Chess World Cup 2025

FIDE Chess World Cup 2025

Tournament information
Sport	Chess
Location	Goa, India
Dates	31 October 2025–27 November 2025
Administrator	FIDE
Tournament format	Single-elimination tournament
Host	All India Chess Federation
Participants	206
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The Chess World Cup 2025 is an upcoming 206-player, single-elimination chess tournament that will take place in Goa, India, from 31 October to 27 November 2025. ^{[1] [2] [3]} 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 was instead held in Georgia earlier in the year. ^[4]

Format

The tournament will be an eight-round knockout event, with the top 50 seeds given a bye into the second round. The losers of the two semi-finals will play a match for third place. The players who finish first, second, and third will qualify for the Candidates Tournament 2026, a tournament to decide the challenger for the upcoming World Championship. ^{[5] [6]}

Each round will consist of classical time limit games on the first two days, plus tie-breaks on the third day if they are required. The time limits are as follows:

Two classical time limit games consisting of 90 minutes each side for the first 40 moves, then 30 extra minutes for the rest of the game, plus a 30-second increment per move starting from move 1. If necessary, rapid format tie-breaks will be conducted on the third day of each round. ^[5]

Schedule

Each round will last three days: two for classical time control games and a third, if necessary, for tie-breaks. Rounds 1 to 3 will run from 1 to 9 November; 10 November is a rest day; Rounds 4 to 6 will run from 11 to 19 November; 20 November is a rest day; and the last two rounds will run from 21 to 26 November.

Prize money

The total prize fund is US$2,000,000, with the first prize of US$120,000.

Prize money in US dollars

Ranking	Prizes	Total
Eliminated in Round 1	78 × 3,500	273,000
Eliminated in Round 2	64 × 7,000	448,000
Eliminated in Round 3	32 × 11,000	352,000
Eliminated in Round 4	16 × 17,000	272,000
Eliminated in Round 5	8 × 25,000	200,000
Eliminated in Round 6	4 × 35,000	140,000
4th place	1 × 50,000	50,000
3rd place	1 × 60,000	60,000
Runner-up	1 × 85,000	85,000
Winner	1 × 120,000	120,000
Total		2,000,000

Participants

The participants are seeded by their FIDE rating of October 2025, except for Gukesh Dommaraju, who will be seeded first as the reigning World Chess Champion. All players are grandmasters unless indicated otherwise. ^[7]

0 1.    Gukesh Dommaraju  (IND), 2752 (World Champion)

0 2.    Arjun Erigaisi  (IND), 2773 (R)

0 3.    R Praggnanandhaa  (IND), 2771 (WC)

0 4.    Anish Giri  (NED), 2759 (R)

0 5.    Wesley So  (USA), 2756 (R)

0 6.    Vincent Keymer  (GER), 2755 (R)

0 7.    Wei Yi  (CHN), 2754 (R)

0 8.    Nodirbek Abdusattorov  (UZB), 2750 (R)

0 9.    Shakhriyar Mamedyarov  (AZE), 2742 (R)

