FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship 2025 LIVE (Boards 31+)

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 Rapid Chess Championship 2025 is a 13-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 15 min + 10 sec/move.

The top-seeded players are GM Magnus Carlsen (2824), GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2762), GM Levon Aronian (2756), GM Alireza Firouzja (2754), GM Fabiano Caruana (2751), GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2730), GM Vladislav Artemiev (2727), GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2717), GM Arjun Erigaisi (2714), GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2711), GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2707), GM Javokhir Sindarov (2704), GM Leinier Dominguez Perez (2703), GM Richard Rapport (2702), GM Wesley So (2702), GM D Gukesh (2692), GM Daniil Dubov (2686), GM Anish Giri (2685), GM Yangyi Yu (2680), GM Alexander Grischuk (2677). Scroll down for the full participants list.

Categories: FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship 2025 (Boards 1-30) / 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 Women Chess Championship 2025 / FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship 2025 – Knockout Stage / FIDE World Women Blitz Chess Championship 2025 – Knockout Stage

FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship 2025 Participants

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg
1	1	GM	Carlsen, Magnus	NOR	2824
2	2	GM	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	FID	2762
3	3	GM	Aronian, Levon	USA	2756
4	4	GM	Firouzja, Alireza	FRA	2754
5	5	GM	Caruana, Fabiano	USA	2751
6	6	GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	FRA	2730
7	7	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	FID	2727
8	8	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	UZB	2717
9	9	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	IND	2714
10	10	GM	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	POL	2711
11	11	GM	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	2707
12	12	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	UZB	2704
13	13	GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	USA	2703
14	14	GM	Rapport, Richard	HUN	2702
15	15	GM	So, Wesley	USA	2702
16	16	GM	Gukesh, D	IND	2692
17	17	GM	Dubov, Daniil	FID	2686
18	18	GM	Giri, Anish	NED	2685
19	19	GM	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	2680
20	20	GM	Grischuk, Alexander	FID	2677
21	21	GM	Andreikin, Dmitry	FID	2671
22	22	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	IRI	2669
23	23	GM	Santos Latasa, Jaime	ESP	2667
24	24	GM	Nihal, Sarin	IND	2664
25	25	GM	Praggnanandhaa, R	IND	2663
26	26	GM	Radjabov, Teimour	AZE	2661
27	27	GM	Sevian, Samuel	USA	2658
28	28	GM	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	POL	2657
29	29	GM	Robson, Ray	USA	2652
30	30	GM	Esipenko, Andrey	FID	2649
31	31	GM	Le, Quang Liem	VIE	2646
