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FIDE Women's World Rapid Championship 2025

SwissRapid

141 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 26 Dec 2025 to 28 Dec 2025 in Doha, Qatar. 133 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2472, and top seed was Wenjun Ju (🇨🇳 CHN, GM, 2530).

Jiner Zhu (🇨🇳 CHN, GM, 2435) won with 8.5/11, ahead of Aleksandra Goryachkina (8.5) and Humpy Koneru (8.5). Zhu shared the lead from round 10, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Christine Nordahl (1787) beat Amina Kairbekova (WGM, 2240), a +453-point gap.

Location
🇶🇦Doha, Qatar
Dates
26 Dec 2025 → 28 Dec 2025
Time control
Rapid: 15 minutes for game with 10 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 11 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇳GMWenjun Ju2530
Avg top 10
2,472
Participants
141
Titled players · 133
GM×23
IM×33
FM×13
WGM×27
WIM×21
WFM×11
WCM×5
Federations · 8 represented
FIDE (no federation)×14
🇮🇳India×13
🇨🇳China×12
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×9
🇦🇿Azerbaijan×8
🇬🇪Georgia×7
🇵🇱Poland×6
🇺🇿Uzbekistan×6
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

Tight race until R7; 3 players tied at 8.5/11, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
55
18
7
1
2
8
1
2
5
3
3
35.58.511R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11Koneru takes lead
R7 · LEADER CHANGE27 Dec

GM Humpy Koneru takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R11 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 8.5/11. Zhu takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (72.5).

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Humpy Koneru drew with GM Aleksandra Goryachkina (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMHumpy Koneru*
½
½
2GMAleksandra Goryachkina
½
*
½
½
3GMJiner Zhu
½
½
*
4IMEkaterina Atalik
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Zhu, JinerGM2435CHN+89B+43N+69B+21N=2B=15B=18N+8N=3B+9N=10B8.572.577.558.252601+23.7
2Goryachkina, AleksandraGM2505FID+67N+66B+48N=20B=1N+25B=15N=3B+22N+16B=6N8.571.577.057.502557+7.2
3Koneru, HumpyGM2448IND+90B=31N=56B+86N+16B+65N+30B=2N=1N+7B=4N8.569.074.055.252532+12.1
4Savitha Shri BIM2238IND+139N=25B+37N=13B8B+59N=5B+69N+21B+20N=3B8.070.572.049.002505+79.2
5Vaishali, RameshbabuGM2359IND+111N+104B+10N18B+50N7B=4N=66B+79N+33B+16N8.065.069.548.252472+33.2
6Atalik, EkaterinaIM2328TUR=84N92B+117N=52B=67N+74B+49N+70B+11B+18N=2B8.062.066.548.752433+15.0
7Lei, TingjieGM2496CHN+36B=32N=16B+56N+77B+5N=8B=18N+15B3N=14B7.571.577.050.752474-2.1
8Divya DeshmukhGM2419IND+115N=47B+40N=35B+4N+20B=7N1B=34N+17B=12N7.571.075.550.002435+3.4
9Lagno, KaterynaGM2452RUS+103B=16N=31B=47N+71N+35B=12N+13B=17N1B+30N7.568.573.047.502421-3.1
10Tan, ZhongyiGM2507CHN+118B+72N5B+31N=34B+69N=23B=15B=30N+28B=1N7.568.072.046.252462-5.2
