FIDE World Rapid 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 Women Rapid Chess Championship 2025 is an 11-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 15 min + 10 sec/move.

The top-seeded players are GM Wenjun Ju (2530), GM Zhongyi Tan (2507), GM Aleksandra Goryachkina (2505), GM Tingjie Lei (2496), GM Bibisara Assaubayeva (2461), GM Kateryna Lagno (2452), GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (2450), GM Humpy Koneru (2448), GM Harika Dronavalli (2435), GM Jiner Zhu (2435), GM Nana Dzagnidze (2425), GM Mariya Muzychuk (2421), GM Divya Deshmukh (2419), GM Anna Muzychuk (2398), IM Meruert Kamalidenova (2398), IM Eline Roebers (2392), IM Irina Bulmaga (2388), GM Antoaneta Stefanova (2379), IM Yuxin Song (2375), GM Bella Khotenashvili (2373). 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 Blitz Chess Championship 2025 (Boards 1-30) / FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship 2025 (Boards 31+) / FIDE World Blitz Women Chess Championship 2025 / FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship 2025 – Knockout Stage / FIDE World Women Blitz Chess Championship 2025 – Knockout Stage

FIDE World Rapid Women Chess Championship 2025 Participants

No.		Name	FED	Rtg
1	GM	Ju, Wenjun	CHN	2530
2	GM	Tan, Zhongyi	CHN	2507
3	GM	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	FID	2505
4	GM	Lei, Tingjie	CHN	2496
5	GM	Assaubayeva, Bibisara	KAZ	2461
6	GM	Lagno, Kateryna	FID	2452
7	GM	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	SUI	2450
8	GM	Koneru, Humpy	IND	2448
9	GM	Dronavalli, Harika	IND	2435
10	GM	Zhu, Jiner	CHN	2435
11	GM	Dzagnidze, Nana	GEO	2425
12	GM	Muzychuk, Mariya	UKR	2421
13	GM	Divya, Deshmukh	IND	2419
14	GM	Muzychuk, Anna	UKR	2398
15	IM	Kamalidenova, Meruert	KAZ	2398
16	IM	Roebers, Eline	NED	2392
17	IM	Bulmaga, Irina	ROU	2388
18	GM	Stefanova, Antoaneta	BUL	2379
19	IM	Song, Yuxin	CHN	2375
20	GM	Khotenashvili, Bella	GEO	2373
21	IM	Yip, Carissa	USA	2369
22	WGM	Khamdamova, Afruza	UZB	2365
23	IM	Injac, Teodora	SRB	2360
24	IM	Shuvalova, Polina	FID	2360
25	GM	Vaishali, Rameshbabu	IND	2359
26	GM	Krush, Irina	USA	2358
27	IM	Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat	ESP	2356
28	IM	Garifullina, Leya	FID	2347
29	GM	Batsiashvili, Nino	GEO	2346
30	WGM	Toncheva, Nadya	BUL	2337
31	IM	Arabidze, Meri	GEO	2333
32	WGM	Munkhzul, Turmunkh	MGL	2330
33	IM	Atalik, Ekaterina	TUR	2328
34	IM	Vantika, Agrawal	IND	2321
35	IM	Mammadzada, Gunay	AZE	2315
36	IM	Pham, Le Thao Nguyen	VIE	2312
37	IM	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	FID	2311
38	IM	Salimova, Nurgyul	BUL	2311
39	GM	Danielian, Elina	ARM	2306
40	WFM	Preobrazhenskaya, Diana	FID	2306
41	IM	Mkrtchian, Lilit	ARM	2300
42	GM	Gunina, Valentina	FID	2297
43	GM	Zhu, Chen	QAT	2297
44	IM	Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra	POL	2293
45	IM	Mammadova, Gulnar	AZE	2293
46	WGM	Yu, Jennifer	USA	2293
47	IM	Padmini, Rout	IND	2290
48	WGM	Nurman, Alua	KAZ	2289
49	WIM	Omonova, Umida	UZB	2289
50	WIM	Mungunzul, Bat-Erdene	MGL	2288
51	IM	Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim	UZB	2286
52	IM	Badelka, Olga	AUT	2284
