FIDE World Blitz Women Chess Championship 2025 LIVE
The FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2025 are taking place in Doha, Qatar, from December 26 to 30, 2025. The event will be daily live on Chessdom.com with live games, interviews, video coverage, and more. The World Rapid and Blitz 2025 is held at the Qatar University Sports and Events Complex, featuring both Open and Women’s sections in Rapid and Blitz formats, with a massive prize fund exceeding €1,000,000. The FIDE World Blitz Women Chess Championship 2025 has 2 phases. The first stage is a 15-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 3 min + 2 sec/move. The second stage is a 4-player knockout tournament with a time control of 3 min + 2 sec/move.
The top-seeded players are GM Ju Wenjun (2489), GM Lei Tingjie (2478), GM Tan Zhongyi (2457), GM Kateryna Lagno (2448), GM Aleksandra Goryachkina (2439), GM Humpy Koneru (2430), GM Bibisara Assaubayeva (2428), GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (2428), GM Zhu Jiner (2425), IM Leya Garifullina (2407), GM Rameshbabu Vaishali (2401), IM Polina Shuvalova (2399), GM Anna Muzychuk (2397), GM Dronavalli Harika (2389), GM Divya Deshmukh (2388), GM Nana Dzagnidze (2378), IM Eline Roebers (2377), GM Elina Danielian (2373), GM Mariya Muzychuk (2373), IM Song Yuxin (2371). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship 2025 (Boards 1-30) / FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship 2025 (Boards 31+) / FIDE World Rapid Women Chess Championship 2025 / FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship 2025 (Boards 1-30) / FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship 2025 (Boards 31+) / FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship 2025 – Knockout Stage / FIDE World Women Blitz Chess Championship 2025 – Knockout Stage
FIDE World Blitz Women Chess Championship 2025 Participants
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | GM | Ju, Wenjun | CHN | 2489 |
| 2 | GM | Lei, Tingjie | CHN | 2478 |
| 3 | GM | Tan, Zhongyi | CHN | 2457 |
| 4 | GM | Lagno, Kateryna | FID | 2448 |
| 5 | GM | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | FID | 2439 |
| 6 | GM | Koneru, Humpy | IND | 2430 |
| 7 | GM | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | KAZ | 2428 |
| 8 | GM | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | SUI | 2428 |
| 9 | GM | Zhu, Jiner | CHN | 2425 |
| 10 | IM | Garifullina, Leya | FID | 2407 |
| 11 | GM | Vaishali, Rameshbabu | IND | 2401 |
| 12 | IM | Shuvalova, Polina | FID | 2399 |
| 13 | GM | Muzychuk, Anna | UKR | 2397 |
| 14 | GM | Dronavalli, Harika | IND | 2389 |
| 15 | GM | Divya, Deshmukh | IND | 2388 |
| 16 | GM | Dzagnidze, Nana | GEO | 2378 |
| 17 | IM | Roebers, Eline | NED | 2377 |
| 18 | GM | Danielian, Elina | ARM | 2373 |
| 19 | GM | Muzychuk, Mariya | UKR | 2373 |
