GM Magnus Carlsen won the 2025 FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship by defeating GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2.5-1.5 in the final match. Along with €70,000, he earned his ninth world blitz title and 20th world championship title across all three time controls. For the fifth time he wears the double crown of both rapid and blitz world champion.
At just 21 years old, GM Bibisara Assaubayeva has won her third world blitz title at the 2025 FIDE Women’s World Blitz Chess Championship, defeating two-time champion GM Anna Muzychuk 2.5-1.5 in the final match. She earns €40,000 and, more importantly, picks up a spot in the 2026 FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament.
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Open Knockout Bracket
Open Swiss Standings After 19 Rounds | Top 20
#
Title
Name
Fed
Rating
Points
Rp
1
GM
Erigaisi, Arjun
2749
15
2904
2
GM
Caruana, Fabiano
2751
14
2838
3
GM
Carlsen, Magnus
2881
13.5
2801
4
GM
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
2768
13
2787
5
GM
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
2745
13
2797
6
GM
So, Wesley
2790
13
2729
7
GM
Nihal, Sarin
2681
13
2707
8
GM
Lazavik, Denis
2617
13
2702
9
GM
Matlakov, Maxim
2591
13
2675
10
GM
Dubov, Daniil
2795
12.5
2780
11
GM
Lu, Shanglei
2657
12.5
2776
12
GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2646
12.5
2760
13
GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2801
12.5
2712
14
GM
Sindarov, Javokhir
2632
12.5
2750
15
GM
Firouzja, Alireza
2813
12.5
2733
16
GM
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
2750
12.5
2716
17
GM
Artemiev, Vladislav
2733
12.5
2727
18
GM
Hakobyan, Aram
2581
12.5
2651
19
GM
Samunenkov, Ihor
2487
12.5
2693
20
GM
Yu, Yangyi
2704
12
2707
See full standings here.
GM Rafael Leitao’s analysis of our Game of the Day will be added below.
Women’s Knockout Bracket
Final Women’s Standings After 15 Rounds | Top 25
#
Title
Name
Fed
Rating
Points
Rp
1
GM
Assaubayeva, Bibisara
2428
11
2478
2
GM
Muzychuk, Anna
2397
11
2407
3
IM
Roebers, Eline
2377
11
2446
4
GM
Zhu, Jiner
2425
11
2444
5
GM
Gunina, Valentina
2314
11
2447
6
GM
Stefanova, Antoaneta
2367
10.5
2449
7
GM
Goryachkina, Aleksandra
2439
10
2439
8
WIM
Omonova, Umida
2278
10
2438
9
WGM
Shukhman, Anna
2204
10
2459
10
IM
Song, Yuxin
2371
10
2368
11
IM
Salimova, Nurgyul
2336
10
2367
12
WGM
Nurman, Alua
2324
10
2349
13
IM
Garifullina, Leya
2407
10
2350
14
IM
Bulmaga, Irina
2251
10
2330
15
WGM
Munkhzul, Turmunkh
2307
10
2333
16
WFM
Iudina, Veronika
2037
9.5
2388
17
GM
Ju, Wenjun
2489
9.5
2340
18
IM
Arabidze, Meri
2356
9.5
2292
19
GM
Lagno, Kateryna
2448
9.5
2379
20
IM
Injac, Teodora
2323
9.5
2340
21
IM
Badelka, Olga
2208
9.5
2360
22
GM
Divya, Deshmukh
2388
9.5
2347
23
GM
Koneru, Humpy
2430
9.5
2325
24
IM
Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra
2323
9.5
2273
25
IM
Kamalidenova, Meruert
2295
9.5
2292
See full standings here.
The 2025 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships decide the world champions of rapid and blitz chess in Open and Women’s sections. For the rapid championships, the Open is a 13-round Swiss; the Women’s is an 11-round Swiss. The time control for both tournaments is 15 minutes plus a 10-second increment. The blitz championships feature 19 rounds in the Open and 15 rounds in the Women’s, followed by a Knockout played by the top-four finishers, with a time control of 3+2 for all games. The total prize fund is over €1,000,000.
Previous coverage:
- Day 4: Arjun, Vachier-Lagrave, Caruana Lead As Carlsen Falters; Roebers Takes Sole Lead
- Day 3: Carlsen, Goryachkina Win 2025 World Rapid Championships
- Day 2: Artemiev Beats Carlsen, Leads With Niemann; Humpy Catches Zhu In Women’s
- Day 1: Carlsen, Gukesh, Arjun, Vachier-Lagrave, Artemiev Share Lead
- Carlsen On World Rapid & Blitz: ‘As Long As I’m In Good Shape, I’ll Be A Dangerous Man’
- Carlsen Confirmed For World Rapid & Blitz Championship As FIDE Announces Field
- FIDE On World Blitz Format Change: ‘Too Many Non-Games’
- FIDE Introduces Armageddon Rule, Changes World Blitz Championship Format Again
