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World Rapid and Blitz 2025 participants open

20 Nov, 2025by gprevenasΣκακιστικά νέα

The 2025 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships will be held in Doha, Qatar, from 25 to 31 December 2025, at the Sports and Events Complex of Qatar University. The Rapid segment runs from December 26–28, and the Blitz segment from December 29–30. The total prize fund is €1,000,000.

World Champion Gukesh D and Magnus Carlsen (confirming the rummors) join over 360 players who have confirmed their participation in the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship in Doha. The event, which will take place from December 25 to 30, brings together a field featuring multiple world champions, most of the sport’s highest-rated competitors, and rising stars.

A total of 233 players registered for the Blitz Open and 230 for the Rapid. After missing out on the crown in the Rapid and sharing gold in the Blitz in the previous edition in New York, Magnus Carlsen – who this year became a father – returns to the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz. He will try to unseat the 2024 World Rapid champion, Volodar Murzin, who has had strong tournament performances throughout the year.

Photo: Lennart Ootes

World Champion Gukesh D has also confirmed his attendance. His participation is expected to draw a lot of interest from the public. In particular, his superb result in Zagreb earlier this year indicates he will be one of the favorites in Rapid.

Many seasoned elite players such as 2024 World Blitz co-champion Ian Nepomniachtchi, Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri, Wesley So, and  Levon Aronian have also confirmed their participation. Challenging them will be a new generation of contenders seeking to disrupt established hierarchies: Vincent Keymer, Arjun Erigaisi, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Praggnanandhaa R, Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, and Ediz Gürel to name just a few.

Photo: Michal Walusza

And of course, the public will be delighted to see legendary players like Alexander Grischuk, and Vasyl Ivanchuk, who actually won the World Rapid in Doha, back in 2016.