11Kosteniuk, AlexandraGM2450SUI+75N+70B15N+49B=35N+24B17N+29B6N+34B+39N7.567.072.547.252406-5.2
12Arabidze, MeriIM2333GEO80N+58B+93N+100B+38B=19N=9B+23N=18B=14N=8B7.566.571.047.252465+20.1
13Shuvalova, PolinaIM2360FID+107B=71N+62B=4N=17B=68N+65B9N+32B=26N+38B7.565.069.545.502405+7.2
14Muzychuk, AnnaGM2398UKR+68B=101N+110B=32N65B+63N+27B=30N+31B=12B=7N7.563.067.545.752428+4.8
15Batsiashvili, NinoGM2346GEO+94N+42B+11B=19N+23B=1N=2B=10N7N=22B=21N7.074.079.048.752485+20.9
16Mungunzul, Bat-ErdeneWIM2288MGL+123B=9B=7N+102B3N+46N+54B+38N+19B2N5B7.070.574.542.002440+46.2
17Chen, YiningFM2143CHN37N+33B+51N+72B=13N+26B+11B=19N=9B8N=20B7.070.075.547.002478+186.8
18Muzychuk, MariyaGM2421UKR+96B+120N=65B+5N=30B+54N=1B=7B=12N6B=24N7.069.573.544.252432+1.8
19Dronavalli, HarikaGM2435IND+74N+51B+27N=15B=20N=12B+70N=17B16N=30B=29N7.067.573.045.002393-5.7
20Stefanova, AntoanetaGM2379BUL+83B+86N+98B=2N=19B8N+77B=34N+36B4B=17N7.067.072.042.002379+0.8
21Dzagnidze, NanaGM2425GEO+93N+39B+53N1B=66N70B+50N+24B4N+60N=15B7.066.071.042.752376-6.3
22Khamdamova, AfruzaWGM2365UZB+46B65N+96B+118N=68B=34N+32B+53N2B=15N=26B7.064.068.041.002378+2.2
23Song, YuxinIM2375CHN+100N+109B=24N+71B15N+66B=10N12B=39N=31B+58N7.063.568.039.752383+3.0
24Maltsevskaya, AleksandraIM2293POL+82B+140N=23B30N+74B11N+88B21N+41B+52N=18B7.063.564.536.502343+17.4
25Khotenashvili, BellaGM2373GEO+73B=4N+101B=65N+89B2N=68B31N+67B=51N+56B7.062.066.539.002356-2.2
26Vantika AgrawalIM2321IND+137B=99N71B+41N+36B17N=86B+62N+44B=13B=22N7.062.064.540.002333+4.4
27Preobrazhenskaya, DianaFM2306FID+122B+121N19B68N+90B+89N14N=47B+49N+42B=33N7.059.063.036.752319+5.8
28Munkhzul, TurmunkhWGM2330MGL+85B98N+83B89N+118B=86N=62B+65N+68B10N+51B7.056.560.537.502324-1.2
29Mkrtchian, LilitIM2300ARM42N=94B+119N+107B87N+92B+105N11N+90B+36N=19B7.056.560.535.502292-0.8
30Khademalsharieh, SarasadatIM2356ESP+58N=80B+57N+24B=18N+55B3N=14B=10B=19N9B6.570.075.542.252415+9.7
31Tokhirjonova, GulrukhbegimIM2286UZB+126N=3B=9N10B+104N=42B+87N+25B14N=23N=55B6.567.070.537.752377+28.0
32Padmini, RoutIM2290IND+105N=7B+80N=14B55N+73B22N+50B13N=47B+74N6.564.068.537.502333+7.0
33Roebers, ElineIM2392NED41B17N+134N+58B=49N+99B=39N+43B+53B5N=27B6.564.066.535.252270-15.4
34Mammadzada, GunayIM2315AZE=91N+114B=87N+111B=10N=22B+55N=20B=8B11N=40B6.563.568.037.752369+17.4
35Salimova, NurgyulIM2311BUL=88B+95N+41B=8N=11B9N36B+57N52B+90N+75B6.563.068.038.002290-2.8
36Rudzinska, MichalinaWGM2210POL7N+105B=78N+37B26N+102B+35N+48B20N29B+72N6.563.067.536.252328+35.2
37Krush, IrinaGM2358USA+17B=41N4B36N+76B=75N+118B=40N51B+86N+67B6.562.066.036.252270-12.2
38Ju, WenjunGM2530CHN=49N+52B=60N+92B12N+120B=48N16B+70N+66B13N6.562.066.035.002339-24.0
39Kiolbasa, OliwiaIM2270POL+125B21N+61B55B+111N=88N=33B+59N=23B+54N11B6.561.565.035.252352+26.2
40Shukhman, AnnaWGM2247FID=95B+76N8B+78N=99N48B+100N=37B=45N+53B=34N6.559.564.036.002282+24.4