10.    Hans Niemann  (USA), 2738 (Z2.1)

11.    Maxime Vachier-Lagrave  (FRA), 2737 (R)

12.    Ian Nepomniachtchi  (FIDE), 2732 (R)

13.    Lê Quang Liêm  (VIE), 2729 (R)

14.    Richard Rapport  (HUN), 2724 (R)

15.    Levon Aronian  (USA), 2722 (Z2.1)

16.    Javokhir Sindarov  (UZB), 2721 (R)

17.    Yu Yangyi  (CHN), 2720 (R)

18.    Vladimir Fedoseev  (SLO), 2720 (E24)

19.    Vidit Gujrathi  (IND), 2716 (R)

20.    Aravindh Chithambaram  (IND), 2711 (R)

21.    Awonder Liang  (USA), 2710 (Z2.1)

22.    Nihal Sarin  (IND), 2700 (AS25)

23.    Samuel Sevian  (USA), 2698 (Z2.1)

24.    Pentala Harikrishna  (IND), 2697 (FN)

25.    Jorden van Foreest  (NED), 2697 (E25)

26.    Parham Maghsoodloo  (IRI), 2697 (FN)

27.    Andrey Esipenko  (FIDE), 2693 (Z3.8)

28.    Nodirbek Yakubboev  (UZB), 2689 (FN)

29.    Matthias Blübaum  (GER), 2687 (E25)

30.    Daniil Dubov  (FIDE), 2684 (Z3.8)

31.    Kirill Alekseenko  (AUT), 2679 (PN)

32.    Bu Xiangzhi  (CHN), 2672 (FN)

33.    Shant Sargsyan  (ARM), 2667 (E25)

34.    Peter Leko  (HUN), 2666 (FN)

35.    Volodar Murzin  (FIDE), 2664 (PN)

36.    Ray Robson  (USA), 2664 (Z2.1)

37.    Thai Dai Van Nguyen  (CZE), 2664 (FN)

38.    Karthikeyan Murali  (IND), 2662 (AS25)

39.    Ivan Šarić  (CRO), 2661 (E25)

40.    Alexey Sarana  (SRB), 2661 (FN)

41.    Grigoriy Oparin  (USA), 2661 (FN)

42.    Johan-Sebastian Christiansen  (NOR), 2661 (FN)

43.    David Navara  (CZE), 2656 (E25)

44.    Rauf Mamedov  (AZE), 2655 (E24)

45.    Bogdan-Daniel Deac  (ROM), 2655 (E24)

46.    Sam Shankland  (USA), 2654 (AM25)

47.    Radoslaw Wojtaszek  (POL), 2654 (FN)

48.    Nikita Vitiugov  (ENG), 2654 (E24)

49.    Nikolas Theodorou  (GRE), 2652 (FN)

50.    Abhimanyu Mishra  (USA), 2652 (PN)

51.    Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus  (TUR), 2651 (E25)

52.    Jeffery Xiong  (USA), 2648 (AM24)

53.    Maxim Rodshtein  (ISR), 2647 (E25)

54.    Vladislav Artemiev  (FIDE), 2646 (Z3.8)

55.    Michael Adams  (ENG), 2646 (FN)

56.    Nils Grandelius  (SWE), 2645 (FN)

57.    José Martínez Alcántara  (MEX), 2644 (AM25)

58.    Benjamin Gledura  (HUN), 2643 (E25)

59.    Dmitrij Kollars  (GER), 2642 (FN)

60.    Pranav V  (IND), 2641 (ON)

61.    Alexander Donchenko  (GER), 2641 (E24)

62.    Raunak Sadhwani  (IND), 2641 (ON)

63.    Shamsiddin Vokhidov  (UZB), 2640 (AS25)

64.    Frederik Svane  (GER), 2638 (E24)

65.    Ediz Gürel  (TUR), 2634 (E25)

66.    Maksim Chigaev  (ESP), 2634 (E24)

67.    Robert Hovhannisyan  (ARM), 2633 (E24)

68.    David Antón Guijarro  (ESP), 2631 (FN)

69.    Aryan Tari  (NOR), 2631 (E25)

70.    Pranesh M  (IND), 2630 (AS25)

71.    Bassem Amin  (EGY), 2629 (AF24)

72.    Velimir Ivić  (SRB), 2628 (E24)

73.    Étienne Bacrot  (FRA), 2627 (FN)

