF See below

    Polish: file TGWBC2026-POL-SHORT.PDF See below

    Hungarian: file TGWBC2026-HUN-SHORT.PDF See below

    Czech: file TGWBC2026-CZE-SHORT.PDF See below

    Russian: file TGWBC2026-RUS-SHORT.PDF See below

    Vietnamese: file TGWBC2026-VNM-SHORT.PDF See below
    Chinese: file TGWBC2026-CHN-SHORT.PDF See below

Full version of the rules: file TGWBC2026-ENG.PDF See below