World Rapid and Blitz 2025 participants open

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.

FIDE World Rapid and Blitz participants, updated list with Carlsen 🇳🇴 and Gukesh 🇮🇳https://t.co/rIC60m6HbB

— Chessdom (@chessdom) November 20, 2025

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.

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.

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