41Francisco Guecamburu, Candela BeWGM2175ARG+33N=37B35N26B119N+126B+102N+71B24N+77B+66N6.558.562.034.252293+36.0
42Khafizova, DianaWIM2085FID+29B15N118B+112N+101B=31N69B+103N+59B27N+65B6.558.062.035.252347+150.4
43Balajayeva, KhanimIM2272AZE+128N1B100N=105B+84N=91B+73N33N+82B+50B=45N6.558.061.534.002238-7.8
44Kamalidenova, MeruertIM2398KAZ=57N87B=91N+83B+109N+47B53N+56B26N=79B+71N6.557.562.035.752287-30.2
45Pham, Le Thao NguyenIM2312VIE=76B=88N73B+116N=75B+93N=67B=86N=40B+68N=43B6.555.560.034.752249-8.8
46Kurmangaliyeva, LiyaFM2157KAZ22N+139B66N+106B+113N16B47N+109B=72N+70B+79N6.555.557.028.752301+46.0
47Berend, ElviraWGM2244LUX+133B=8N=54B=9B=48N44N+46B=27N=69B=32N=61B6.065.068.035.502313+21.6
48Garifullina, LeyaIM2347FID+116B+61N2B=74N=47B+40N=38B36N=86B=67N=52B6.062.066.534.252293-16.0
49Beydullayeva, GovharWGM2224AZE=38B=55N+121B11N=33B+94N6B+107N27B+97N=54B6.062.066.031.002350+35.6
50Rakshitta RaviWGM2082IND53N+79B+109N+60B5B+56N21B32N+89B43N+86B6.061.566.032.002319+65.6
51Zhang, LanlinWIM2273CHN+132B19N17B=61N=78B=82N+94B+96N+37N=25B28N6.061.564.531.502236-10.2
52Bivol, AlinaIM2190FID=55B38N+108B=6N59B+130N+106N=60B+35N24B=48N6.061.064.031.502335+40.4
53Gunina, ValentinaGM2297FID+50B+129N21B73N+96B+57N+44B22B33N40N+95B6.061.064.031.502241-6.4
54Injac, TeodoraIM2360SRB=92N+84B=47N+75B+73N18B16N+63B=66N39B=49N6.060.565.533.752274-25.2
55Assaubayeva, BibisaraGM2461KAZ=52N=49B+99B+39N+32B30N34B=68N60B+103N=31N6.060.565.034.002278-24.9
56Cori T., DeysiIM2275PER=81N+119B=3N7B+100N50B+104N44N+88B+87B25N6.060.064.030.002258-2.2
57Priyanka NutakkiWGM2176IND=44B+59N30B=64N+72N53B+120N35B=112B+110N=60B6.058.062.031.502348+50.4
58Vo, Thi Kim PhungWGM2141VIE30B12N+125B33N+129B=90N+64B=110N+62B+69N23B6.058.061.028.752265+36.2
59Yip, CarissaIM2369USA=87N57B+114N=67B+52N4B+109N39B42N+111B+89N6.057.562.029.752218-21.5
60Omonova, UmidaWGM2289UZB=119N+81B=38B50N88B+122N+89B=52N+55N21B=57N6.057.061.031.752245-12.6
61Mgeladze, KesariaWIM2123GEO+106N48B39N=51B+81N67B71N+119B+104N+113B=47N6.054.558.529.002254+46.5
62Kulon, KlaudiaIM2245POL=134N+124B13N99B+114N+119B=28N26B58N+88B+91N6.054.056.526.752168-20.8
63Shvedova, AlexandraWIM2267ITA102N=117B=81N+138B+80N14B+99N54N=78B=91B+87N6.053.555.026.752145-64.4
64Bodnaruk, AnastasiaIM2311RUS=114N+91B92N=57B=93N105B58N+127B=76N+94N+96B6.051.555.029.002153-22.0
65Zhapova, YanaFM2227FID+138N+22B=18N=25B+14N3B13N28B=91N+100B42N5.567.569.030.002262+18.9
66Nurman, AluaIM2289KAZ+78B2N+46B+88N=21B23N+107B=5N=54B38N41B5.566.571.032.002290+0.4
67Nurgaliyeva, ZarinaWIM2212KAZ2B=108N+76B=59N=6B+61N=45N+72B25N=48B37N5.565.570.032.502289+44.0
68Mamedjarova, TurkanWGM2177AZE14N+127B+106N+27B=22N=13B=25N=55B28N45B=69B5.565.569.031.502317+39.6
69Danielian, ElinaGM2306ARM+117N+102B1N=87B+92N10B+42N4B=47N58B=68N5.562.567.028.752199-14.8
70Badelka, OlgaIM2284AUT+131B11N=107B+95N+94B+21N19B6N38B46N+99B5.561.564.526.752237-10.3