32	32	GM	Jobava, Baadur	GEO	2645
33	33	GM	Murzin, Volodar	FID	2642
34	34	GM	Bortnyk, Olexandr	UKR	2641
35	35	GM	Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo	MEX	2641
36	36	GM	Sarana, Alexey	SRB	2641
37	37	GM	Keymer, Vincent	GER	2640
38	38	GM	Grandelius, Nils	SWE	2639
39	39	GM	Ponomariov, Ruslan	UKR	2639
40	40	GM	Martirosyan, Haik M.	ARM	2635
41	41	GM	Van Foreest, Jorden	NED	2635
42	42	GM	Ivanchuk, Vasyl	UKR	2630
43	43	GM	Safarli, Eltaj	AZE	2626
44	44	GM	Harikrishna, Pentala	IND	2623
45	45	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	UAE	2621
46	46	GM	Anton Guijarro, David	ESP	2619
47	47	GM	Svane, Rasmus	GER	2619
48	48	GM	Lu, Shanglei	CHN	2616
49	49	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	USA	2612
50	50	GM	Alekseenko, Kirill	AUT	2611
51	51	GM	Sadhwani, Raunak	IND	2611
52	52	GM	Sargsyan, Shant	ARM	2611
53	53	GM	Mamedov, Rauf	AZE	2610
54	54	GM	Moussard, Jules	FRA	2609
55	55	GM	Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo	ESP	2605
56	56	GM	Motylev, Alexander	ROU	2603
57	57	GM	Matlakov, Maxim	FID	2602
58	58	GM	Chigaev, Maksim	ESP	2598
59	59	GM	Pranav, V	IND	2595
60	60	GM	Amin, Bassem	EGY	2593
61	61	GM	Kozak, Adam	HUN	2593
62	62	GM	Dardha, Daniel	BEL	2592
63	63	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.	IND	2590
64	64	GM	Bu, Xiangzhi	CHN	2587
65	65	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	SRB	2587
66	66	GM	Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal	CHI	2586
67	67	GM	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	IND	2585
68	68	GM	Narayanan, S L	IND	2582
69	69	GM	Donchenko, Alexander	GER	2581
70	70	GM	Maksimovic, Bojan	BIH	2581
71	71	GM	Theodorou, Nikolas	GRE	2581
72	72	GM	Akobian, Varuzhan	USA	2579
73	73	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	IRI	2579
74	74	GM	Pichot, Alan	ESP	2577
75	75	GM	Lazavik, Denis	FID	2576
76	76	GM	Naiditsch, Arkadij	BUL	2574
77	77	GM	Bai, Jinshi	CHN	2571
78	78	GM	Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	DEN	2570
79	79	GM	Paravyan, David	FID	2570
80	80	GM	Najer, Evgeniy	FID	2560
81	81	GM	Yilmaz, Mustafa	TUR	2560
82	82	GM	Abasov, Nijat	AZE	2559
83	83	GM	Quparadze, Giga	GEO	2558
84	84	GM	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	UZB	2558
85	85	GM	Hong, Andrew	USA	2556
86	86	GM	Idani, Pouya	IRI	2556
87	87	GM	Shimanov, Aleksandr	FID	2554
88	88	GM	Chanda, Sandipan	IND	2553
89	89	GM	Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos	ESP	2553
90	90	GM	Kadric, Denis	MNE	2552
91	91	GM	Volokitin, Andrei	UKR	2551
92	92	GM	Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son	VIE	2550
93	93	GM	Sasikiran, Krishnan	IND	2548
94	94	GM	Muradli, Mahammad	AZE	2546
95	95	GM	Gavrilescu, David	ROU	2544
96	96	GM	Jumabayev, Rinat	KAZ	2543
97	97	GM	Petrov, Nikita	MNE	2543
98	98	GM	Puranik, Abhimanyu	IND	2542
99	99	GM	Nesterov, Arseniy	FID	2540
100	100	GM	Hakobyan, Aram	ARM	2539
101	101	GM	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	FID	2539
