Carlsen and Goryachkina are World Rapid 2025 Open and Women Champions, Bronze for Arjun and Humpy

by Shahid Ahmed - 29/12/2025

Magnus Carlsen won his sixth World Rapid title scoring 10.5/13 at FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025 Open. He needed just a draw in the final round to become a clear champion. In the penultimate round, he defeated Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (TUR) whom the World no.1 touted as the strongest 14-year-old he has ever known. Vladislav Artemiev drew all four of his games to finish second 9.5/11. Arjun Erigaisi defeated Aleksandr Shimanov to score 9.5/11 and finish third on tie-breaks. Arjun became the second Indian after Vishy Anand to win a medal at a World Rapid Championship. GM Aleksandra Goryachkina defeated GM Jiner Zhu (CHN) 1.5-0.5 in the Playoffs to win the Women's event. Jiner secured second place. GM Humpy Koneru secured a Bronze medal scoring 8.5/11. She missed a win in the endgame in the last game of the day, for two days in-a-row. This time against IM Savitha Shri B. A total of 13 rounds in Open and 10 rounds in Women Blitz games will be played today. Round 1 starts today at 2 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Shahid Ahmed

Women: Four Indians in top ten

Arjun Erigaisi scored 3/4 on the final day to finish third. The only Indian to make a top ten finish in the Open section. Arjun's sole loss on the last day of Rapid was against GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (TUR) who played fantastic chess. In the Women's event, the defending champion, GM Humpy Koneru obviously cannot be happy with the Bronze as she was winning against both GM Aleksandra Goryachkina and IM Savitha Shri B in the endgame. A win in either game would have made her a clear champion. There would have been no Playoffs but as luck would have it, Bronze was in her fate. Savitha and GM R Vaishali scored 8/11 each. They secured fourth and fifth place respectively according to tie-breaks. GM Divya Deshmukh scored 7.5/11 to claim eighth place. Four Indians in top ten in the Women's event is definitely a great result for the Indian women.

Round 10 Open: Carlsen and Arjun make a winning start

Magnus Carlsen (NOR, 2824) defeated Alexey Sarana (SRB, 2641) comfortably.

Magnus Carlsen (NOR) had a cakewalk to start the final day

The coleaders - GM Hans Niemann (USA) and GM Vladislav Artemiev drew the battle against each other

GM Arjun Erigaisi overpowered GM Samuel Sevian (ARM)

Round 9 Women: Humpy draws against Jiner

GM Jiner Zhu (CHN) - GM Humpy Koneru: 0.5-0.5

IM Savitha Shri B (2238) seized her opportunity when GM Nana Dzagnidze (GEO, 2425) made a tactical error.

Round 11 Open: Carlsen beats Niemann to gain sole lead

Magnus Carlsen - Hans Niemann | Video: ChessBase India

GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR) - GM Hans Niemann (USA): 1-0

GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (TUR) - GM Arjun Erigaisi: 1-0

Round 10 Women: Humpy outwits Tingjie to stay in the lead

Humpy - Tingjie

Position after 40.Nb4

GM Tingjie Lei (CHN, 2496) needed to play 40...exd4+ 41.exd4 Be7 to continue the fight. Instead, she opted for 40...Bxb4+ 41.Kxb4 and GM Koneru Humpy (2448) went on to win the game.

GM Humpy Koneru made the most out of her opportunity in the endgame against, GM Tingjie Lei (CHN)

IM Savitha Shri B (2238) pounced on her opportunity when the former Women's World Champion, GM Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL, 2379) went wrong.

IM Savitha Shri B scored a nice win over former Women's World Champion, GM Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL)

Round 12 Open: Carlsen outplays Yagiz to increase his lead

14-year-old GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus' (TUR, 2446) brilliant run came to an end against the World no.1, GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR, 2824).

Magnus Carlsen ended the talented 14-year-old Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus' (TUR) fantastic run at this event

Generally players spiral after losing a game against Carlsen. That is not the case with GM Hans Niemann (USA, 2612). He showed his intestinal fortitude against the in-form GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE, 2707) and seized his opportunity when the former World Rapid champion went wrong in the final moments of the endgame which was heading towards a draw.

