World Blitz 2025

Doha QATDec 29 – 30, 2025Blitz

World Blitz 2025 brought together 259 players in Doha QAT, including 167 grandmasters. Erigaisi Arjun has the best score, 15 out of 19. Open a player to see their openings and games, or to prepare against them.

Players: 259
Games: 2,241
Average Elo: 2491
Top rating: 2840

Standings

#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	W / D / L
1	GMErigaisi Arjun	IND	2775	15/19	12 / 6 / 1
2	GMMagnus Carlsen	NOR	2840	14½/20	12 / 5 / 3
3	GMFabiano Caruana	USA	2795	14/19	10 / 8 / 1
4	GMNodirbek Abdusattorov	UZB	2732	13/19	11 / 4 / 4
4	GMMaxim Matlakov	RUS	2606	13/19	10 / 6 / 3
4	GMDavid Paravyan	FID	2582	13/20	10 / 6 / 4
7	GMWesley So	USA	2753	12½/18	8 / 9 / 1
7	GMJan-Krzysztof Duda	POL	2729	12½/19	9 / 7 / 3
7	GMIan Nepomniachtchi	RUS	2723	12½/19	8 / 9 / 2
7	GMNihal Sarin	IND	2701	12½/18	11 / 3 / 4
7	GMDenis Lazavik	BLR	2605	12½/18	10 / 5 / 3
12	GMMaxime Vachier-Lagrave	FRA	2734	12/17	9 / 6 / 2
12	GMQuang Liem Le	VIE	2731	12/19	9 / 6 / 4
12	GMTeimour Radjabov	AZE	2692	12/18	11 / 2 / 5
12	GMJorden Van Foreest	NED	2692	12/19	9 / 6 / 4
12	Daniil2 Dubov	UKR	2672	12/18	7 / 10 / 1
12	GMXiangzhi Bu	CHN	2665	12/19	7 / 10 / 2
12	GMVolodar Murzin	FID	2648	12/19	11 / 2 / 6
12	GMRauf Mamedov	AZE	2645	12/18	8 / 8 / 2
12	GMA.R. Saleh Salem	UAE	2640	12/19	11 / 2 / 6
12	GMPranesh M	IND	2627	12/19	9 / 6 / 4
12	GMHaik M. Martirosyan	ARM	2625	12/19	11 / 2 / 6
12	GMNarayanan S L	IND	2616	12/19	9 / 6 / 4
12	GMPranav Anand	IND	2591	12/19	10 / 4 / 5
12	GMIhor Samunenkov	UKR	2584	12/18	10 / 4 / 4
26	GMVincent Keymer	GER	2776	11½/19	9 / 5 / 5
26	GMAlireza Firouzja	FRA	2762	11½/18	9 / 5 / 4
26	GMLevon Aronian	USA	2729	11½/18	7 / 9 / 2
26	GMJavokhir Sindarov	UZB	2726	11½/17	8 / 7 / 2
26	GMDmitry Andreikin	FID	2710	11½/20	9 / 5 / 6
26	GMAndrey Esipenko	RUS	2698	11½/18	9 / 5 / 4
26	GMYagiz Kaan Erdogmus	TUR	2658	11½/19	10 / 3 / 6
26	GMShanglei Lu	CHN	2643	11½/18	7 / 9 / 2
26	GMRuslan Ponomariov	UKR	2639	11½/19	9 / 5 / 5
26	GMJules Moussard	FRA	2600	11½/19	8 / 7 / 4
26	GMArkadij Naiditsch	BUL	2574	11½/19	9 / 5 / 5
26	GMMahdi Gholami Orimi	IRI	2515	11½/19	10 / 3 / 6