# ID Name FED. T. Rating B-Year
* 1503014 Carlsen, Magnus NOR GM 2824 1991
1 4168119 Nepomniachtchi, Ian FID GM 2762 1990
2 13300474 Aronian, Levon USA GM 2756 1982
3 2020009 Caruana, Fabiano USA GM 2751 1992
4 623539 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA GM 2741 1990
5 24101605 Artemiev, Vladislav FID GM 2724 1998
6 14204118 Abdusattorov, Nodirbek UZB GM 2717 2004
7 738590 Rapport, Richard HUN GM 2716 1996
8 1170546 Duda, Jan-Krzysztof POL GM 2711 1998
9 35009192 Erigaisi Arjun IND GM 2708 2003
10 3503240 Dominguez Perez, Leinier USA GM 2703 1983
11 5202213 So, Wesley USA GM 2702 1993
12 13401319 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE GM 2701 1985
13 8603820 Yu, Yangyi CHN GM 2696 1994
14 46616543 Gukesh D IND GM 2692 2006
15 24126055 Dubov, Daniil FID GM 2690 1996
16 14205483 Sindarov, Javokhir UZB GM 2688 2005
17 25092340 Nihal Sarin IND GM 2688 2004
18 24116068 Giri, Anish NED GM 2685 1994
19 25059530 Praggnanandhaa R IND GM 2679 2005
20 4126025 Grischuk, Alexander FID GM 2677 1983
21 2293307 Santos Latasa, Jaime ESP GM 2667 1996
22 4158814 Andreikin, Dmitry FID GM 2665 1990
23 13400924 Radjabov, Teimour AZE GM 2661 1987
24 12539929 Maghsoodloo, Parham IRI GM 2657 2000
25 2040506 Sevian, Samuel USA GM 2654 2000
26 1118358 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw POL GM 2653 1987
27 2023970 Robson, Ray USA GM 2652 1994
28 12940690 Keymer, Vincent GER GM 2651 2004
29 12401137 Le, Quang Liem VIE GM 2650 1991
30 3805662 Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo MEX GM 2649 1999
31 13601520 Jobava, Baadur GEO GM 2646 1983
32 44155573 Murzin, Volodar FID GM 2642 2006
33 14120828 Bortnyk, Olexandr UKR GM 2641 1996
34 1710400 Grandelius, Nils SWE GM 2640 1993
35 14103320 Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR GM 2639 1983
36 1039784 Van Foreest, Jorden NED GM 2637 1999
37 24133795 Sarana, Alexey SRB GM 2631 2000
38 14100010 Ivanchuk, Vasyl UKR GM 2630 1969
39 24175439 Esipenko, Andrey FID GM 2626 2002
40 13402129 Safarli, Eltaj AZE GM 2626 1992
41 13306766 Sargsyan, Shant ARM GM 2624 2002
42 35093487 Sadhwani, Raunak IND GM 2624 2005
43 9301348 Salem, A.R. Saleh UAE GM 2621 1993
44 5007003 Harikrishna, Pentala IND GM 2621 1986
45 2285525 Anton Guijarro, David ESP GM 2619 1995
46 4657101 Svane, Rasmus GER GM 2619 1997
47 13401653 Mamedov, Rauf AZE GM 2610 1988
48 4108116 Chigaev, Maksim ESP GM 2610 1996
49 13306553 Martirosyan, Haik M. ARM GM 2609 2000
50 3901211 Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo ESP GM 2605 1989
51 642908 Moussard, Jules FRA GM 2605 1995
52 8603332 Lu, Shanglei CHN GM 2603 1995
53 4121830 Motylev, Alexander ROU GM 2603 1979
54 4168003 Matlakov, Maxim FID GM 2602 1991
55 8601445 Bu, Xiangzhi CHN GM 2593 1985
56 10601457 Amin, Bassem EGY GM 2593 1988
57 25060783 Pranav, V IND GM 2591 2006
58 5072786 Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. IND GM 2590 1999
59 3409350 Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal CHI GM 2588 1996
60 4650891 Naiditsch, Arkadij BUL GM 2585 1985
61 5002150 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar IND GM 2585 1983
62 240990 Dardha, Daniel BEL GM 2583 2005
63 5058422 Narayanan S L IND GM 2579 1998
64 13300580 Akobian, Varuzhan USA GM 2579 1983
65 110973 Pichot, Alan ESP GM 2577 1998
66 24603295 Donchenko, Alexander GER GM 2577 1998
67 13515110 Lazavik, Denis BLR GM 2576 2006
68 4262875 Theodorou, Nikolas GRE GM 2576 2000
69 8602280 Bai, Jinshi CHN GM 2575 1999
70 14408120 Maksimovic, Bojan BIH GM 2572 2002
71 911925 Indjic, Aleksandar SRB GM 2572 1995
72 4194985 Paravyan, David FID GM 2570 1998
73 1444948 Bjerre, Jonas Buhl DEN GM 2570 2004
74 12521213 Tabatabaei, M. Amin IRI GM 2568 2001