GM Hans Niemann (USA) - GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE): 1-0

GM Arjun Erigaisi - GM Rauf Mamedov (AZE): 1-0

The designer of the World Rapid 2025 trophies, made the ceremonial first move on Vladislav Artemiev and Javokhir Sindarov's (UZB) board

Round 11 Women: Savitha draws against Humpy

Savitha - Humpy

Position after 54.Kd6

GM Humpy Koneru (2448) was winning for the better of the endgame against IM Savitha Shri B (2238). Her best opportunity was after 54.Kd6. Find out the winning continuation which Black missed in the above position. The draw secured her a Bronze but abandoned Gold or Silver medal hopes as three players - GM Jiner Zhu, GM Aleksandra Goryachkina and Humpy ended up with the same score 8.5/11 each. However, as per regulations only top two would battle in Playoffs.

GM Humpy Koneru missed a win in the endgame for her second consecutive day in the last game

Round 13 Open: Carlsen draws with Giri

Magnus Carlsen - Anish Giri | Video: ChessBase India

Magnus Carlsen (NOR) drew against Anish Giri (NED) to become a clear champion

GM Arjun Erigaisi scored a thumping win over GM Aleksandr Shimanov to finish third

The All-Indian clash between GM R Praggnanandhaa and GM Aravindh Chithambaram ended in a draw, the latter finished 16th

For more photos, please click at the following links: Round 10 Open and Round 9 Women, Round 11 Open and Round 10 Women, Round 12 Open and Round 11 Women, Round 13 Open.

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Round 13 Open results

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	1	GM	Carlsen, Magnus *)	2824	10	½ - ½	8½	GM	Giri, Anish	2685	18
2	15	GM	So, Wesley	2702	8½	½ - ½	9	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	2727	7
3	6	GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2730	8½	½ - ½	9	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	2612	48
4	9	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2714	8½	1 - 0	8½	GM	Shimanov, Aleksandr	2554	85
5	12	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	2704	8½	½ - ½	8½	GM	Esipenko, Andrey	2649	30
6	13	GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	2703	8½	1 - 0	8½	GM	Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan	2446	156
7	27	GM	Sevian, Samuel	2658	8	1 - 0	8	GM	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	2762	2
8	5	GM	Caruana, Fabiano	2751	8	½ - ½	8	GM	Lu, Shanglei	2616	47
9	74	GM	Lazavik, Denis	2576	8	½ - ½	8	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2717	8
10	11	GM	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	2707	8	1 - 0	8	GM	Sarana, Alexey	2641	36
11	17	GM	Dubov, Daniil	2686	8	1 - 0	8	GM	Makarian, Rudik	2524	106
12	107	IM	Sahidi, Samir	2524	8	½ - ½	8	GM	Grischuk, Alexander	2677	20
13	77	GM	Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	2570	8	½ - ½	8	GM	Nihal, Sarin	2664	24
14	25	GM	Praggnanandhaa, R	2663	8	½ - ½	8	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.	2590	62
15	3	GM	Aronian, Levon	2756	7½	½ - ½	7½	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	2579	72
16	76	GM	Bai, Jinshi	2571	7½	0 - 1	7½	GM	Firouzja, Alireza	2754	4
17	16	GM	Gukesh, D	2692	7½	1 - 0	7½	GM	Kadric, Denis	2552	88
18	19	GM	Yu, Yangyi	2680	7½	½ - ½	7½	GM	Nogerbek, Kazybek	2538	100
19	21	GM	Andreikin, Dmitry	2671	7½	1 - 0	7½	GM	Muradli, Mahammad	2546	92
20	81	GM	Quparadze, Giga	2558	7½	0 - 1	7½	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	2669	22