26	GMFaustino Oro	ARG	2503	11½/20	10 / 3 / 7
26	IMKhagan Ahmad	AZE	2472	11½/18	11 / 1 / 6
40	GMPraggnanandhaa R	IND	2761	11/20	9 / 4 / 7
40	GMShakhriyar Mamedyarov	AZE	2730	11/19	9 / 4 / 6
40	GMYangyi Yu	CHN	2717	11/17	7 / 8 / 2
40	GMAlexey Sarana	SRB	2673	11/19	8 / 6 / 5
40	GMKirill Alekseenko	AUT	2659	11/18	9 / 4 / 5
40	GMVladislav Artemiev	RUS	2653	11/18	6 / 10 / 2
40	GMEdiz Gurel	TUR	2645	11/19	9 / 4 / 6
40	GMV3 Pranav	IND	2641	11/19	10 / 2 / 7
40	Razmik Hovhannisyan	ARM	2621	11/19	9 / 4 / 6
40	GMAram Hakobyan	ARM	2613	11/17	10 / 2 / 5
40	GMBardiya Daneshvar	IRI	2600	11/19	8 / 6 / 5
40	GMJinshi Bai	CHN	2599	11/20	8 / 6 / 6
40	GMArseniy Nesterov	FID	2595	11/18	10 / 2 / 6
40	GMElham Amar	NOR	2592	11/18	10 / 2 / 6
40	GMBharath Subramaniyam H	IND	2576	11/21	8 / 6 / 7
40	GMArtem Uskov	FID	2516	11/18	9 / 4 / 5
40	IMDau Khuong Duy	VIE	2489	11/19	9 / 4 / 6
57	Aadvika Giri	IND	2760	10½/19	7 / 7 / 5
57	GMRichard Rapport	HUN	2741	10½/18	9 / 3 / 6
57	Harikrishna Paudyal	IND	2693	10½/18	8 / 5 / 5
57	Elmir Safarli	AZE	2644	10½/19	6 / 9 / 4
57	GMAleksandar Indjic	SRB	2635	10½/19	7 / 7 / 5
57	GMVasyl Ivanchuk	UKR	2607	10½/19	8 / 5 / 6
57	GMTuan Minh Le	VIE	2598	10½/19	9 / 3 / 7
57	GMPavel Ponkratov	RUS	2587	10½/19	9 / 3 / 7
57	GMMax Warmerdam	NED	2573	10½/19	8 / 5 / 6
57	GMBaadur Jobava	GEO	2568	10½/17	9 / 3 / 5
57	GMSankalp Gupta	IND	2557	10½/19	10 / 1 / 8
57	GMLevan Pantsulaia	GEO	2472	10½/18	9 / 3 / 6
69	GMGukesh D	IND	2754	10/18	9 / 2 / 7
69	GMLeinier Dominguez Perez	USA	2738	10/18	8 / 4 / 6
69	GMParham Maghsoodloo	IRI	2708	10/19	8 / 4 / 7
69	GMNils Grandelius	SWE	2664	10/19	9 / 2 / 8
69	GMRay Robson	USA	2659	10/18	8 / 4 / 6
69	GMAlexander Grischuk	RUS	2654	10/16	9 / 2 / 5
69	GMRaunak Sadhwani	IND	2638	10/18	8 / 4 / 6
69	GMAleksey Grebnev	FID	2632	10/19	9 / 2 / 8
69	GMJaime Santos Latasa	ESP	2616	10/17	9 / 2 / 6
69	GMLeon Luke Mendonca	IND	2615	10/18	7 / 6 / 5
69	GMPouya Idani	FRA	2611	10/19	9 / 2 / 8
69	GMNgoc Truong Son Nguyen	VIE	2600	10/18	9 / 2 / 7
69	GMCristobal Henriquez Villagra	CHI	2598	10/17	8 / 4 / 5
69	GMAleksandr Rakhmanov	FID	2590	10/20	9 / 2 / 9
69	GMMahammad Muradli	AZE	2581	10/19	9 / 2 / 8
