Draft:Chess World Cup 2025
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| Tournament information | |
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| Sport | Chess |
| Location | New Delhi, India |
| Dates | 31 October 2025–27 November 2025 |
| Administrator | FIDE |
Tournament format(s) | Single-elimination tournament |
| Host(s) | All India Chess Federation |
| Participants | 206 |
The Chess World Cup 2025 is an upcoming 206-player, single-elimination chess tournament that will take place in New Delhi, India from 31 October to 27 November 2025.[1][2] It will be the 11th edition of the Chess World Cup. The winner, runner-up, and third place finisher will earn the right to play in the Candidates Tournament 2026. This edition is the first since the inaugural Women's Chess World Cup in 2021 that will not be held in parallel with the women's event, which will instead be held in Georgia earlier in the year.[3]
Magnus Carlsen will be the defending champion.[4]
Format
[edit]The tournament will be an eight-round knockout event, with the top 50 seeds given a bye into the second round.
Participants
[edit]The participants are seeded here by their FIDE rating as of January 2025, excluding Gukesh D, who is seeded first as the reigning World Chess Champion. All players are grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.
Gukesh Dommaraju (IND), 2777 (World Champion)
Magnus Carlsen (NOR), 2831 (WC)
Fabiano Caruana (USA), 2803 (WC)- R Praggnanandhaa (IND), 2741 (WC)
Nijat Abasov (AZE), 2615 (WC)
Kazybek Nogerbek (KAZ), 2514 (U20)
Qualifier explanation
[edit]The following 206 players qualified, or will qualify, for the World Cup:[5]
- The world chess champion as of 1 June 2025
- The women's world chess champion as of 1 June 2025 (WWC)
- The top four players in the Chess World Cup 2023 (WC)
- The 2024 World Junior Champion U20 (U20)
- 80 players qualifying from Continental and Zonal events
- The 13 highest rated players from the June 2025 FIDE World Rankings[a] (R)
- 100 federation spots selected according to the final standings of the 45th Chess Olympiad (FN)
- 4 nominees of the FIDE president (PN)
- 2 nominees of the organiser (ON)
Notes
[edit]- ^ Players who appear inactive at least once in the 6 FIDE rating lists from January to June 2025 are not eligible.
References
[edit]- ^ "India to host FIDE World Cup in 2025; three Candidates spots up for grabs". The Indian Express. 2025-01-22. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ^ "New Delhi likely to host FIDE World Cup 2025 but set to lose Freestyle Chess Grand Slam to Europe". The Times of India. 2025-03-04. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
- ^ "India to Host FIDE Chess World Cup 2025, Marking a Major Milestone". 2025-01-23. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ^ Selkirk (beccrajoy), Rebecca (2023-08-24). "FIDE World Chess Cup (Final): Carlsen Wins, Caruana Places 3rd". Chess.com. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ^ "Qualification For World Cup 2025" (PDF). FIDE. 2025-01-26.