102	102	GM	Nogerbek, Kazybek	KAZ	2538
103	103	IM	Droin, Augustin	FRA	2538
104	104	GM	Warmerdam, Max	NED	2537
105	105	GM	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	UZB	2536
106	106	GM	Grebnev, Aleksey	FID	2529
107	107	GM	Makhnev, Denis	KAZ	2529
108	108	GM	Makarian, Rudik	FID	2524
109	109	IM	Sahidi, Samir	SVK	2524
110	110	GM	Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	FID	2522
111	111	GM	Can, Emre	TUR	2521
112	112	GM	Pranesh, M	IND	2520
113	113	GM	Kobalia, Mikhail	FID	2518
114	114	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan	GEO	2518
115	115	GM	Hovhannisyan, Robert	ARM	2517
116	116	GM	Le, Tuan Minh	VIE	2516
117	117	GM	Urkedal, Frode Olav Olsen	NOR	2515
118	118	GM	Ponkratov, Pavel	FID	2511
119	119	GM	Tin, Jingyao	SGP	2510
120	120	GM	Jacobson, Brandon	USA	2507
121	121	GM	Kosakowski, Jakub	POL	2506
122	122	GM	Sanal, Vahap	TUR	2504
123	123	GM	Adhiban, B.	IND	2503
124	124	GM	Gurel, Ediz	TUR	2502
125	125	GM	Alexakis, Dimitris	GRE	2501
126	126	GM	Lodici, Lorenzo	ITA	2499
127	127	GM	Daneshvar, Bardiya	IRI	2498
128	128	GM	Mendonca, Leon Luke	IND	2498
129	129	GM	Murshed, Niaz	BAN	2496
130	130	GM	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	UZB	2494
131	131	IM	Altini, Nicola	ITA	2494
132	132	GM	Zhang, Zhong	CHN	2493
133	133	GM	Halkias, Stelios	GRE	2492
134	134	IM	Materia, Marco	FRA	2490
135	135	GM	Drygalov, Sergey	FID	2489
136	136	IM	Oro, Faustino	ARG	2489
137	137	GM	Mitrabha, Guha	IND	2487
138	138	GM	Vetokhin, Savva	FID	2486
139	139	GM	Dudin, Gleb	HUN	2483
140	140	GM	Amar, Elham	NOR	2482
141	141	GM	Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn	CAN	2478
142	142	GM	Bharath, Subramaniyam H	IND	2475
143	143	IM	Peyrer, Konstantin	AUT	2470
144	144	GM	Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian	NOR	2469
145	145	IM	Samadov, Read	AZE	2469
146	146	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman	IND	2467
147	147	GM	Madaminov, Mukhiddin	UZB	2465
148	148	GM	Stefansson, Vignir Vatnar	ISL	2463
149	149	GM	Uskov, Artem	FID	2463
150	150	GM	Tsaruk, Maksim	FID	2462
151	151	GM	Gholami Orimi, Mahdi	IRI	2461
152	152	IM	Saraci, Nderim	KOS	2460
153	153	GM	Bilguun, Sumiya	MGL	2456
154	154	IM	Isanzhulov, Arystan	KAZ	2456
155	155	GM	Xiao, Tong(QD)	CHN	2453
156	156	GM	Lobanov, Sergei	FID	2452
157	157	GM	Iniyan, Pa	IND	2450
158	158	GM	Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan	TUR	2446
159	159	GM	Samunenkov, Ihor	UKR	2443
160	160	GM	Salinas Herrera, Pablo	CHI	2442
161	161	GM	Aditya, Mittal	IND	2440
162	162	IM	Agmanov, Zhandos	KAZ	2436
163	163	IM	Begmuratov, Khumoyun	UZB	2435
164	164	IM	Gan-Erdene, Sugar	MGL	2434
165	165	GM	Suleymenov, Alisher	KAZ	2432
166	166	GM	Gokerkan, Cem Kaan	TUR	2428
167	167	GM	Raja, Rithvik R	IND	2428
168	168	IM	Chasin, Nico	USA	2427
169	169	GM	Sankalp, Gupta	IND	2425
170	170	FM	Haug, Havard	NOR	2424
171	171	IM	Davtyan, Artur	ARM	2422
172	172	GM	Pranav, Anand	IND	2421
173	173	IM	Klukin, Kirill	SRB	2421