71Nomin-Erdene, DavaademberelIM2226HUN+136B=13B+26N23N9B107N+61B41N+124B+78N44B5.561.564.028.252199-5.2
72Yu, JenniferFM2293USA+108B10B+104N17N57B+116N+75B67N=46B+83N36B5.559.063.527.752195-29.0
73Pershina, MariaWFM2159FID25N+135B+45N+53B54B32N43B=97N=95B=82N+112B5.558.561.027.252217+16.2
74Gu, XiaobingWGM2188CHN19B+131N+140B=48B24N6N=82B=108B+105N+112N32B5.556.557.521.002181+0.2
75Kaliakhmet, ElnazWIM2190KAZ11B+123N+129B54N=45N=37B72N=99B+108N+106B35N5.556.059.024.752216+18.0
76Zherebtsova, AlexandraFM2102MNE=45N40B67N+134B37N+81B90B+92N=64B=101N+103B5.555.558.026.002194+26.4
77Mammadova, GulnarIM2293AZE99N+137B+115N+98B7N+87B20N79B=83B41N+116B5.555.558.024.252200-13.5
78Kirtadze, AnastasiaWIM2059GEO66N+103N=36B40B=51N+113B79N+115B=63N71B+100N5.555.059.527.252233+60.0
79Kairbekova, AminaWGM2240KAZ129B50N=131B+108N=124B+123N+78B+77N5B=44N46B5.553.056.026.002112-34.0
80Nguyen Hong NhungFM2123VIE+12B=30N32B=101N63B=96N103B124N+128B+125N+110B5.552.055.527.002185+18.0
81Rouda Essa, AlserkalWGM1999UAE=56B60N=63B=103N61B76N=114N+122B=115N+104B+120N5.551.555.525.252187+104.4
82Wafa, ShahendaWGM2075EGY24N118N+135B109B+136N=51B=74N+93B43N=73B+106N5.551.053.523.002148+23.2
83Li, XueyiWGM2168CHN20N+133B28N44N130B+135B+123N+113B=77N72B+108N5.550.553.021.252153-2.4
84Nguyen Hong AnhWIM2116VIE=6B54N95B+129N43B108N+130B+138N97B+124N+101B5.549.050.519.502092-5.0
85Jarocka, LiwiaFM2117POL28N+112N86B113B+141N106B127N+135B+93N+120B=97N5.545.546.019.002158+14.8
86Buksa, NataliyaIM2241UKR+135N20B+85N3B+98N=28B=26N=45B=48N37B50N5.065.067.526.252202-8.4
87Mkrtchyan, MariamWGM2158ARM=59B+44N=34B=69N+29B77N31B=112N+101B56N63B5.060.064.529.252269+33.0
88Wang, ChuqiaoWIM2098CHN=35N=45B+113N66B+60N=39B24N=106B56N62N+118B5.059.063.026.502246+85.6
89Mamedjarova, ZeinabWGM2188AZE1N+132B+136N+28B25N27B60N+121B50N+102B59B5.059.061.521.002135-12.4
90Lyutsinger, IrenFM2189FID3N+126B102N+136B27N=58B+76N+105B29N35B=98N5.058.060.521.502101-46.0
91Shubenkova, VeronikaWFM2104FID=34B64N=44B=97N+110B=43N112B+118N=65B=63N62B5.057.061.026.502255+86.0
92Jiang, Tianyu2153CHN=54B+6N+64B38N69B29N110B76B=119N+131N+123B5.057.060.026.002198+23.2
93Bayasgalan, KhishigbaatarWCM2188MGL21B+125N12B+123N=64B45B=108N82N85B+119B+122N5.054.558.020.752125-34.2
94Gaboyan, SusannaWIM2134ARM15B=29N+124B+110N70N49B51N=117B+127N64B+121N5.054.057.521.252140+2.6
95Khalilova, MadinabonuWCM1931UZB=40N35B+84N70B107N+128B=115N=104B=73N+109B53N5.053.557.024.002159+102.6
96Nandhidhaa, P VWGM2186IND18N+128B22N+140B53N=80B+119N51B=102N+121B64N5.053.554.517.502103-21.4
97Bulmaga, IrinaIM2388ROU104N111B+126N=91B=102N100B+122N=73B+84N49B=85B5.049.553.023.252082-40.5
98Mikheeva, GalinaFM2079FID+112B+28B20N77N86B110N101B=128N+138B+134N=90B5.049.050.519.752130+30.8
99Aydin, GulenayWIM2073TUR+77B=26B55N+62N=40B33N63B=75N103B+115B70N4.559.063.525.502215+36.4