75 12510130 Idani, Pouya IRI GM 2560 1995
76 13402960 Abasov, Nijat AZE GM 2559 1995
77 13602250 Quparadze, Giga GEO GM 2558 1987
78 2099438 Hong, Andrew USA GM 2556 2004
79 4198603 Shimanov, Aleksandr FID GM 2554 1992
80 6302718 Yilmaz, Mustafa TUR GM 2554 1992
81 2226332 Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos ESP GM 2553 1985
82 5004225 Chanda, Sandipan IND GM 2553 1983
83 14107090 Volokitin, Andrei UKR GM 2551 1986
84 14403803 Kadric, Denis MNE GM 2550 1995
85 12401110 Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son VIE GM 2550 1990
86 14203987 Yakubboev, Nodirbek UZB GM 2550 2002
87 5004985 Sasikiran, Krishnan IND GM 2548 1981
88 13306677 Hakobyan, Aram ARM GM 2548 2001
89 13409301 Muradli, Mahammad AZE GM 2546 2003
90 13710427 Nogerbek, Kazybek KAZ GM 2545 2004
91 4101286 Petrov, Nikita MNE GM 2543 1996
92 13702661 Jumabayev, Rinat KAZ GM 2543 1989
93 5061245 Puranik, Abhimanyu IND GM 2542 2000
94 24198455 Nesterov, Arseniy FID GM 2540 2003
95 24249971 Zemlyanskii, Ivan FID GM 2539 2010
96 45105987 Droin, Augustin FRA IM 2537 2006
97 1227190 Gavrilescu, David ROU GM 2536 2003
98 1048104 Warmerdam, Max NED GM 2535 2000
99 13413937 Suleymanli, Aydin AZE GM 2535 2005
100 13504037 Gorovets, Andrey BLR GM 2535 1987
101 6302181 Can, Emre TUR GM 2530 1990
102 44105681 Makarian, Rudik FID GM 2524 2004
103 13707647 Makhnev, Denis KAZ GM 2522 2000
104 4173708 Rakhmanov, Aleksandr FID GM 2522 1989
105 13302507 Hovhannisyan, Robert ARM GM 2522 1991
106 34189030 Grebnev, Aleksey FID GM 2521 2006
107 14204223 Vokhidov, Shamsiddin UZB GM 2519 2002
108 4119150 Kobalia, Mikhail FID GM 2518 1978
109 13602071 Pantsulaia, Levan GEO GM 2518 1986
110 1506102 Urkedal, Frode Olav Olsen NOR GM 2512 1993
111 4157800 Ponkratov, Pavel FID GM 2511 1988
112 35028600 Pranesh M IND GM 2509 2006
113 30901561 Jacobson, Brandon USA GM 2507 2003
114 1185080 Kosakowski, Jakub POL GM 2506 2002
115 6300545 Sanal, Vahap TUR GM 2504 1998
116 5804418 Tin, Jingyao SGP GM 2504 2000
117 5018471 Adhiban, B. IND GM 2503 1992
118 44507356 Gurel, Ediz TUR GM 2502 2008
119 4277023 Alexakis, Dimitris GRE GM 2500 2003
120 13711644 Isanzhulov, Arystan KAZ IM 2499 2003
121 12401153 Le, Tuan Minh VIE GM 2499 1996
122 35028561 Mendonca, Leon Luke IND GM 2498 2006
123 12576468 Daneshvar, Bardiya IRI GM 2498 2006
124 10200010 Murshed, Niaz BAN GM 2496 1966
125 14201801 Vakhidov, Jakhongir UZB GM 2494 1995
126 8600694 Zhang, Zhong CHN GM 2493 1978
127 45150451 Materia, Marco FRA IM 2490 2009
128 4201809 Halkias, Stelios GRE GM 2488 1980
129 24171743 Drygalov, Sergey FID GM 2487 1999
130 833924 Altini, Nicola ITA IM 2487 1995
131 20000197 Oro, Faustino ARG IM 2487 2013
132 44144474 Vetokhin, Savva FID GM 2486 2009
133 34184934 Dudin, Gleb HUN GM 2484 2004
134 5057000 Mitrabha, Guha IND GM 2483 2001
135 1533533 Amar, Elham NOR GM 2482 2005
136 884189 Lodici, Lorenzo ITA GM 2481 2000
137 2620049 Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn CAN GM 2478 2004
138 1640879 Peyrer, Konstantin AUT IM 2475 2003
139 46634827 Bharath Subramaniyam H IND GM 2475 2007
140 1512668 Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian NOR GM 2469 1998
141 14210703 Madaminov, Mukhiddin UZB GM 2465 2006
142 34254854 Uskov, Artem FID GM 2463 2010
143 13511173 Tsaruk, Maksim FID GM 2462 2005
144 25006479 Karthik Venkataraman IND GM 2457 1999
145 4901541 Bilguun, Sumiya MGL GM 2456 1997
146 24183750 Lobanov, Sergei FID GM 2456 2001
147 2308649 Stefansson, Vignir Vatnar ISL GM 2454 2003
148 12558486 Gholami Orimi, Mahdi IRI GM 2453 2002
149 6351921 Saraci, Nderim KOS IM 2453 1996
150 8622388 Xiao, Tong(QD) CHN GM 2453 2008
151 25002767 Iniyan, Pa IND GM 2450 2002
152 3407128 Salinas Herrera, Pablo CHI GM 2446 1994
