Indians in action in Open & Women’s Category; Top seeds, ratings & schedule

The season-ending World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship 2025 got underway in Doha on Friday. The five-day event, which starts with the Rapid Championship that runs for the first three days till December 28 and is followed the Blitz Championship for the last two days on December 29 and 30.
Russia’s Volodar Murzin is the defending champion in the Rapid format, while Norwegian Maestro Magnus Carlsen and two-time World Championship runner-up Ian Nepomniachtchi are the defending joint-winners in the Blitz format. India’s Koneru Humpy is the reigning Women’s World Rapid Champion and will look to defend her title this time.
A total of 42 Indians are in action in the Rapid event, with 29 featuring in the Open category, while 13 are in the women’s event. Arjun Ergaisi is the highest-seeded Indian in the Open section, while defending title holder Humpy is the highest-seeded Indian in the women’s category.
World Rapid Championship 2025 – Indians in action in Open section
Seeding – Player – Rating
9 – GM Erigaisi Arjun – 271416 – GM Gukesh D – 269224 – GM Nihal Sarin – 266425 – GM R. Praggnanandhaa – 266343 – GM Harikrishna Pentala – 262350 – GM Sadhwani Raunak – 261158 – GM Pranav V – 259562 – GM Aravindh Chithambaram VR. – 259066 – GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar – 258567 – GM Narayanan S L – 258286 – GM Chanda Sandipan – 255391 – GM Sasikiran Krishnan – 254896 – GM Puranik Abhimanyu – 2542110 – GM Pranesh M – 2520121 – GM Adhiban B. – 2503126 – GM Mendonca Leon Luke – 2498135 – GM Mitrabha Guha – 2487140 – GM Bharath Subramaniyam H – 2475144 – GM Karthik Venkataraman – 2467155 – GM Iniyan Pa – 2450159 – GM Aditya Mittal – 2440165 – GM Raja Rithvik R – 2428167 – GM Sankalp Gupta – 2425170 – GM Pranav Anand – 2421182 – GM Raja Harshit – 2396187 – IM Goutham Krishna H – 2392210 – IM Sharan Rao – 2320215 – GM Harikrishnan. A. Ra . – 2293224 – IM Harshavardhan G B – 2216
World Rapid Championship 2025 – Indians in action in Women’s section
Seeding – Player – Rating
8 – GM Koneru Humpy – 24489 – GM Harika Dronavalli – 243513 – GM Divya Deshmukh – 241925 – GM Vaishali Rameshbabu – 235934 – IM Vantika Agrawal – 232147 – IM Padmini Rout – 229067 – IM Savitha Shri B – 223882 – WGM Nandhidhaa P V – 218685 – WGM Priyanka Nutakki – 217689 – WIM Sharma Isha – 2168112 – WGM Rakshitta Ravi – 2082120 – WIM Parnali S Dharia – 2021126 – WFM Charvi A – 1962Story continues below this ad
World Rapid Championship 2025 – Schedule
December 26, 2025 (Day 1)

Round 1: 4:30 PM
Round 2: 5:50 PM
Round 3: 7:10 PM
Round 4: 8:30 PM
Round 5: 9:50 PM

December 27, 2025 (Day 2)

Round 6: 4:30 PM
Round 7: 5:50 PM
Round 8: 7:10 PM
Round 9: 8:30 PM

December 28, 2025 (Day 3)

Round 10: 4:30 PM
Round 11: 5:50 PM
Round 12: 7:10 PM
Round 13: 8:30 PM

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