Overview
- Magnus Carlsen secured the World Blitz Championship in Doha, with Nodirbek Abdusattorov taking second and Arjun Erigaisi and Fabiano Caruana sharing third.
- Earlier at the same event, Carlsen captured the World Rapid title after a strong late surge.
- Carlsen was handed a technical loss against Ayk Martirosyan for pressing his clock before restoring displaced pieces in their 14th‑round game.
- In a separate game against Arjun Erigaisi, he knocked his queen off the board and struck the table before shaking his opponent’s hand.
- Russia’s Maxim Matlakov and Daniil Dubov finished inside the blitz top‑10, and the Doha championships ran December 26–30 with a prize fund exceeding €1 million.