74.    Ivan Cheparinov  (BUL), 2626 (E24)

75.    Haik Martirosyan  (ARM), 2626 (E25)

76.    Gabriel Sargissian  (ARM), 2624 (E25)

77.    Daniil Yuffa  (ESP), 2623 (E24)

78.    Leon Luke Mendonca  (IND), 2620 (PN)

79.    Salem Saleh  (UAE), 2620 (FN)

80.    Aleksandar Inđić  (SRB), 2618 (E24)

81.    S. L. Narayanan  (IND), 2617 (AS25)

82.    Maxime Lagarde  (FRA), 2617 (E25)

83.    Vasily Ivanchuk  (UKR), 2616 (FN)

84.    Aydin Suleymanli  (AZE), 2615 (FN)

85.    Rasmus Svane  (GER), 2614 (E24)

86.    Aleksey Grebnev  (FIDE), 2611 (PN)

87.    Evgeniy Najer  (FIDE), 2610 (Z3.8)

88.    Daniel Dardha  (BEL), 2605 (E24)

89.    Cristobal Henriquez Villagra  (CHI), 2605 (AM24)

90.    Bardiya Daneshvar  (IRI), 2602 (Z3.1)

91.    Pouya Idani  (IRI), 2601 (Z3.1)

92.    P. Iniyan  (IND), 2599 (AS25)

93.    Ivan Zemlyanskii  (FIDE), 2596 (AS25)

94.    Georg Meier  (URU), 2596 (FN)

95.    Bobby Cheng  (AUS), 2596 (FN)

96.    Jorge Cori  (PER), 2594 (FN)

97.    Mustafa Yilmaz  (TUR), 2591 (FN)

98.    Andy Woodward  (USA), 2590 (PN)

99.    Bai Jinshi  (CHN), 2590 (Z3.5)

100.    Ahmed Adly  (EGY), 2589 (AF25)

101.    Niclas Huschenbeth  (GER), 2587 (E25)

102.    Nijat Abasov  (AZE), 2587 (WC)

103.    Alexander Motylev  (ROM), 2585 (E24)

104.    Arturs Neiksans  (LAT), 2585 (FN)

105.    Arseniy Nesterov  (FIDE), 2584 (Z3.8)

106.    Tin Jingyao  (SIN), 2583 (Z3.3)

107.    Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis  (GRE), 2583 (E25)

108.    Max Warmerdam  (NED), 2582 (FN)

109.    Karthik Venkataraman  (IND), 2579 (Z3.7)

110.    Ante Brkić  (CRO), 2578 (FN)

111.    Alexandr Fier  (BRA), 2577 (AM25)

112.    Constantin Lupulescu  (ROM), 2577 (E24)

113.    Nikita Petrov  (MNE), 2576 (FN)

114.    Mateusz Bartel  (POL), 2575 (E24)

115.    Luis Paulo Supi  (BRA), 2575 (FN)

116.    Baadur Jobava  (GEO), 2573 (E25)

117.    Diptayan Ghosh  (IND), 2573 (Z3.7)

118.    Surya Shekhar Ganguly  (IND), 2573 (Z3.7)

119.    Lorenzo Lodici  (ITA), 2560 (FN)

120.    Gergely Kantor  (HUN), 2559 (E25)

121.    Diego Flores  (ARG), 2558 (FN)

122.    Kacper Piorun  (POL), 2557 (E24)

123.    Vladislav Kovalev  (FIDE), 2557 (E24)

124.    Sebastian Bogner  (SUI), 2555 (FN)

125.    Emre Can  (TUR), 2552 (E24)

126.    Jan Šubelj  (SLO), 2545 (FN)

127.    Krikor Mekhitarian  (BRA), 2545 (Z2.4)

128.    Kazybek Nogerbek  (KAZ), 2543 (U20)

129.    Raja Rithvik R  (IND), 2541 (AS25)

130.    Martin Petrov  (BUL), 2540 (FN)

131.    Temur Kuybokarov  (AUS), 2535 (Z3.6)

132.    Bojan Maksimović  (BIH), IM, 2532 (FN)

133.    Titas Stremavičius  (LIT), 2531 (FN)

134.    Paul Velten  (FRA), 2530 (E25)

135.    Sergei Lobanov  (FIDE), 2526 (AS25)

136.    Denis Makhnev  (KAZ), 2525 (FN)

137.    Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux  (CAN), 2524 (FN)

138.    Read Samadov  (AZE), 2523 (E25)

139.    Ahmed Ahmazada  (AZE), IM, 2523 (E25)

140.    Peng Xiongjian  (CHN), 2521 (Z3.5)

141.    Jose Gabriel Cardoso  (COL), 2518 (AM25)

142.    Sion Radamantys Galaviz  (MEX), IM, 2515 (Z2.3)

143.    Aronyak Ghosh  (IND), IM, 2514 (Z3.7)

144.    Kirk Ghazarian  (USA), 2513 (AM24)

145.    Felix Blohberger  (AUT), 2513 (FN)

146.    Mircea-Emilian Parligras  (ROM), 2510 (FN)

147.    Faustino Oro  (ARG), IM, 2509 (PN)

148.    Roberto Garcia Pantoja  (COL), 2502 (AM24)

149.    M.R. Lalith Babu  (IND), 2502 (Z3.7)

150.    Divya Deshmukh  (IND), 2498 (PN)

151.    Jegor Lashkin  (MLD), IM, 2497 (FN)

152.    Saparmyrat Atabayev  (TKM), 2494 (FN)

153.    Alisher Suleymenov  (KAZ), 2491 (Z3.4)

154.    Santiago Avila Pavas  (COL), 2490 (FN)

155.    Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov  (UZB), IM, 2487 (Z3.4)