69	GMDenis Makhnev	KAZ	2532	10/18	9 / 2 / 7
69	GMSergei Lobanov	FID	2527	10/19	5 / 10 / 4
69	GMJagadeesh Siddharth	SGP	2489	10/19	10 / 0 / 9
69	GMMukhammadzokhid Suyarov	UZB	2454	10/18	10 / 0 / 8
69	IMMark Smirnov	KAZ	2420	10/20	8 / 4 / 8
89	GMChithambaram VR. Aravindh	IND	2703	9½/19	8 / 3 / 8
89	GMRadoslaw Wojtaszek	POL	2667	9½/19	6 / 7 / 6
89	GMShant Sargsyan	ARM	2665	9½/18	7 / 5 / 6
89	GMNikolas Theodorou	GRE	2652	9½/19	6 / 7 / 6
89	GMDavid Anton Guijarro	ESP	2646	9½/17	7 / 5 / 5
89	GMDaniel Dardha	BEL	2603	9½/17	8 / 3 / 6
89	GMOlexandr Bortnyk	UKR	2601	9½/17	6 / 7 / 4
89	GMEduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli	ESP	2592	9½/18	9 / 1 / 8
89	GMAlexander Motylev	ROU	2573	9½/19	8 / 3 / 8
89	GMSavva Vetokhin	FID	2572	9½/19	8 / 3 / 8
89	GMAndrew Hong	USA	2568	9½/17	8 / 3 / 6
89	GMB. Adhiban	IND	2557	9½/19	8 / 3 / 8
89	GMAdam Kozak	HUN	2546	9½/19	9 / 1 / 9
89	GMDavid Gavrilescu	ROU	2542	9½/19	9 / 1 / 9
89	GMMikhail Kobalia	FID	2537	9½/18	8 / 3 / 7
89	GMBojan Maksimovic	SRB	2533	9½/20	7 / 5 / 8
89	GMVignir Vatnar Stefansson	ISL	2519	9½/18	6 / 7 / 5
89	GMJakhongir Vakhidov	UZB	2516	9½/18	8 / 3 / 7
89	GMMaksim Tsaruk	FID	2515	9½/18	7 / 5 / 6
89	GMPraveen Balakrishnan	USA	2507	9½/20	7 / 5 / 8
89	GMErdem Khubukshanov	FID	2502	9½/19	8 / 3 / 8
89	GMPablo Salinas Herrera	CHI	2473	9½/18	9 / 1 / 8
89	IMNderim Saraci	KOS	2461	9½/17	7 / 5 / 5
89	IMGoutham Krishna H	IND	2433	9½/19	8 / 3 / 8
89	IMArystan Isanzhulov	KAZ	2419	9½/19	7 / 5 / 7
89	IMAdelard Bai	TPE	2417	9½/18	8 / 3 / 7
89	IMRoman Shogdzhiev	FID	2403	9½/19	9 / 1 / 9
89	IMGabriel Gaehwiler	SUI	2382	9½/18	9 / 1 / 8
117	GMHans Moke Niemann	USA	2725	9/18	8 / 2 / 8
117	GMNodirbek Yakubboev	UZB	2691	9/17	7 / 4 / 6
117	GMShamsiddin Vokhidov	UZB	2641	9/18	7 / 4 / 7
117	GMJonas Buhl Bjerre	DEN	2623	9/19	8 / 2 / 9
117	Arnav Sourabh Puranik	IND	2622	9/17	8 / 2 / 7
117	GMPa Iniyan	IND	2598	9/18	8 / 2 / 8
117	GMSina Movahed	IRI	2596	9/18	8 / 2 / 8
117	GMGleb Dudin	HUN	2585	9/19	9 / 0 / 10
117	GMAleksandr Shimanov	RUS	2578	9/17	8 / 2 / 7
117	GMMukhiddin Madaminov	UZB	2552	9/19	7 / 4 / 8
117	GMJakub Kosakowski	POL	2549	9/18	7 / 4 / 7