100Sharma IshaWGM2168IND23B+141N+43B12N56B+97N40B+120N=110B65N78B4.558.058.518.252159-2.0
101Zhurova, AnnaWFM2253FID+127N=14B25N=80B42N104B+98N+111B87N=76B84N4.556.560.022.252088-48.2
102Karimova, GuldonaWIM1960UZB+63B69N+90B16N=97B36N41B+137N=96B89N=111N4.556.058.520.752155+97.2
103Krasteva, BeloslavaFM2190BUL9N78B+128N=81B105N+117B+80N42B+99N55B76N4.555.559.020.752072-36.8
104Serikbay, AsselWIM2173KAZ+97B5N72B+130N31B+101N56B=95N61B81N+125B4.555.558.518.502100-21.2
105Olde, MargarethWIM2069EST32B36N+141B=43N+103B+64N29B90N74B116N+124B4.555.556.017.752094+6.8
106Toncheva, NadyaFM2337BUL61B+116N68B46N+132B+85N52B=88N+107B75N82B4.554.557.520.002063-78.2
107Iudina, VeronikaWFM2149RUS13N+138B=70N29N+95B+71B66N49B106N108B+126N4.554.556.018.252096-22.0
108Luong Phuong HanhWGM2069VIE72N=67B52N79B+134N+84B=93B=74N75B+107N83B4.554.056.520.502103+9.2
109Charkhalashvili, IngaWGM2235GEO+141B23N50B+82N44B+121N59B46N=125B95N+128B4.553.554.015.252037-53.6
110Girya, OlgaGM2260RUS=124N+134B14N94B91N+98B+92N=58B=100N57B80N4.553.055.519.502057-29.1
111Tarasenka, AliaksandraWIM2147BLR5B+97N+120B34N39B118N+125B101N+129B59N=102B4.552.555.517.752129-5.0
112Zhu, ChenGM2297QAT98N85B+132N42B=126N+114B+91N=87B=57N74B73N4.552.055.019.752040-36.9
113Dimitrijevic, AleksandraWGM2263ITA121B+122N88B+85N46B78N+124B83N+114B61N=117B4.551.054.519.752019-70.4
114Machlik, Monika2101NOR=64B34N59B+131N62B112N=81B+132N113N=127B+135N4.548.551.016.002073-9.8
115Gong, QianyunWGM2185SGP8B+130N77B121N+125B=124N=95B78N=81B99N+134B4.547.550.016.001982-58.2
116Rodriguez Redondo, AdharaWFM2139ESP48N106B+127N45B+128N72B121N+131B=126N+105B77N4.547.050.016.252075-19.8
117Yakubbaeva, NilufarWGM2095UZB69B=63N6B124N+131B103N+134B=94N120B+132N=113N4.547.049.516.252080-6.0
118Gaal, ZsokaIM2220HUN10N+82B+42N22B28N+111B37N91B121N+126B88N4.058.562.020.002083-66.7
119Dwilewicz, KatarzynaWIM2054POL=60B56N29B+137N+41B62N96B61N=92B93N+127N4.056.058.518.002078+6.2
120Fataliyeva, UlviyyaIM2254AZE+130B18B111N+122N+121B38N57B100B+117N85N81B4.052.055.015.502048-59.0
121Ismayil, MalakWIM1958AZE+113N27B49N+115B120N109B+116B89N+118B96N94B4.050.054.017.502110+38.2
122Berikkyzy AlannaWFM2095KAZ27N113B+133N120B+138N60B97B81N+139B+129N93B4.044.546.09.001968-66.0
123Parnali, S DhariaWIM2021IND16N75B+139N93B+140N79B83B125N+130B+137N92N4.044.045.08.001951-18.4
124Druzhinina, OlgaWFM1956RUS=110B62N94N+117B=79N=115B113N+80B71N84B105N3.551.055.517.252045+20.6
125Charvi AFM1962IND39N93B58N+139B115N+136B111N+123B=109N80B104N3.547.549.010.251944-15.2
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131Miranda Rodriguez, TaniaWIM2000MEX70N74B=79N114B117N+140B=126N116NF92B+129B3.042.542.58.501910-22.8
132Zvereva, MarijaWIM1989MNC51N89N112B+127B106N138B+141N114B+133N117B130N3.040.040.57.001866-36.6
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