156.    Bilel Bellahcene  (ALG), 2485 (AF25)

157.    Karen H. Grigoryan  (ARM), 2481 (FN)

158.    Adham Fawzy  (EGY), 2476 (FN)

159.    Himal Gusain  (IND), IM, 2476 (Z3.7)

160.    Harshavardhan B.  (IND), IM, 2476 (AS25)

161.    Aldiyar Ansat  (KAZ), IM, 2470 (Z3.4)

162.    Siddharth Jagadeesh  (SIN), 2467 (FN)

163.    Neelash Saha  (IND), IM, 2466 (Z3.7)

164.    Levan Pantsulaia  (GEO), 2457 (FN)

165.    Dylan Isidro Berdayes Ason  (CUB), 2453 (FN)

166.    Kevin Joel Cori Quispe  (MEX), 2451 (FN)

167.    Pablo Salinas Herrera  (CHI), 2451 (FN)

168.    Uurtsaikh Agibileg  (MGL), IM, 2448 (Z3.3)

169.    Banh Gia Huy  (VIE), IM, 2440 (FN)

170.    Fy Rakotomaharo  (MDG), IM, 2435 (FN)

171.    Daniel Quizon  (PHI), 2420 (FN)

172.    Facundo Vazquez  (URU), IM, 2419 (Z2.5)

173.    Prin Laohawirapap  (THA), IM, 2417 (FN)

174.    Mohammad Fahad Rahman  (BAN), IM, 2416 (FN)

175.    Ganzorig Amartuvshin  (MGL), IM, 2415 (FN)

176.    Steven Rojas  (PER), IM, 2413 (Z2.4)

177.    Ilan Schnaider  (ARG), IM, 2413 (Z2.5)

178.    Tran Thanh Tu  (JPN), IM, 2407 (FN)

179.    Wang Shixu  (CHN), IM, 2402 (Z3.5)

180.    Shiyam Thavandiran  (CAN), IM, 2402 (Z2.2)

181.    Ranindu Liyanage  (SRI), IM, 2401 (FN)

182.    Satria Duta Cahaya  (INA), FM, 2393 (FN)

183.    Angel Gabriel Cordoba  (COL), IM, 2392 (Z2.3)

184.    Chitumbo Mwali  (ZAM), IM, 2392 (FN)

185.    Eldiar Orozbaev  (KGZ), IM, 2375 (FN)

186.    Farai Mandizha  (ZIM), IM, 2375 (FN)

187.    Satbek Akhmedinov  (KAZ), IM, 2372 (Z3.4)

188.    Manon Reja Neer  (BAN), IM, 2369 (Z3.2)

189.    David Silva  (ANG), IM, 2347 (FN)

190.    Mohan Kavin  (MAS), FM, 2346 (FN)

191.    Jacques Elbilia  (MAR), FM, 2332 (FN)

192.    Igor Efimov  (MON), 2331 (Z1.10)

193.    Orlando Husbands  (BAR), IM, 2291 (Z2.3)

194.    Jaloliddin Ilkhomi  (TJK), FM, 2289 (FN)

195.    Daniel Barrish  (RSA), FM, 2284 (FN)

196.    Bomo Kigigha  (NGR), FM, 2263 (FN)

197.    Alah Edienne Boulrens  (ALG), untitled, 2214 (FN)

198.    Akar Ali Salih Salih  (IRQ), FM, 2212 (FN)

199.    Zoubaier Amdouni  (TUN), FM, 2186 (FN)

200.    Isaak Huh  (KOR), CM, 2139 (FN)

201.    Mohammed Alam  (JOR), CM, 2112 (FN)

202.    Ahmed Al-Rehily  (KSA), FM, 2109 (FN)

203.    Heskiel Ndahangwapo  (NAM), CM, 2093 (FN)

204.    Oscar Qin  (NZL), CM, 2078 (FN)

205.    Li Yiheng  (HKG), CM, 1994 (FN)

206.    Nagi Abuganda  (LBA), CM, 1972 (FN)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Qualifier explanation

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)
• 100 players qualifying from Continental and Zonal events:
  • Europe (30+11) including European Championships 2024 (E24, 20) and 2025 (E25, 20), and Zonal 1.10 (Z1.10, 1)
  • Americas (12+9) including American Continental Championships 2024 (AM24, 4) and 2025 (AM25, 4), and Zonals 2.1 (Z2.1, 5), 2.2 (Z2.2, 1), 2.3.1 (Z2.3.1, 1), 2.3.2 (Z2.3.2, 1), 2.3.3 (Z2.3.3, 1), 2.4 (Z2.4, 2), and 2.5 (Z2.5, 2)
  • Asia (35) including Asian Championships 2025 (AS25, 10), and Zonals 3.1 (Z3.1, 2), 3.2 (Z3.2, 1), 3.3 (Z3.3, 2), 3.4 (Z3.4, 4), 3.5 (Z3.5, 3), 3.6 (Z3.6, 1), 3.7 (Z3.7, 7), and 3.8 (Z3.8, 5)
  • Africa (3) including African Championships 2024 (AF24, 1) and 2025 (AF25, 2)
• The 13 highest rated players from the June 2025 FIDE World Rankings ^[a] (R)
• 80 federation spots selected according to the final standings of the 45th Chess Olympiad (FN) ^[8]
• 4 nominees of the FIDE president (PN)
• 2 nominees of the organiser (ON)

Afghanistan and Chinese Taipei did not nominate a player, and two additional Presidential Nominees were invited instead. Pakistan had nominated a player but declined to participate later, and a reserved Presidential Nominee was invited instead.

Replacements

The following are the players from the list of qualifiers ^[7] who declined to play, and their replacements:

•   Magnus Carlsen  (NOR), 2839 (WC) →   Vincent Keymer  (GER), 2755 (R)
•   Fabiano Caruana  (USA), 2789 (WC) →   Lê Quang Liêm  (VIE), 2729 (R)
•   Hikaru Nakamura  (USA), 2816 (R) →   Vidit Gujrathi  (IND), 2716 (R)
•   Alireza Firouzja  (FRA), 2762 (R) →   Richárd Rapport  (HUN), 2724 (R)
•   Viswanathan Anand  (IND), 2743 (R) →   Yu Yangyi  (CHN), 2720 (R)
•   Leinier Domínguez  (USA), 2738 (Z2.1) →   Javokhir Sindarov  (UZB), 2721 (R) ^[b]
•   Ju Wenjun  (CHN), 2564 (WWC) →   Divya Deshmukh  (IND), 2498 (PN)

Rounds 1–4

Pairings were published on October 4, on the official FIDE website. ^{[9] [10]}

Section 1

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	1	D Gukesh	Bye
	-	Bye 1				1	D Gukesh
	128	K Nogerbek
	129	R Raja Rithvik
	65	E Gürel
	192	I Efimov
	64	F Svane
	193	O Husbands
	33	S Sargsyan	Bye
	-	Bye 33				33	S Sargsyan
	96	J Cori
	161	A Aldiyar
	97	M Yılmaz
	160	GB Harshavardhan
	32	X Bu	Bye			32	X Bu
	-	Bye 32

Section 2

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	17	Y Yu	Bye
		Bye 17				17	Y Yu
	112	C Lupulescu
	145	F Blohberger
	81	S. L. Narayanan
	176	S Rojas
	48	N Vitiugov	Bye			48	N Vitiugov
	-	Bye 48
	49	N Theodorou	Bye
	-	Bye 49				49	N Theodorou
	80	A Inđić
	177	I Schnaider
	113	N Petrov
	144	K Ghazarian
	16	J Sindarov	Bye			16	J Sindarov
	-	Bye 16