| 20 | IM | Song, Yuxin | CHN | 2371 |
| 21 | GM | Stefanova, Antoaneta | BUL | 2367 |
| 22 | IM | Arabidze, Meri | GEO | 2356 |
| 23 | IM | Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat | ESP | 2352 |
| 24 | GM | Khotenashvili, Bella | GEO | 2342 |
| 25 | IM | Kulon, Klaudia | POL | 2338 |
| 26 | IM | Salimova, Nurgyul | BUL | 2336 |
| 27 | IM | Vantika, Agrawal | IND | 2329 |
| 28 | WIM | Mungunzul, Bat-Erdene | MGL | 2329 |
| 29 | IM | Mammadzada, Gunay | AZE | 2326 |
| 30 | WGM | Nurman, Alua | KAZ | 2324 |
| 31 | IM | Injac, Teodora | SRB | 2323 |
| 32 | IM | Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra | POL | 2323 |
| 33 | GM | Gunina, Valentina | FID | 2314 |
| 34 | IM | Yip, Carissa | USA | 2313 |
| 35 | WGM | Munkhzul, Turmunkh | MGL | 2307 |
| 36 | GM | Zhu, Chen | QAT | 2300 |
| 37 | WGM | Francisco Guecamburu, Candela Be | ARG | 2298 |
| 38 | WIM | Wang, Chuqiao | CHN | 2297 |
| 39 | WCM | Bayasgalan, Khishigbaatar | MGL | 2297 |
| 40 | IM | Kamalidenova, Meruert | KAZ | 2295 |
| 41 | IM | Mkrtchian, Lilit | ARM | 2293 |
| 42 | IM | Buksa, Nataliya | UKR | 2281 |
| 43 | WIM | Omonova, Umida | UZB | 2278 |
| 44 | FM | Chen, Yining | CHN | 2271 |
| 45 | GM | Krush, Irina | USA | 2268 |
| 46 | IM | Cori T., Deysi | PER | 2267 |
| 47 | WGM | Berend, Elvira | LUX | 2260 |
| 48 | WGM | Yu, Jennifer | USA | 2260 |
| 49 | IM | Bodnaruk, Anastasia | FID | 2259 |
| 50 | IM | Bulmaga, Irina | ROU | 2251 |
| 51 | WIM | Shvedova, Alexandra | ITA | 2249 |
| 52 | IM | Atalik, Ekaterina | TUR | 2248 |
| 53 | WGM | Charkhalashvili, Inga | GEO | 2248 |
| 54 | GM | Batsiashvili, Nino | GEO | 2247 |
| 55 | IM | Padmini, Rout | IND | 2239 |
| 56 | WIM | Zhang, Lanlin | CHN | 2235 |
| 57 | IM | Balajayeva, Khanim | AZE | 2233 |
| 58 | IM | Kiolbasa, Oliwia | POL | 2229 |
| 59 | WGM | Khamdamova, Afruza | UZB | 2227 |
| 60 | IM | Bivol, Alina | FID | 2224 |
| 61 | WGM | Rakshitta, Ravi | IND | 2218 |
| 62 | WGM | Mamedjarova, Turkan | AZE | 2210 |
| 63 | WGM | Toncheva, Nadya | BUL | 2210 |
| 64 | WIM | Nurgaliyeva, Zarina | KAZ | 2209 |
| 65 | IM | Badelka, Olga | AUT | 2208 |
| 66 | WGM | Shukhman, Anna | FID | 2204 |
| 67 | WIM | Nguyen, Hong Anh | VIE | 2203 |
| 68 | IM | Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel | HUN | 2201 |
| 69 | IM | Pham, Le Thao Nguyen | VIE | 2200 |
| 70 | IM | Savitha, Shri B | IND | 2199 |
| 71 | WIM | Luong, Phuong Hanh | VIE | 2197 |
| 72 | GM | Girya, Olga | FID | 2195 |
| 73 | WIM | Mkrtchyan, Mariam | ARM | 2193 |
| 74 | WGM | Priyanka, Nutakki | IND | 2191 |
| 75 | IM | Mammadova, Gulnar | AZE | 2185 |
| 76 | Jiang, Tianyu | CHN | 2183 | |
| 77 | IM | Gaal, Zsoka | HUN | 2182 |
| 78 | WIM | Aydin, Gulenay | TUR | 2177 |
| 79 | WGM | Nandhidhaa, P V | IND | 2174 |
| 80 | WFM | Nguyen, Hong Nhung | VIE | 2171 |
