FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025 was the 27th World Rapid Chess Championship tournament. The tournament was held in Doha, Qatar, along with Women's World Rapid Chess Championship 2025, World Blitz Chess Championship 2025 and Women's World Blitz Chess Championship 2025. Magnus Carlsen won the rapid championship for the sixth time, scoring 10½/13, one point more than the rest of the field.
Schedule +DateEventTimeAST (Local)UTCDecember 25ArrivalsWhole dayMedia DayTechnical MeetingDecember 26Opening Ceremony1:00 pm10:00 amRound 12:00 pm11:00 amRound 23:20 pm12:20 pmRound 34:40 pm1:40 pmRound 46:00 pm3:00 pmRound 57:20 pm4:20 pmDecember 27Round 62:00 pm11:00 amRound 73:20 pm12:20 pmRound 84:40 pm1:40 pmRound 96:00 pm3:00 pmDecember 28Round 102:00 pm11:00 amRound 113:20 pm12:20 pmRound 124:40 pm1:40 pmRound 136:00 pm3:00 pmPlay-offs (if needed)7:30 pm4:30 pmDecember 29No eventDecember 30Closing Ceremony9:00 pm6:00 pmDecember 31DepartureWhole day
Players Note: On February 27, 2022, in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIDE banned the display of Russian and Belarusian flags. As a result, some Russian and Belarusian chess players play under the FIDE flag. Others have switched to different chess federations. Players of Taiwan play under the Chinese Taipei flag.
+Seed RankPlayerFederationTitle1Magnus CarlsenGrandmaster2Ian Nepomniachtchi 3Levon Aronian4Fabiano Caruana5Maxime Vachier-Lagrave6Vladislav Artemiev7Nodirbek Abdusattorov8Richard Rapport9Jan-Krzysztof Duda10Arjun Erigaisi11Leinier Dominguez Perez12Wesley So13Shakhriyar Mamedyarov14Yangyi Yu15Gukesh D16Daniil Dubov 17Javokhir Sindarov18Nihal Sarin19Anish Giri20R Praggnanandhaa21Alexander Grischuk22Jaime Santos Latasa23Dmitry Andreikin24Teimour Radjabov25Parham Maghsoodloo26Samuel Sevian27Radoslaw Wojtaszek28Ray Robson29Vincent Keymer30Quang Liem Le31Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara32Baadur Jobava33Volodar Murzin 34Olexandr Bortnyk35Nils Grandelius36Ruslan Ponomariov37Jorden Van Foreest38Alexey Sarana39Vasyl Ivanchuk40Andrey Esipenko 41Eltaj Safarli42Shant Sargsyan43Raunak Sadhwani44Salem Saleh45Pentala Harikrishna46David Anton Guijarro47Rasmus Svane48Rauf Mamedov49Maksim Chigaev50Haik M. Martirosyan51Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli52Jules Moussard53Lu Shanglei54Alexander Motylev55Maxim Matlakov 56Xiangzhi Bu57Bassem Amin58Pranav Venkatesh59Aravindh Chithambaram60Cristobal Henriquez Villagra61Arkadij Naiditsch62Surya Shekhar Ganguly63Daniel Dardha64S.L. Narayanan65Varuzhan Akobian66Alan Pichot67Alexander Donchenko68Denis Lazavik 69Nikolas Theodorou70Bai Jinshi71Bojan Maksimovic72Aleksandar Indjic73David Paravyan 74Jonas Buhl Bjerre75M. Amin Tabatabaei76Pouya Idani77Nijat Abasov78Giga Quparadze79Andrew Hong80Aleksandr Shimanov 81Mustafa Yilmaz82José Carlos Ibarra Jeréz83Sandipan Chanda84Andrei Volokitin85Denis Kadric86Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen87Nodirbek Yakubboev88Krishnan Sasikiran89Aram Hakobyan90Mahammad Muradli91Kazybek Nogerbek92Nikita Petrov93Rinat Jumabayev94Abhimanyu Puranik95Arseniy Nesterov96Ivan Zemlyanskii97Augustin DroinInternational Master98David GavrilescuGrandmaster99Max Warmerdam100Aydin Suleymanli101Andrey Gorovets102Emre Can103Rudik Makarian104Denis Makhnev105Aleksandr Rakhmanov106Robert Hovhannisyan107Aleksey Grebnev108Shamsiddin Vokhidov109Mikhail Kobalia110Levan Pantsulaia111Frode Olav Olsen Urkedal112Pavel Ponkratov 113Pranesh M114Brandon Jacobson115Jakub Kosakowski116Vahap Sanal117Jingyao Tin118B. Adhiban119Ediz Gurel120Dimitris Alexakis121Arystan IsanzhulovInternational Master122Tuan Minh LeGrandmaster123Leon Luke Mendonca124Bardiya Daneshvar125Niaz Murshed126Jakhongir Vakhidov127Zhong Zhang128Marco MateriaInternational Master129Stelios HalkiasGrandmaster130Sergey Drygalov 131Nicola AltiniInternational Master132Faustino Oro133Savva VetokhinGrandmaster134Gleb Dudin135Guha Mitrabha136Elham Amar137Lorenzo Lodici138Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux139Konstantin PeyrerInternational Master140Bharath Subramaniyam HGrandmaster141Johan-Sebastian Christiansen142Mukhiddin Madaminov143Artem Uskov144Maksim Tsaruk145Karthik Venkataraman146Sumiya Bilguun147Sergei Lobanov148Vignir Vatnar Stefansson149Mahdi Gholami Orimi150Nderim SaraciInternational Master151Tong(QD) XiaoGrandmaster152P. Iniyan153Pablo Salinas Herrera154Thomas Roussel-Roozmon155Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus156Ihor Samunenkov157Aditya Mittal158Zhandos AgmanovInternational Master159Cem Kaan GokerkanGrandmaster160Sankalp