Section 3

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	9	S Mamedyarov	Bye
	-	Bye 9				9	S Mamedyarov
	120	G Kantor
	137	S Rodrigue-Lemiuex
	73	É Bacrot
	184	C Mwali
	56	N Grandelius
	201	A Mohamed
	41	G Oparin	Bye
	-	Bye 41				41	G Oparin
	88	D Dardha
	169	HG Banh
	105	A Nesterov
	152	S Atabayev
	24	H Pentala	Bye			24	H Pentala
	-	Bye 24

Section 4

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	25	J van Foreest	Bye
	-	Bye 25				25	J van Foreest
	104	A Neiksans
	153	A Suleymenov
	89	C Henriquez Villagra
	168	U Agibileg
	40	A Sarana	Bye			40	A Sarana
	-	Bye 40
	57	J Martínez
	200	H Isaak
	72	V Ivić
	185	E Orozbaev
	121	D Flores
	136	D Makhnev
	8	N Abdusattorov	Bye			8	N Abdusattorov
	-	Bye 8

Section 5

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	5	W So	Bye
	-	Bye 5				5	W So
	124	S Bogner
	133	T Stremavičius
	69	A Tari
	188	M Reja Neer
	60	V Pranav
	197	A Boulrens
	37	TDV Nguyen	Bye
	-	Bye 37				37	TDV Nguyen
	92	P Iniyan
	165	D Berdayes Ason
	101	N Huschenbeth
	156	B Bellahcene
	28	N Yakubboev	Bye			28	N Yakubboev
	-	Bye 28

Section 6

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	21	A Liang	Bye
	-	Bye 21				21	A Liang
	108	M Warmerdam
	149	MR Lalith Babu
	85	R Svane
	172	F Vazquez
	44	R Mamedov	Bye			44	R Mamedov
	-	Bye 44
	53	M Rodshtein
	204	O Qin
	76	G Sargissian
	181	R Liyanage
	117	D Ghosh
	140	X Peng
	12	I Nepomniachtchi	Bye			12	I Nepomniachtchi
	-	Bye 12

Section 7

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	13	LQ Lê	Bye
	-	Bye 13				13	LQ Lê
	116	B Jobava
	141	J Cardoso Cardoso
	77	D Yuffa
	180	S Thavandiran
	52	J Xiong
	205	Y Li
	45	B-D Deac	Bye
	-	Bye 45				45	B-D Deac
	84	A Suleymanli
	173	P Laohawirapap
	109	V Karthik
	148	R Garcia Pantoja
	20	C Aravindh	Bye			20	C Aravindh
	-	Bye 20

Section 8

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	29	M Blübaum	Bye
	-	Bye 29				29	M Blübaum
	100	A Adly
	157	KH Grigoryan
	93	I Zemlyanskii
	164	L Pantsulaia
	36	R Robson	Bye			36	R Robson
	-	Bye 36
	61	A Donchenko
	196	B Kigigha
	68	D Antón Guijarro
	189	D Silva
	125	E Can
	132	B Maksimović
	4	A Giri	Bye			4	A Giri
	-	Bye 4

Section 9

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	3	R Praggnanandhaa	Bye
	-	Bye 3				3	R Praggnanandhaa
	126	J Subelj
	131	T Kuybokarov
	67	R Hovhannisyan
	190	M Kavin
	62	R Sadhwani
	195	D Barrish
	35	V Murzin	Bye
	-	Bye 35				35	V Murzin
	94	G Meier
	163	N Saha
	99	J Bai
	158	A Fawzy
	30	D Dubov	Bye			30	D Dubov
	-	Bye 30

Section 10

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	19	V Gujrathi	Bye
	-	Bye 19				19	V Gujrathi
	110	A Brkić
	147	F Oro
	83	V Ivanchuk
	174	R Fahad
	46	S Shankland	Bye			46	S Shankland
	-	Bye 46
	51	YK Erdogmus
	206	N Abugenda
	78	L Mendonca
	179	S Wang
	115	LP Supi
	142	S Radamantys Galaviz
	14	R Rapport	Bye			14	R Rapport
	-	Bye 14

Section 11

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	11	M Vachier-Lagrave	Bye
	-	Bye 11				11	M Vachier-Lagrave
	118	S Ganguly
	139	A Ahmadzada
	75	HM Martirosyan
	182	SC Duta
	54	V Artemiev
	203	H Ndahangwapo
	43	D Navara	Bye
	-	Bye 43				43	D Navara
	86	A Grebnev
	171	D Quizon
	107	S Kourkoulos-Arditis
	150	D Deshmukh
	22	N Sarin	Bye			22	N Sarin
	-	Bye 22