53	IM	Cori T., Deysi	PER	2275
54	WIM	Zhang, Lanlin	CHN	2273
55	IM	Balajayeva, Khanim	AZE	2272
56	IM	Kiolbasa, Oliwia	POL	2270
57	WIM	Shvedova, Alexandra	ITA	2267
58	WGM	Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra	ITA	2263
59	GM	Girya, Olga	FID	2260
60	IM	Fataliyeva, Ulviyya	AZE	2254
61	WFM	Zhurova, Anna	FID	2253
62	WGM	Shukhman, Anna	FID	2247
63	IM	Kulon, Klaudia	POL	2245
64	WGM	Berend, Elvira	LUX	2244
65	IM	Buksa, Nataliya	UKR	2241
66	WGM	Kairbekova, Amina	KAZ	2240
67	IM	Savitha, Shri B	IND	2238
68	WGM	Charkhalashvili, Inga	GEO	2235
69	WGM	Zhapova, Yana	FID	2227
70	IM	Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel	HUN	2226
71	WGM	Beydullayeva, Govhar	AZE	2224
72	IM	Gaal, Zsoka	HUN	2220
73	WIM	Nurgaliyeva, Zarina	KAZ	2212
74	WGM	Rudzinska, Michalina	POL	2210
75	IM	Bivol, Alina	FID	2190
76	WGM	Krasteva, Beloslava	BUL	2190
77	WIM	Kaliakhmet, Elnaz	KAZ	2190
78	FM	Lyutsinger, Iren	FID	2189
79	WGM	Gu, Xiaobing	CHN	2188
80	WGM	Mamedjarova, Zeinab	AZE	2188
81	WCM	Bayasgalan, Khishigbaatar	MGL	2188
82	WGM	Nandhidhaa, P V	IND	2186
83	WGM	Gong, Qianyun	SGP	2185
84	WGM	Mamedjarova, Turkan	AZE	2177
85	WGM	Priyanka, Nutakki	IND	2176
86	WGM	Francisco Guecamburu, Candela Be	ARG	2175
87	WIM	Serikbay, Assel	KAZ	2173
88	WGM	Li, Xueyi	CHN	2168
89	WIM	Sharma, Isha	IND	2168
90	WFM	Yakimova, Mariya	FID	2159
91	WIM	Mkrtchyan, Mariam	ARM	2158
92	WGM	Kurmangaliyeva, Liya	KAZ	2157
93		Jiang, Tianyu	CHN	2153
94	WFM	Iudina, Veronika	FID	2149
95	WIM	Tarasenka, Aliaksandra	FID	2147
96	FM	Chen, Yining	CHN	2143
97	WGM	Vo, Thi Kim Phung	VIE	2141
98	WFM	Rodriguez Redondo, Adhara	ESP	2139
99	WIM	Gaboyan, Susanna	ARM	2134
100	WIM	Mgeladze, Kesaria	GEO	2123
101	WFM	Nguyen, Hong Nhung	VIE	2123
102	FM	Jarocka, Liwia	POL	2117
103	WIM	Nguyen, Hong Anh	VIE	2116
104	WGM	Liu, Shilan	CHN	2109
105	WFM	Shubenkova, Veronika	FID	2104
106	FM	Zherebtsova, Alexandra	MNE	2102
107		Machlik, Monika	NOR	2101
108	WIM	Wang, Chuqiao	CHN	2098
109	WGM	Yakubbaeva, Nilufar	UZB	2095
110	WFM	Berikkyzy, Alanna	KAZ	2095
111	WFM	Khafizova, Diana	FID	2085
112	WGM	Rakshitta, Ravi	IND	2082
113	FM	Mikheeva, Galina	FID	2079
114	WGM	Wafa, Shahenda	EGY	2075
115	WIM	Aydin, Gulenay	TUR	2073
116	WIM	Luong, Phuong Hanh	VIE	2069
117	WIM	Olde, Margareth	EST	2069
118	WIM	Kirtadze, Anastasia	GEO	2059
119	WFM	Dwilewicz, Katarzyna	POL	2054
120	WIM	Parnali, S Dharia	IND	2021
121	WFM	Jimenez Fernandez, Rebeca	ESP	2007
122	WIM	Miranda Rodriguez, Tania	MEX	2000
123	WGM	Rouda Essa, Alserkal	UAE	1999
124	WIM	Zvereva, Marija	MNC	1989
125	WFM	Fawaz, Nadia	LBN	1987
126	WIM	Nassr, Lina	ALG	1985
127	WFM	Charvi, A	IND	1962
128	WIM	Karimova, Guldona	UZB	1960
129	WIM	Ismayil, Malak	AZE	1958
130	WFM	Druzhinina, Olga	FID	1956
131	WCM	Lesbekova, Assel	KGZ	1951
132	WFM	Sawan, Eman	PLE	1935
133	WCM	Khalilova, Madinabonu	UZB	1931
134	WFM	Khalil, Manar	SYR	1913
135		Skaslien, Ingrid	NOR	1895
136		Nordahl, Christine	NOR	1787
137	WCM	Alsemairi, Dalia	KSA	1712
138		Alotaibi, Maitha Abdulrahman A	KSA	1708
139		Lau, Chloe Hailey	HKG	1674
140	WCM	Al-Khulaifi, Ghada	QAT	1650
141		Abrar, Mohammed Ahmad Almalki	KSA	1594