Qatar to host FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2025
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Doha, Qatar: The FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2025 get underway in Doha on Friday, with Qatar hosting the elite global event until Decembe...
Doha, Qatar: The FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2025 get underway in Doha on Friday, with Qatar hosting the elite global event until December 30.
The tournament brings together the world's leading players to compete for four world titles in rapid and blitz chess across the men's and women's categories.
A total of 251 players will take part in the men's rapid championship, while 254 are entered in the men's blitz event. The women's competition features 142 players, including reigning world champions and several of the highest-ranked specialists in fast-format chess.
Play begins on Friday afternoon following the opening ceremony, with the blitz competition the first event to get under way.
Among the headline names are reigning classical world champion Gukesh Dommaraju of India, world number one Magnus Carlsen of Norway, and Russian grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi, the 2024 world blitz champion. The field also includes Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri, Wesley So, Levon Aronian and Alexander Grischuk.
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