117	GMDimitris Alexakis	GRE	2544	9/20	8 / 2 / 10
117	GMShawn Rodrigue-Lemieux	CAN	2517	9/16	8 / 2 / 6
117	IMRead Samadov	AZE	2510	9/19	9 / 0 / 10
117	GMMaxim Dlugy	USA	2502	9/18	7 / 4 / 7
117	GMGiga Quparadze	GEO	2502	9/18	7 / 4 / 7
117	IMMarco Materia	FRA	2497	9/18	9 / 0 / 9
117	IMKonstantin Peyrer	AUT	2496	9/19	8 / 2 / 9
117	GMEdgar Mamedov	KAZ	2492	9/18	7 / 4 / 7
117	IMArtiom Stribuk	FID	2476	9/20	8 / 2 / 10
117	IMYihan Meng	CHN	2456	9/19	8 / 2 / 9
117	GMKhumoyun Begmuratov	UZB	2451	9/18	8 / 2 / 8
117	IMHavard Haug	NOR	2416	9/17	7 / 4 / 6
117	IMKirill Klukin	SRB	2414	9/19	7 / 4 / 8
117	Sergey Sklokin		2407	9/21	8 / 2 / 11
117	IMNicola Altini	ITA	2360	9/19	6 / 6 / 7
117	IMEldiyar Orozbaev	KGZ	2348	9/19	8 / 2 / 9
144	GMSamuel Sevian	USA	2688	8½/17	7 / 3 / 7
144	GMRasmus Svane	GER	2608	8½/17	6 / 5 / 6
144	GMAlan Pichot	ESP	2597	8½/18	6 / 5 / 7
144	GMJingyao Tin	SGP	2584	8½/18	7 / 3 / 8
144	GMSurya Shekhar Ganguly	IND	2568	8½/18	8 / 1 / 9
144	GMRinat Jumabayev	KAZ	2560	8½/18	7 / 3 / 8
144	GMRudik Makarian	FID	2524	8½/17	8 / 1 / 8
144	GMKlementy Sychev	FID	2517	8½/17	6 / 5 / 6
144	GMSion Radamantys Galaviz Medina	MEX	2514	8½/19	8 / 1 / 10
144	GMGuha Mitrabha	IND	2508	8½/18	6 / 5 / 7
144	GMAldiyar Ansat	KAZ	2479	8½/17	7 / 3 / 7
144	GMLev Zverev	FID	2453	8½/18	7 / 3 / 8
144	IMSugar Gan-Erdene	MGL	2444	8½/18	6 / 5 / 7
144	IMDaniyal Sapenov	KAZ	2440	8½/18	7 / 3 / 8
144	IMMurad Ibrahimli	AZE	2438	8½/19	6 / 5 / 8
144	IMNikolay Averin	FID	2389	8½/18	7 / 3 / 8
144	IMDanis Kuandykuly	KAZ	2372	8½/18	8 / 1 / 9
161	GMAlexander Donchenko	GER	2661	8/17	8 / 0 / 9
161	GMAndrei Volokitin	UKR	2619	8/18	6 / 4 / 8
161	GMIvan Zemlyanskii	RUS	2592	8/16	8 / 0 / 8
161	GMLorenzo Lodici	ITA	2590	8/18	8 / 0 / 10
161	GMFrode Olav Olsen Urkedal	NOR	2568	8/17	7 / 2 / 8
161	GMVaruzhan Akobian	USA	2549	8/18	8 / 0 / 10
161	GMDenis Kadric	MNE	2543	8/18	7 / 2 / 9
161	GMEcrin Azra Can	TUR	2541	8/18	6 / 4 / 8
161	GMNico Chasin	USA	2517	8/19	8 / 0 / 11
161	GMEmin Ohanyan	ARM	2493	8/17	5 / 6 / 6
161	GMMamikon Gharibyan	ARM	2491	8/17	6 / 4 / 7
161	GMHarshavardhan G B	IND	2477	8/17	7 / 2 / 8
161	GMMihail Nikitenko	BLR	2476	8/18	7 / 2 / 9
