The eleventh iteration of the official FIDE Chess World Cup is ready to happen in India’s coastal metropolis of Goa from October 30 to November 7, 2025. A report variety of 24 Indians will take part within the biennial occasion, which gives Candidates’ spots.
The event high seed is Indian chess sensation and reigning World Champion, D. Gukesh.
The opposite Indian gamers are: Praggnanandhaa R (courtesy of being World Cup 2023 second place finisher), Arjun Erigaisi (as per ranking listing in June 2025), Aravindh Chithambaram (June 2025 ranking listing), Nihal Sarin, Harikrishna Pentala, Raunak Sadhwani, Leon Luke Mendonca, Iniyan Pa, Pranav V, Raja Rithvik R, Narayanan SL, Pranesh M, Harshavardhan GB, Karthikeyan Murali, Idani Pouya, Karthik Venkataraman, Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Neelash Saha, Diptayan Ghosh, Aromyak Ghosh, Himal Gusain, Lalit Babu MR (all by way of continental spots) and Vidit Gujrathi (by way of Chess Olympiad spot).
The FIDE World Cup 2025 will characteristic 206 gamers competing in a head-to-head, two-game knockout format over eight rounds. Every spherical spans three days: two classical video games (between two gamers) on the primary two days, adopted by tie-breaks on the third day, if needed.
Within the first spherical, the highest 50 gamers obtain byes, whereas gamers seeded from 51 to 206 compete, with pairings primarily based on the precept of the highest half versus the reversed decrease half.
The FIDE World Cup is the occasion that provides the highest three finishers direct qualification for the 2026 Candidates Event, which determines the challenger for the World Chess Championship.
The FIDE World Cup shall be held at Resort Rio in North Goa.
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FIDE World Cup 2025: Full Schedule
November 1, 2025: Spherical 1 Sport 1 – 3:00 PM IST
November 2, 2025: Spherical 1 Sport 2 – 3:00 PM IST
November 3, 2025: Spherical 1 Tiebreaks – 3:00 PM IST
November 4, 2025: Spherical 2 Sport 1 – 3:00 PM IST
November 5, 2025: Spherical 2 Sport 2 – 3:00 PM IST
November 6, 2025: Spherical 2 Tiebreaks – 3:00 PM IST
November 7, 2025: Spherical 3 Sport 1 – 3:00 PM IST
November 8, 2025: Spherical 3 Sport 2 – 3:00 PM IST
November 9, 2025: Spherical 3 Tiebreaks – 3:00 PM IST
November 11, 2025: Spherical 4 Sport 1 – 3:00 PM IST
November 12, 2025: Spherical 4 Sport 2 – 3:00 PM IST
November 13, 2025: Spherical 4 Tiebreaks – 3:00 PM IST
November 14, 2025: Spherical 5 Sport 1 – 3:00 PM IST
November 15, 2025: Spherical 5 Sport 2 – 3:00 PM IST
November 16, 2025: Spherical 5 Tiebreaks – 3:00 PM IST
November 17, 2025: Quarterfinals Sport 1 – 3:00 PM IST
November 18, 2025: Quarterfinals Sport 2 – 3:00 PM IST
November 19, 2025: Quarterfinals Tiebreaks – 3:00 PM IST
November 21, 2025: Semifinals Sport 1 – 3:00 PM IST
November 22, 2025: Semifinals Sport 2 – 3:00 PM IST
November 23, 2025: Semifinals Tiebreaks – 3:00 PM IST
November 24, 2025: Finals Sport 1 – 3:00 PM IST
November 25, 2025: Finals Sport 2 – 3:00 PM IST
November 26, 2025: Finals Tiebreaks – 3:00 PM IST