Doha: India’s Arjun Erigaisi after a decisive victory over former leader Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan at the end of Round 10 in FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships, reaching 8.5 points, while Abdusattorov dropped to 7.5 points on Monday.
The World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship Qatar 2025, hosted by Qatar University at the Sports and Events Complex, will conclude tomorrow, Tuesday. The Blitz World Champions will be crowned through the final rounds, the men’s and women’s semifinals, and the championship matches.
The men’s Blitz competition features 254 players, while the women’s event includes 142 players, comprising reigning world champions, elite rapid and blitz specialists, and top contenders representing federations from around the world.
In the women’s competition, 19-year-old Dutch player Eline Roebers leads the standings after Round 10 with 8.5 points.
She is followed by Russia’s Aleksandra Goryachkina, the tournament’s third seed, on 8 points, level with Uzbekistan’s Umida Omonova and Belarusian Antonina Stefanova.
Five-time world champion and world No.1 Ju Wenjun of China is in 44th place with 5.5 points, while China’s Tan Zhongyi, the world No.2 and former women’s world champion, is 36th with 6 points.
Among the Qatari women, former world champion Ju Wenjun finished 93rd with 4.5 points after recording four wins—against Bulgaria’s Beloslava Krasteva, Mexico’s Tania Rodriguez, Georgia’s Kessaria Migaladze, and Spain’s Redondo Rodriguez—and one draw with China’s Li Yuxi. Qatar national team player Ghada Al-Khalifi collected one point.