161	IMRobert Piliposyan	ARM	2442	8/18	7 / 2 / 9
161	IMErgali Suleimen	KAZ	2419	8/18	7 / 2 / 9
161	FMMiras Assylov	KAZ	2393	8/19	8 / 0 / 11
161	IMHamed Wafa	EGY	2373	8/18	8 / 0 / 10
161	FMZanas Nainys	LTU	2307	8/19	7 / 2 / 10
161	IMHusain Aziz	QAT	2256	8/18	8 / 0 / 10
161	CMIslombek Sindarov	UZB	2129	8/19	6 / 4 / 9
181	Simeon N Petrov	MKD	2578	7½/19	5 / 5 / 9
181	GMSergey Drygalov	RUS	2571	7½/19	6 / 3 / 10
181	GMKazybek Nogerbek	KAZ	2539	7½/17	5 / 5 / 7
181	GMJose Carlos Ibarra Jerez	ESP	2532	7½/18	5 / 5 / 8
181	IMSamir Sahidi	SVK	2516	7½/18	6 / 3 / 9
181	GMStelios Halkias	GRE	2503	7½/17	7 / 1 / 9
181	IMAugustin Droin	FRA	2480	7½/19	7 / 1 / 11
181	GMZhandos Agmanov	KAZ	2471	7½/17	7 / 1 / 9
181	GMSumiya Bilguun	MGL	2442	7½/19	6 / 3 / 10
181	IMSauat Nurgaliyev	KAZ	2437	7½/17	6 / 3 / 8
181	IMThanh Tu Tran	JPN	2402	7½/17	6 / 3 / 8
181	IMFlorian, Dr. Grafl	GER	2343	7½/17	7 / 1 / 9
181	Mohamed Ezat	EGY	2294	7½/18	6 / 3 / 9
181	CMJonathan Bodemar	THA	2154	7½/18	6 / 3 / 9
181	FMAhmed Abdullah S Alrehaili	KSA	2106	7½/19	6 / 3 / 10
196	GMJohan-Sebastian Christiansen	NOR	2655	7/17	5 / 4 / 8
196	GMZhong Zhang	CHN	2561	7/18	6 / 2 / 10
196	GMRaja Rithvik R	IND	2541	7/18	5 / 4 / 9
196	GMRobby Kevlishvili	NED	2527	7/18	5 / 4 / 9
196	GMCem Kaan Gokerkan	TUR	2510	7/18	6 / 2 / 10
196	GMAlisher Suleymenov	KAZ	2505	7/18	6 / 2 / 10
196	GMSandipan Chanda	IND	2490	7/18	6 / 2 / 10
196	GMArtur Davtyan	ARM	2474	7/16	7 / 0 / 9
196	IMFy Antenaina Rakotomaharo	MAD	2434	7/18	6 / 2 / 10
196	IMVitus Bondo Medhus	DEN	2387	7/17	6 / 2 / 9
196	Kaushik Ashwath	FID	2345	7/19	6 / 2 / 11
196	IMDavid George Samir	EGY	2343	7/19	7 / 0 / 12
196	Sharan R	IND	2341	7/18	6 / 2 / 10
196	FMLucas Aguiar Cunha	BRA	2263	7/18	6 / 2 / 10
196	FMMohammed Damaj	PLE	2119	7/19	4 / 6 / 9
196	FMYousef A. Alhassadi	LBA	2098	7/19	7 / 0 / 12
196	James Dinham	RSA	2091	7/18	7 / 0 / 11
196	CMTsogtbileg Anand	MGL	1968	7/18	7 / 0 / 11
214	Abdel Wehab Mohamed Salem	MTN	2635	6½/12	6 / 1 / 5
214	GMAditya Mittal	IND	2624	6½/17	5 / 3 / 9
214	V. Karthik	IND	2589	6½/17	6 / 1 / 10
214	GMKrishnan Sasikiran	IND	2538	6½/16	5 / 3 / 8
214	IMChristos Krallis	GRE	2416	6½/17	6 / 1 / 10
