The highly anticipated FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 is underway, featuring some of the biggest names in international chess, check out all the details of the schedule and results below
The competition marks one of the biggest knockout tournaments of the year and features a massive pool of elite players.
FIDE Chess World Cup Goa 2025: Results, schedule, date, time, participants and live stream where to watch
12-year-old Argentinian prodigy Faustino Oro is the youngest player at the FIDE World Cup 2025! 🇦🇷✨
A wild card entrant and already an International Master, Faustino turned 12 just two weeks before the event.At the other end of the age spectrum, 65-year-old Grandmaster Igor… pic.twitter.com/fknirebFCU
— International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) November 1, 2025
The FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 inaugurated at the Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium in Taleigao, Goa marking the prestigious tournament’s return to India after 23 years.
The World Cup, being held from October 31 to November 27, features 206 players from 82 countries… pic.twitter.com/GDyqtQnyL0
— All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) October 31, 2025
This year, India is hosting the event for the first time and also offers players the chance to secure qualification to the next Candidates Tournament.
The FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 had a prize pool of USD 2 million.
Prize Pool ; 1st. $120,000 ; 2nd. $85,000 ; 3rd. $60,000
FIDE Chess World Cup 2025: format
The FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 features an eight-round knockout format with the top 50 seeded players automatically advancing to round two. Meanwhile, the remaining participants will compete with each other from round one. Each match features two classical games across two days, with players locking horns on a third day for rapid and blitz tiebreakers if the scores are tied. Notably, classical games will have a total of 90 minutes per side for the first 40 moves. This is followed by an additional 30 minutes for the rest of the game and a 30-second increment starting from move one. The two losing semifinalists will then play a separate match to decide the third-place finisher.
FIDE Chess World Cup 2025: venue
The Resort Rio in North Goa is hosting the ongoing tournament, marking India’s first time hosting the World Cup. Aside from serving as the competition venue, it also serves as a player residence and competition hall.
FIDE Chess World Cup 2025: schedule (IST)
Given below is the schedule for the ongoing competition, with all games starting at 3:00 PM IST:
| Round | Dates |
| Round 1 | Nov 1–2 |
| Round 2 | Nov 4–6 |
| Round 3 | Nov 7–9 |
| Round 4 | Nov 11–13 |
| Round 5 | Nov 14–16 |
| Quarterfinals | Nov 17–19 |
| Semifinals | Nov 21–23 |
| Finals | Nov 24–26 |
FIDE Chess World Cup 2025: results
| Player | Opponent | Result |
| Gusain Himal | Andy Woodward (USA, 15) | 0–2 |
| Divya Deshmukh (Wildcard) | Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis (GM) | 0–2 |
| Leon Luke Mendonca | Wang Shixu B (China, IM 2402) | 0–1 |
FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 Round 1 Tiebreaks
GM D Gukesh (2752) vs GM Kazybek Nogerbek (KAZ) 2543
GM Arjun Erigaisi (2773) vs GM Martin Petrov (BUL) 2540
GM R Praggnanandhaa (2771) vs GM Temur Kuybokarov (AUS) 2535
GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly (2573) vs GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2737
GM Diptayan Ghosh (2573) vs GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (FID) 2732
IM Ghosh Aronyak (2514) vs GM Levon Aronian (USA) 2722
GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit (2716) vs IM Faustino Oro (ARG) 2509
GM Venkataraman Karthik (2579) vs GM Chithambaram Vr. Aravindh (IND) 2711
GM Chithambaram Vr. Aravindh (2711) vs GM Venkataraman Karthik (IND) 2579
GM Sarin Nihal (2700) vs GM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis (GRE) 2583
GM Pentala Harikrishna (2697) vs GM Arseniy Nesterov (FID) 2584
GM Murali Karthikeyan (2662) vs GM Pouya Idani (IRI) 2601
GM Pa Iniyan (2599) vs GM Thai Dai Van Nguyen (CZE) 2664
GM S L Narayanan (2617) vs GM Nikita Vitiugov (ENG) 2654
GM Pranesh M (2630) vs GM Dmitrij Kollars (GER) 2642
GM Pranav V (2641) vs GM Aryan Tari (NOR) 2631
GM Raunak Sadhwani (2641) vs GM Robert Hovhannisyan (ARM) 2633
All the live results can be found on the official Chess.com site here.
FIDE Chess World Cup 2025: full list of Indian players
Given below is the full list of Indian players participating in the FIDE Chess World Cup 2025:
| Player | Seed |
| D Gukesh | 1 |
| Arjun Erigaisi | 2 |
| R Praggnanandhaa | 3 |
| Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | 19 |
| Aravindh Chithambaram VR | 20 |
| Nihal Sarin | 22 |
| Pentala Harikrishna | 24 |
| Karthikeyan Murali | 38 |
| Pranav Venkatesh | 60 |
| Raunak Sadhwani | 62 |
| Pranesh M | 70 |
| Leon Luke Mendonca | 78 |
| S L Narayanan | 81 |
| Pa Iniyan | 92 |
| Karthik Venkataraman | 109 |
| Diptayan Ghosh | 117 |
| Surya Shekhar Ganguly | 118 |
| Raja Rithvik R | 129 |
| Aronyak Ghosh | 143 |
| Lalit Babu M R | 149 |
| Divya Deshmukh (Wild Card) | 150 |
| Himal Gusain | 159 |
| Harshavardhan G B | 160 |
| Neelash Saha | 163 |
FIDE Chess World Cup 2025: live streaming and telecast
While there is no live TV broadcast of the World Cup in India, fans can watch the live streaming on FIDE’s official YouTube channel with commentary.
FIDE World Cup Round 1 TB: Diptayan Ghosh🇮🇳, S L Narayanan🇮🇳 and Aronyak Ghosh🇮🇳 advance to Round 2
Score after Round 1
GM Diptayan Ghosh🇮🇳 – GM Xiongjian Peng🇨🇳 : 3-1
GM S L Narayanan🇮🇳 -IM Steven Rojas Salas🇵🇪 : 3-1
IM Aronyak Ghosh🇮🇳 – GM Mateusz Bartel🇵🇱 : 4-2Round 2… pic.twitter.com/VpFhg2ejt9
— ChessBase India (@ChessbaseIndia) November 3, 2025
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