In Chess, India’s Arjun Erigaisi and Koneru Humpy won the bronze medals in the men’s and women’s sections, respectively, as Magnus Carlsen and Alexandra Goryachkina won the titles in the 2025 FIDE World Rapid & Women’s World Rapid Championships played in Doha, Qatar, yesterday.
Carlsen finished with 10.5 points to claim his sixth World Rapid Chess title, with Vladislav Artemiev, Erigiasi, Hans Moke Niemann, and Leinier Domingues Perez finishing tied second with 9.5 points at the end of the 13 rounds. Erigiasi jumped into a tie for the second spot with a crucial win over Aleksandr Shimanov on the fourth board, taking his tally to 9.5 points.
Artemiev ended second with a TB1 score of 105.5, as against 98 for Erigaisi, while Niemann and Dominguez had TB1 scores of 97.5 and 95.5, thus finishing third and fourth. Erigaisi thus finished third and claimed a bronze medal. Humpy claimed the bronze in the Women’s World Rapid Chess Championship, in addition to the gold medal she has already won twice in 2019 and 2024.