214	GMNiaz Murshed	BAN	2341	6½/17	6 / 1 / 10
214	IMOmran Al Hosani	UAE	2340	6½/18	5 / 3 / 10
214	Armin Musovic	SRB	2190	6½/17	6 / 1 / 10
214	Victor Muntean	SWE	2169	6½/18	6 / 1 / 11
214	Abdulaziz N Alkhuriji	KSA	1972	6½/18	5 / 3 / 10
214	Aashish Phuyal		1955	6½/19	6 / 1 / 12
214	CMRyan Blackwood	CAY	1945	6½/18	6 / 1 / 11
214	Emad Khayat	KSA	1927	6½/18	6 / 1 / 11
214	Meshal Alsaqer	KUW	1853	6½/17	5 / 3 / 9
228	FMSalim Aliyan Al Mashikhi	OMA	1952	6/18	6 / 0 / 12
229	Maryam Tissir	BRN	2293	5½/18	5 / 1 / 12
229	FMSedrani Ammar	UAE	2203	5½/19	5 / 1 / 13
231	GMJose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara	MEX	2667	5/12	4 / 2 / 6
231	Santos	IND	2616	5/6	5 / 0 / 1
231	IMFred Berend	LUX	2213	5/19	4 / 2 / 13
231	Omer Salah Fates	LBA	2079	5/19	5 / 0 / 14
235	GMMaksim Chigaev	ESP	2626	4½/15	4 / 1 / 10
235	CMSushrut Dahal	NEP	2037	4½/18	4 / 1 / 13
235	Harikrishnan A (kottayam)	IND	1715	4½/8	4 / 1 / 3
235	Ibrahim Al-Janahi	QAT	1656	4½/16	4 / 1 / 11
239	Anton Schwarz	GER	2646	4/6	2 / 4 / 0
240	GMM. Amin Tabatabaei	IRI	2700	3½/6	3 / 1 / 2
240	GMMustafa Yilmaz	TUR	2595	3½/6	3 / 1 / 2
240	FMAshwath Kaushik	SGP	2345	3½/6	3 / 1 / 2
240	Saif Ahmad	QAT	1567	3½/15	3 / 1 / 11
240	Sanal V A	IND	1180	3½/8	3 / 1 / 4
245	GMAnish Giri	NED	2760	3/6	2 / 2 / 2
245	GMTong(QD) Xiao	CHN	2555	3/8	2 / 2 / 4
245	IMAbilmansur Abdilkhair	KAZ	2378	3/12	3 / 0 / 9
245	FMMazen. Fandi	SYR	2304	3/6	2 / 2 / 2
245	CMHamad Al-Kuwari	QAT	1809	3/19	2 / 2 / 15
245	CMKhaled AlJamaat	QAT	1719	3/18	3 / 0 / 15
251	GMBassem Amin	EGY	2626	2½/7	2 / 1 / 4
251	FMTalab Rami	SYR	2173	2½/6	2 / 1 / 3
251	FMAram Chekh Adm Khedr	SYR	2139	2½/7	2 / 1 / 4
251	Tarik Anwoir	MAR	2098	2½/6	2 / 1 / 3
255	Raja	PAK	2472	2/6	2 / 0 / 4
256	Mohamed Ayman Ezat	EGY	2294	1½/5	1 / 1 / 3
257	Nader Abdel Rahman Aly	EGY	2585	1/1	1 / 0 / 0
257	Joshua J Morris	USA	2422	1/5	1 / 0 / 4
257	Fahad Al-Mansouri	QAT	1607	1/15	1 / 0 / 14

Scores count the games recorded in the imported databases. Byes, forfeits and unrecorded games are not included, so they can differ from the official final standings.

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