153 2603659 Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas CAN GM 2444 1988
154 44599790 Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan TUR GM 2444 2011
155 14187086 Samunenkov, Ihor UKR GM 2443 2009
156 35042025 Aditya Mittal IND GM 2440 2006
157 13708309 Agmanov, Zhandos KAZ IM 2430 2000
158 6336760 Gokerkan, Cem Kaan TUR GM 2428 2000
159 5097010 Sankalp Gupta IND GM 2425 2003
160 13707833 Suleymenov, Alisher KAZ GM 2424 2000
161 13308327 Davtyan, Artur ARM IM 2422 2002
162 35007394 Raja Rithvik R IND GM 2421 2004
163 24199273 Klukin, Kirill SRB IM 2421 2000
164 5123119 Galaviz Medina, Sion Radamantys MEX IM 2420 2005
165 54114527 Khubukshanov, Erdem FID IM 2419 2007
166 1547887 Haug, Havard NOR FM 2419 2010
167 13308300 Gharibyan, Mamikon ARM GM 2414 2004
168 5818320 Siddharth, Jagadeesh SGP GM 2411 2007
169 14210495 Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid UZB IM 2410 2009
170 13506862 Nikitenko, Mihail BLR GM 2407 2000
171 13802240 Orozbaev, Eldiyar KGZ IM 2405 2006
172 42520835 Movahed, Sina IRI GM 2405 2010
173 13100050 Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina MAD IM 2404 1999
174 5089000 Raja Harshit IND GM 2396 2001
175 13715658 Ansat, Aldiyar KAZ IM 2394 2008
176 24250775 Zverev, Lev FID IM 2394 2010
177 2064871 Balakrishnan, Praveen USA GM 2393 2002
178 13515659 Stribuk, Artiom FID IM 2393 2007
179 25983504 Goutham Krishna H IND IM 2392 2010
180 55653537 Shogdzhiev, Roman FID IM 2387 2015
181 16301188 Bai, Adelard TPE IM 2385 2007
182 13312022 Ohanyan, Emin ARM GM 2384 2006
183 4298896 Krallis, Christos GRE IM 2383 2005
184 13309978 Piliposyan, Robert ARM IM 2382 2007
185 4645715 Grafl, Florian, Dr. GER IM 2379 1982
186 3205800 Morris, James AUS IM 2377 1994
187 13724452 Suleimen, Ergali KAZ FM 2375 2008
188 24250473 Averin, Nikolay FID FM 2374 2010
189 1314530 Gaehwiler, Gabriel SUI IM 2365 1994
190 10628452 Wafa, Hamed EGY IM 2365 2008
191 12401404 Tran, Thanh Tu JPN IM 2364 1990
192 10600906 Ezat, Mohamed EGY IM 2358 1978
193 8631891 Meng, Yihan CHN IM 2355 2009
194 13726285 Nurgaliyev, Sauat KAZ IM 2350 2010
195 13728911 Sapenov, Daniyal KAZ IM 2349 2008
196 9000240 Tissir, Mohamed MAR IM 2330 1976
197 2125404 Cunha, Lucas Aguiar BRA FM 2328 1994
198 12424722 Dau Khuong Duy VIE IM 2324 2011
199 939935 Musovic, Armin MNE FM 2305 1989
200 13739980 Mamedov, Edgar KAZ GM 2302 2010
201 5081483 Harikrishnan.A.Ra IND GM 2293 2001
202 5073464 Sharan, Rao IND IM 2284 2000
203 1462547 Medhus, Vitus Bondo DEN FM 2283 2009
204 13764594 Smirnov, Mark KAZ FM 2274 2012
205 13716417 Abdilkhair, Abilmansur KAZ IM 2270 2003
206 4000102 Berend, Fred LUX IM 2264 1965
207 9312331 Ammar, Sedrani UAE FM 2237 2004
208 1054414 Muntean, Victor SWE 2229 2004
209 13752260 Kuandykuly, Danis KAZ FM 2219 2013
210 25059009 Harshavardhan G B IND IM 2216 2003
211 55730230 Sklokin, Sergey FID FM 2187 2013
212 13728873 Assylov, Miras KAZ FM 2180 2008
213 7601948 Chekh Adm Khedr,Aram SYR FM 2177 1996
214 9308733 Al Hosani, Omran UAE IM 2174 2002
215 9004904 Anwoir,Tarik MAR 2172 1977
216 7907559 Boulrens, Ala Eddine ALG 2153 2000
217 9212035 Fates, Omer Salah LBA 2149 2009
218 9204725 Alhassadi, Yousef A. LBA FM 2140 2005
219 12312649 Phuyal, Aashish NEP 2117 1997
220 9011951 Sentissi, Yassine MAR CM 2111 1998
221 6205488 Bodemar, Jonathan THA CM 2094 2006
222 14327023 Dinham, James RSA 2091 2003
223 11501731 Damaj, Mohammed PLE CM 2081 2001
224 9200509 Taher, Rami LBA 2077 1989
225 22000046 Al Mashikhi, Salim Aliyan OMA FM 2021 1985
226 12303275 Dahal, Sushrut NEP CM 2019 1995
227 7400640 Blackwood, Ryan CAY 2019 1985
228 33387230 Ashwath Kaushik SGP FM 2009 2015
229 21518076 Khayat, Emad KSA 1954 2002
230 7609787 Rami,Talab SYR 1933 2013