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Magnus Carlsen Clinches Ninth World Blitz Championship and Fifth Rapid-and-Blitz Double
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Magnus Carlsen won the world blitz championship title for the ninth time in Doha on 30 December 2025. He completed his fifth rapid-and-blitz double, having previously achieved the feat in 2014, 2019, 2022, and 2023. Carlsen secured the blitz title by defeating Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2.5–1.5 in the final, overcoming an initial loss by winning the second and fourth games and drawing the third. Prior to the final, he beat Fabiano Caruana 3-1 in the semi-finals. Carlsen had already secured the rapid title two days earlier, completing the double. In the women’s blitz event, Bibisara Assaubayeva claimed the title by defeating Anna Muzychuk 2.5–1.5.
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