174	174	IM	Khubukshanov, Erdem	FID	2419
175	175	IM	Galaviz Medina, Sion Radamantys	MEX	2418
176	176	GM	Gharibyan, Mamikon	ARM	2414
177	177	GM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh	SGP	2413
178	178	IM	Ibrahimli, Murad	AZE	2411
179	179	IM	Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid	UZB	2411
180	180	GM	Nikitenko, Mihail	FID	2407
181	181	GM	Movahed, Sina	IRI	2405
182	182	IM	Orozbaev, Eldiyar	KGZ	2405
183	183	IM	Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina	MAD	2404
184	184	GM	Raja, Harshit	IND	2396
185	185	IM	Zverev, Lev	FID	2394
186	186	GM	Balakrishnan, Praveen	USA	2393
187	187	IM	Stribuk, Artiom	FID	2393
188	188	IM	Ansat, Aldiyar	KAZ	2392
189	189	IM	Goutham, Krishna H	IND	2392
190	190	IM	Shogdzhiev, Roman	FID	2388
191	191	FM	Averin, Nikolay	FID	2387
192	192	IM	Bai, Adelard	TPE	2385
193	193	GM	Ohanyan, Emin	ARM	2384
194	194	IM	Piliposyan, Robert	ARM	2382
195	195	IM	Grafl, Florian Dr.	GER	2379
196	196	IM	Morris, James	AUS	2377
197	197	IM	Sapenov, Daniyal	KAZ	2375
198	198	IM	Suleimen, Ergali	KAZ	2372
199	199		Nainys, Zanas	LTU	2372
200	200	IM	Gaehwiler, Gabriel	SUI	2365
201	201	IM	Wafa, Hamed	EGY	2365
202	202	IM	Tran, Thanh Tu	JPN	2364
203	203	IM	Ezat, Mohamed	EGY	2358
204	204	IM	Krallis, Christos	GRE	2355
205	205	IM	Meng, Yihan	CHN	2355
206	206	IM	Nurgaliyev, Sauat	KAZ	2350
207	207	IM	Aziz, Husain	QAT	2334
208	208	IM	George Samir, David	EGY	2334
209	209	FM	Cunha, Lucas Aguiar	BRA	2334
210	210	IM	Dau, Khuong Duy	VIE	2331
211	211	FM	Fandi, Mazen.	SYR	2326
212	212	IM	Sharan, Rao	IND	2320
213	213	FM	Musovic, Armin	MNE	2318
214	214	IM	Tissir, Mohamed	MAR	2310
215	215	GM	Mamedov, Edgar	KAZ	2302
216	216	IM	Ahmad, Khagan	AZE	2302
217	217	GM	Harikrishnan.A.Ra, .	IND	2293
218	218	FM	Medhus, Vitus Bondo	DEN	2283
219	219	FM	Smirnov, Mark	KAZ	2274
220	220	IM	Berend, Fred	LUX	2264
221	221	IM	Abdilkhair, Abilmansur	KAZ	2262
222	222	FM	Ammar, Sedrani	UAE	2237
223	223		Muntean, Victor	SWE	2229
224	224	FM	Assylov, Miras	KAZ	2223
225	225	FM	Kuandykuly, Danis	KAZ	2219
226	226	IM	Harshavardhan, G B	IND	2216
227	227	FM	Sklokin, Sergey	FID	2187
228	228	FM	Chekh Adm Khedr, Aram	SYR	2177
229	229	IM	Al Hosani, Omran	UAE	2174
230	230		Anwoir, Tarik	MAR	2172
231	231	CM	Anand, Tsogtbileg	MGL	2152
232	232		Fates, Omer Salah	LBA	2149
233	233		Boulrens, Ala Eddine	ALG	2140
234	234		Phuyal, Aashish	NEP	2117
235	235	FM	Alhassadi, Yousef A.	LBA	2114
236	236	FM	Alrehaili, Ahmed Abdullah S	KSA	2107
237	237	CM	Bodemar, Jonathan	THA	2094
238	238		Dinham, James	RSA	2091
239	239	CM	Damaj, Mohammed	PLE	2081
240	240	FM	Al Mashikhi, Salim Aliyan	OMA	2021
241	241	CM	Dahal, Sushrut	NEP	2019
242	242		Blackwood, Ryan	CAY	2019
243	243	FM	Ashwath, Kaushik	SGP	2009
244	244		Khayat, Emad	KSA	1954
245	245		Rami, Talab	SYR	1933
246	246	AIM	Alsaqer, Meshal	KUW	1918
247	247		Alkhuriji, Abdulaziz N	KSA	1892
248	248		Aljamaat, Khaled	QAT	1803
249	249	CM	Al-Kuwari, Hamad	QAT	1777
250	250		Al-Janahi, Ibrahim	QAT	1722