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7 January 2026

Participants in the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid and Blitz 2026 Open include GM Aleksandra Goryachkina, GM Divya Deshmukh, the defending Blitz champion GM Kateryna Lagno, 45th Olympiad Women Gold medalist GM Harika Dronavalli, 38th Olympiad Women Gold medalist GM Nana Dzagnidze (GEO), GM R Vaishali, IM Stavroula Tsolakidou (GRE), five-time reigning US Women's champion IM Carissa Yip (USA), 45th Olympiad Women double Gold medalist IM Vantika Agrawal, and WGM Rakshitta Ravi in Kolkata, India, on January 6, 2026.

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25 December 2025

Ju Wenjun, the reigning Women's World Chess Champion and Women's Blitz Champion of China, attends a press conference ahead of the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2025 in Doha, Qatar, on December 25, 2025.

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#13129128

25 December 2025

Ju Wenjun, the reigning Women's World Chess Champion and Women's Blitz Champion of China, attends a press conference ahead of the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2025 in Doha, Qatar, on December 25, 2025.

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25 December 2025

Ju Wenjun, the reigning Women's World Chess Champion and Women's Blitz Champion of China, attends a press conference ahead of the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2025 in Doha, Qatar, on December 25, 2025.

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25 December 2025

Gukesh Dommaraju, the reigning World Chess Champion from India, attends a press conference ahead of the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2025 in Doha, Qatar, on December 25, 2025.

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25 December 2025

Ju Wenjun, the reigning Women's World Chess Champion and Women's Blitz Champion of China, attends a press conference ahead of the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2025 in Doha, Qatar, on December 25, 2025.

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25 December 2025

Gukesh Dommaraju, the reigning World Chess Champion from India, attends a press conference ahead of the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2025 in Doha, Qatar, on December 25, 2025.

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25 December 2025

Ju Wenjun, the reigning Women's World Chess Champion and Women's Blitz Champion of China, attends a press conference ahead of the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2025 in Doha, Qatar, on December 25, 2025.

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25 December 2025

Ju Wenjun, the reigning Women's World Chess Champion and Women's Blitz Champion of China, attends a press conference ahead of the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2025 in Doha, Qatar, on December 25, 2025.

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25 December 2025

Gukesh Dommaraju, the reigning World Chess Champion from India, attends a press conference ahead of the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2025 in Doha, Qatar, on December 25, 2025.

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25 December 2025

Ju Wenjun, the reigning Women's World Chess Champion and Women's Blitz Champion of China, attends a press conference ahead of the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2025 in Doha, Qatar, on December 25, 2025.

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25 December 2025

Ju Wenjun, the reigning Women's World Chess Champion and Women's Blitz Champion of China, attends a press conference ahead of the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2025 in Doha, Qatar, on December 25, 2025.

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25 December 2025

Magnus Carlsen, the world No.1 reigning Blitz World Champion from Norway, attends a press conference ahead of the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2025 in Doha, Qatar, on December 25, 2025.

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25 December 2025

FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich, President of Qatar Chess Mohd Al-Mudahka, Magnus Carlsen, the world No.1 Reigning Blitz World Champion of Norway, Ju Wenjun, the Reigning Women's World Chess Champion and Women's Blitz Champion of China, and Gukesh Dommaraju, the Reigning World Chess Champion of India, attend a press conference ahead of the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2025 in Doha, Qatar, on December 25, 2025.

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25 December 2025

FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich, President of Qatar Chess Mohd Al-Mudahka, Magnus Carlsen, the world No.1 Reigning Blitz World Champion of Norway, Ju Wenjun, the Reigning Women's World Chess Champion and Women's Blitz Champion of China, and Gukesh Dommaraju, the Reigning World Chess Champion of India, attend a press conference ahead of the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2025 in Doha, Qatar, on December 25, 2025.

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8 October 2025

Aurore Berge, a resigning minister, talks to journalists at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on October 7, 2025.

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