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Final standings

k.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp
1	1	GM	Carlsen, Magnus	NOR	2824	10,5	99	105,5	2639	2875
2	7	GM	Artemiev, Vladislav	FID	2727	9,5	105,5	111	2666	2827
3	9	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	IND	2714	9,5	98	104,5	2608	2770
4	48	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	USA	2612	9,5	97,5	103,5	2593	2749
5	13	GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	USA	2703	9,5	95,5	100	2562	2728
6	6	GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	FRA	2730	9	100	105,5	2655	2784
7	12	GM	Sindarov, Javokhir	UZB	2704	9	93,5	99,5	2603	2735
8	15	GM	So, Wesley	USA	2702	9	93	98	2592	2705
9	18	GM	Giri, Anish	NED	2685	9	92,5	98	2575	2702
10	30	GM	Esipenko, Andrey	FID	2649	9	91,5	97	2563	2691
11	27	GM	Sevian, Samuel	USA	2658	9	90,5	96	2571	2703
12	17	GM	Dubov, Daniil	FID	2686	9	90,5	96	2552	2686
13	11	GM	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	2707	9	90	95,5	2558	2686
14	85	GM	Shimanov, Aleksandr	FID	2554	8,5	98,5	103,5	2634	2721
15	156	GM	Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan	TUR	2446	8,5	98	101	2660	2728
16	62	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.	IND	2590	8,5	96	101,5	2566	2660
17	74	GM	Lazavik, Denis	FID	2576	8,5	96	100,5	2646	2721
18	5	GM	Caruana, Fabiano	USA	2751	8,5	95,5	102	2579	2683
19	24	GM	Nihal, Sarin	IND	2664	8,5	94,5	100,5	2532	2632
20	16	GM	Gukesh, D	IND	2692	8,5	92,5	98,5	2606	2700

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Round 11 Women results

Bo.	No.		White	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Black	Rtg	No.
1	33	IM	Atalik, Ekaterina	2328	7½	½ - ½	8	GM	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	2505	3
2	67	IM	Savitha, Shri B	2238	7½	½ - ½	8	GM	Koneru, Humpy	2448	8
3	10	GM	Zhu, Jiner	2435	8	½ - ½	7	GM	Tan, Zhongyi	2507	2
4	4	GM	Lei, Tingjie	2496	7	½ - ½	7	GM	Muzychuk, Anna	2398	14
5	31	IM	Arabidze, Meri	2333	7	½ - ½	7	GM	Divya, Deshmukh	2419	13
6	50	WIM	Mungunzul, Bat-Erdene	2288	7	0 - 1	7	GM	Vaishali, Rameshbabu	2359	25
7	24	IM	Shuvalova, Polina	2360	6½	1 - 0	6½	GM	Ju, Wenjun	2530	1
8	27	IM	Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat	2356	6½	0 - 1	6½	GM	Lagno, Kateryna	2452	6
9	56	IM	Kiolbasa, Oliwia	2270	6½	0 - 1	6½	GM	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	2450	7
10	41	IM	Mkrtchian, Lilit	2300	6½	½ - ½	6½	GM	Dronavalli, Harika	2435	9

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp
1	10	GM	Zhu, Jiner	CHN	2435	8,5	72,5	77,5	2410	2601
2	3	GM	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	FID	2505	8,5	71,5	77	2360	2557
3	8	GM	Koneru, Humpy	IND	2448	8,5	69	74	2335	2532
4	67	IM	Savitha, Shri B	IND	2238	8	70,5	73	2380	2494
5	25	GM	Vaishali, Rameshbabu	IND	2359	8	65	69,5	2319	2473
6	33	IM	Atalik, Ekaterina	TUR	2328	8	62	66,5	2274	2433
7	4	GM	Lei, Tingjie	CHN	2496	7,5	71,5	77	2354	2474
8	13	GM	Divya, Deshmukh	IND	2419	7,5	71	75,5	2318	2435
9	6	GM	Lagno, Kateryna	FID	2452	7,5	68,5	73	2303	2421
10	2	GM	Tan, Zhongyi	CHN	2507	7,5	68	72	2340	2462

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Prize fund

The total prize fund combining Rapid and Blitz is €1000000, €700000 in Open and €300000 in Women. The top three prizes in Rapid Open are €70000, €50000 and €36000, for Women, they are €40000, €27000 and €19000.

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Carlsen and Goryachkina are World Rapid 2025 Open and Women Champions, Bronze for Arjun and Humpy

Women: Four Indians in top ten

Round 10 Open: Carlsen and Arjun make a winning start

Round 9 Women: Humpy draws against Jiner

Round 11 Open: Carlsen beats Niemann to gain sole lead

Round 10 Women: Humpy outwits Tingjie to stay in the lead

Humpy - Tingjie

Round 12 Open: Carlsen outplays Yagiz to increase his lead

Round 11 Women: Savitha draws against Humpy

Savitha - Humpy

Round 13 Open: Carlsen draws with Giri

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