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FIDE Chess World Cup 2025: The FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 is scheduled to begin on Friday, October 31, and will run till November 27. The prestigious tournament will be held in Goa, India.Star chess players from all over the world will be traveling to India's Goa to take part in the marquee event. A total of 206 players will lock horns with each other to clinch the prestigious title.The 2025 edition of the FIDE Chess World Cup will be played in a two-game knockout format across eight rounds. Every round will include two classical games between the opponents paired on days one and two. A tie-break will also be held on the third day if the match ends in a tie.The FIDE Chess World Cup takes place every two years. In the 2023 edition, it was Magnus Carlsen who clinched the FIDE Men's World Cup title after beating R Praggnanandhaa. Meanwhile, India's Divya Deshmukh won the FIDE Women's World Cup 2023. The FIDE Chess World Cup 2023 took place in Baku in Azerbaijan.ALSO READ: FIDE World Cup 2025: D Gukesh Headlines India’s Squad, Divya Deshmukh Named Wild Card; Check Out Full List Of Indian ParticipantsAll the matches at the FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 will be played at 3 PM IST.Round 1: November 1-2Round 2: November 4-6Round 3: November 7-9Round 4: November 11-13Round 5: November 14-16Quarter-finals: November 17-19Semi-finals: November 21-23Finals: November 24-26The FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 will not be live televised. However, the prestigious event will be live-streamed on FIDE's official YouTube channel.D Gukesh (Seed 1), Arjun Erigaisi (Seed 2), R Praggnanandhaa (Seed 3), Vidit Gujrathi (Seed 19), Aravindh Chithambaram (Seed 20), Nihal Sarin (Seed 22), Pentala Harikrishna (Seed 24), Karthikeyan Murali (Seed 38), Pranav V (Seed 60), Sadhwani Raunak (Seed 62), Pranesh M (Seed 70), Mendonca Leon Luke (Seed 78), Narayanan SL (Seed 81), Iniyan Pa (Seed 92), Karthik Venkataraman (Seed 109), Diptayan Ghosh (Seed 117), Ganguly Surya Shekhar (Seed 118), Raja Rithvik R (Seed 129), Aronyak Ghosh (Seed 143), Lalit Baby MR (Seed 149), Divya Deshmukh (WILD CARD) (Seed 150), Gusain Himal (Seed 159), Harshavardhan GB (Seed 160), Neelash Saha (Seed 163).
