Star cast gears up for Doha challenge at World Rapid and Blitz Championships
The Peninsula
Doha, Qatar: The world s top chess players have descended in Doha ahead of the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships Qatar 2025, scheduled to...
Doha, Qatar: The world’s top chess players have descended in Doha ahead of the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships Qatar 2025, scheduled to run from tomorrow, until December 30 at the Sports and Events Complex of Qatar University.
World number one Magnus Carlsen arrives in Doha as the top seed in both the Open Rapid and Open Blitz events.
A five-time World Rapid champion and eight-time World Blitz champion, the Norwegian maestro highlights the star cast, which also includes reigning world champion Gukesh Dommaraju of India and China’s Ju Wenjun, the five-time women’s world champion and current world number one.
The Open field features an elite cast including Dommaraju, Carlsen, reigning rapid chess world champion Volodar Murzin, World No.2 and world blitz co-champion Ian Nepomniachtchi, Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri, Wesley So, Levon Aronian, Alexander Grischuk and former World Rapid Champion Vasyl Ivanchuk.
Rising stars Vincent Keymer, Arjun Erigaisi, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, R Praggnanandhaa, Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus and Ediz Gurel are also in contention in the open events.
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