| 81 | WGM | Mamedjarova, Zeinab | AZE | 2170 |
| 82 | WGM | Kurmangaliyeva, Liya | KAZ | 2167 |
| 83 | WFM | Dwilewicz, Katarzyna | POL | 2161 |
| 84 | WGM | Gong, Qianyun | SGP | 2157 |
| 85 | WGM | Rudzinska, Michalina | POL | 2156 |
| 86 | WFM | Yakimova, Mariya | FID | 2153 |
| 87 | WGM | Beydullayeva, Govhar | AZE | 2149 |
| 88 | WGM | Yakubbaeva, Nilufar | UZB | 2149 |
| 89 | WIM | Kaliakhmet, Elnaz | KAZ | 2144 |
| 90 | WIM | Tarasenka, Aliaksandra | FID | 2142 |
| 91 | WCM | Khalilova, Madinabonu | UZB | 2140 |
| 92 | WGM | Zhapova, Yana | FID | 2139 |
| 93 | FM | Jarocka, Liwia | POL | 2134 |
| 94 | IM | Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim | UZB | 2133 |
| 95 | WFM | Zhurova, Anna | FID | 2133 |
| 96 | IM | Fataliyeva, Ulviyya | AZE | 2127 |
| 97 | WGM | Kairbekova, Amina | KAZ | 2123 |
| 98 | WGM | Vo, Thi Kim Phung | VIE | 2122 |
| 99 | WIM | Kirtadze, Anastasia | GEO | 2119 |
| 100 | WFM | Preobrazhenskaya, Diana | FID | 2116 |
| 101 | WFM | Jimenez Fernandez, Rebeca | ESP | 2099 |
| 102 | WGM | Gu, Xiaobing | CHN | 2098 |
| 103 | WIM | Serikbay, Assel | KAZ | 2093 |
| 104 | WGM | Krasteva, Beloslava | BUL | 2090 |
| 105 | FM | Lyutsinger, Iren | FID | 2088 |
| 106 | WIM | Ismayil, Malak | AZE | 2085 |
| 107 | WGM | Li, Xueyi | CHN | 2076 |
| 108 | WIM | Miranda Rodriguez, Tania | MEX | 2070 |
| 109 | WFM | Rodriguez Redondo, Adhara | ESP | 2070 |
| 110 | WIM | Mgeladze, Kesaria | GEO | 2068 |
| 111 | Machlik, Monika | NOR | 2065 | |
| 112 | WGM | Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra | ITA | 2063 |
| 113 | WIM | Olde, Margareth | EST | 2063 |
| 114 | WFM | Charvi, A | IND | 2062 |
| 115 | FM | Zherebtsova, Alexandra | MNE | 2055 |
| 116 | WFM | Shubenkova, Veronika | FID | 2047 |
| 117 | WFM | Berikkyzy, Alanna | KAZ | 2044 |
| 118 | WFM | Iudina, Veronika | FID | 2037 |
| 119 | WIM | Gaboyan, Susanna | ARM | 2035 |
| 120 | WFM | Khafizova, Diana | FID | 2033 |
| 121 | WIM | Parnali, S Dharia | IND | 2032 |
| 122 | Nordahl, Christine | NOR | 2010 | |
| 123 | WGM | Rouda Essa, Alserkal | UAE | 2006 |
| 124 | WIM | Karimova, Guldona | UZB | 1991 |
| 125 | WGM | Wafa, Shahenda | EGY | 1980 |
| 126 | WCM | Lesbekova, Assel | KGZ | 1978 |
| 127 | WIM | Sharma, Isha | IND | 1955 |
| 128 | WFM | Druzhinina, Olga | FID | 1946 |
| 129 | WIM | Zvereva, Marija | MNC | 1942 |
| 130 | FM | Mikheeva, Galina | FID | 1927 |
| 131 | WIM | Nassr, Lina | ALG | 1926 |
| 132 | WFM | Khalil, Manar | SYR | 1887 |
| 133 | Skaslien, Ingrid | NOR | 1873 | |
| 134 | WFM | Sawan, Eman | PLE | 1836 |
| 135 | Abrar, Mohammed Ahmad Almalki | KSA | 1826 | |
| 136 | WFM | Fawaz, Nadia | LBN | 1802 |
| 137 | WCM | Alsemairi, Dalia | KSA | 1692 |
| 138 | WCM | Al-Khulaifi, Ghada | QAT | 1663 |
| 139 | Lau, Chloe Hailey | HKG | 1611 | |
| 140 | Alotaibi, Maitha Abdulrahman A | KSA | 1600 |