Gupta161Alisher Suleymenov162Artur DavtyanInternational Master163Raja Rithvik RGrandmaster164Kirill KlukinInternational Master165Sion Radamantys Galaviz Medina166Erdem Khubukshanov 167Havard HaugFIDE Master168Mamikon GharibyanGrandmaster169Jagadeesh Siddharth170Mukhammadzokhid SuyarovInternational Master171Mihail Nikitenko Grandmaster172Eldiyar OrozbaevInternational Master173Sina MovahedGrandmaster174Fy Antenaina RakotomaharoInternational Master175Raja HarshitGrandmaster176Aldiyar AnsatInternational Master177Lev Zverev 178Praveen BalakrishnanGrandmaster179Artiom Stribuk International Master180Goutham Krishna H181Roman Shogdzhiev182Adelard Bai183Emin OhanyanGrandmaster184Christos KrallisInternational Master185Robert Piliposyan186Florian Grafl, Dr.187James Morris188Ergali SuleimenFIDE Master189Nikolay Averin190Gabriel GaehwilerInternational Master191Hamed Wafa192Thanh Tu Tran193Mohamed Ezat194Meng Yihan195Sauat Nurgaliyev196Daniyal Sapenov197Mohamed Tissir198Lucas Aguiar CunhaFIDE Master199Dau Khuong DuyInternational Master200Armin MusovicFIDE Master201Edgar MamedovGrandmaster202Harikrishnan A 203Rao SharanInternational Master204Vitus Bondo MedhusFIDE Master205Mark Smirnov206Abilmansur AbdilkhairInternational Master207Fred Berend208Sedrani AmmarFIDE Master209Victor MunteanNo title210Danis KuandykulyFIDE Master211Harshavardhan G BInternational Master212Sergey Sklokin FIDE Master213Miras Assylov214Aram Chekh Adm Khedr215Omran Al HosaniInternational Master216Tarik AnwoirNo title217Ala Eddine Boulrens218Omer Salah Fates219Yousef A. AlhassadiFIDE Master220Aashish PhuyalNo title221Yassine SentissiCandidate Master222Jonathan Bodemar223James DinhamNo title224Mohammed DamajCandidate Master225Rami TaherNo title226Salim Aliyan Al MashikhiFIDE Master227Sushrut DahalCandidate Master228Ryan BlackwoodNo title229Ashwath KaushikFIDE Master230Emad KhayatNo title231Talab Rami
Format
There were 13 rounds according to the Swiss system. Time controls were as follows:
15 minutes set as default time on the clock for each player. 10 seconds added on the clock of each player each time the clock is pressed starting from the first move, except for the case of making a claim. Additional time can be given as compensation of opponent either violated any rule or made an invalid claim. The time added, if any, shall be decided by the arbiter.
Players are given points according to their performance in the tournament. Points are awarded as follows:
1 Point awarded for each victory 0.5 Point awarded for each draw scored No point awarded for a loss
At the end, the players are ranked according to the total points they scored in the tournament in descending order.
When 2 or more players are tied for the same rank but not rank 1, the tie should be broken without any tie-breaker by Buchholz System. If there is still a tie, their average FIDE rating for Rapid games shall be taken into account, the player with higher rating shall receive a higher rank. If there is still a tie, the players shall, via a direct encounter in tie-breaker, end the tie. If even that game ends in a draw, drawing of lots shall remain the final solution to break the tie.
When 2 are tied for the first place, no method mentioned above shall be used. In such a case, a Blitz chess match shall be played with time control 3 minutes default clock time + Increment of 2 seconds per move to determine the winner. If it ends in a draw, one sudden death game shall determine the winner.
When more than 2 are tied for the first place, no method mentioned above shall be used. In such a case, a single elimination knockout tournament shall be played between all the players tied for the first position, which means each player has to play any other and the person who loses the game will be eliminated. For example, if 4 players are tied, there are 2 games played between 2 players, the losers of each game shall be eliminated and the winners of each game shall play another knockout. The process shall continue until all but 1 player is left, and the player is awarded rank 1. All other players are awarded rank as per the criteria mentioned above for 2 or more players tied for the same rank but not rank 1.
Finally, the person who scored rank 1 is given the title World Rapid Chess Champion.
Results The following table lists all participants, with the results from the 13 rounds. They are ranked according to the results, taking into account the tie-breaks.
Notation: "1 (W 135)" indicates a game against the player of rank 135 (Lorenzo Lodici) with W white pieces that resulted in a win (1 point).