Section 12

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	27	A Esipenko	Bye
	-	Bye 27				27	A Esipenko
	102	N Abasov
	155	M Suyarov
	91	P Idani
	166	K Cori Quispe
	38	M Karthikeyan	Bye			38	M Karthikeyan
	-	Bye 38
	59	D Kollars
	198	AA Salih Salih
	70	M Pranesh
	187	S Akhmedinov
	123	V Kovalev
	134	P Velten
	6	V Keymer	Bye			6	V Keymer
	-	Bye 6

Section 13

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	7	Y Wei	Bye
	-	Bye 7				7	Y Wei
	122	K Piorun
	135	S Lobanov
	71	B Amin
	186	F Mandizha
	58	B Gledura
	199	Z Amdouni
	39	I Šarić	Bye
	-	Bye 39				39	I Šarić
	90	B Daneshvar
	167	P Salinas Herrera
	103	A Motylev
	154	S Avila Pavas
	26	P Maghsoodloo	Bye			26	P Maghsoodloo
	-	Bye 26

Section 14

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	23	S Sevian	Bye
	-	Bye 23				23	S Sevian
	106	J Tin
	151	J Lashkin
	87	E Najer
	170	F Rakotomaharo
	42	J-S Christiansen	Bye			42	J-S Christiansen
	-	Bye 42
	55	M Adams
	202	A Alrehaili
	74	I Cheparinov
	183	A Cordoba Roa
	119	L Lodici
	138	R Samadov
	10	HM Niemann	Bye			10	HM Niemann
	-	Bye 10

Section 15

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	15	L Aronian	Bye
	-	Bye 15				15	L Aronian
	114	M Bartel
	143	A Ghosh
	79	S Saleh
	178	TT Trần
	50	A Mishra	Bye			50	A Mishra
	-	Bye 50
	47	R Wojtaszek	Bye
	-	Bye 47				47	R Wojtaszek
	82	M Lagarde
	175	G Amartuvshin
	111	A Fier
	146	M-E Parligras
	18	V Fedoseev	Bye			18	V Fedoseev
	-	Bye 18

Section 16

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	31	K Alekseenko	Bye
	-	Bye 31				31	K Alekseenko
	98	A Woodward
	159	H Gusain
	95	B Cheng
	162	S Jagadeesh
	34	P Leko	Bye			34	P Leko
	-	Bye 34
	63	S Vokhidov
	194	J Ilkhomi
	66	M Chigaev
	191	J Elbilia
	127	K Mekhitarian
	130	M Petrov
	2	A Erigaisi	Bye			2	A Erigaisi
	-	Bye 2

Rounds 5–8

ROUND 5 : Elimination Round (16 players compete)

ROUND 6 : Elimination Round (8 players compete)

ROUND 7 : 4 players compete in 4 semi finals

ROUND 8 : Losers of semi finals compete for 3rd and 4th position, Winners of semi finals compete for 1st and 2nd position

Notes

1. Players who appear inactive at least once in the 6 FIDE rating lists from January to June 2025 are not eligible.
2. Hans Niemann initially qualified by rating but his pathway was changed to U.S. Championship after Dominguez withdrew, thereby Sindarov claiming his rating spot.

References

1. "India to host FIDE World Cup in 2025; three Candidates spots up for grabs". The Indian Express. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
2. "FIDE World Cup to take place in India". Chess News. 23 July 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
3. "FIDE World Cup 2025 heads to Goa, India". fide.com. 26 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
4. "India to Host FIDE Chess World Cup 2025, Marking a Major Milestone". 23 January 2025. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
5. "2025 World Cup regulations, FIDE" (PDF).
6. "FIDE World Championship Cycle". International Chess Federation (FIDE). Retrieved 26 August 2025.
7. "Participants – FIDE World Cup 2025" . Retrieved 26 August 2025.
8. "Olympiad qualification spots for 2025 World Cup and Women's World Cup announced".
9. "FIDE World Cup 2025: Round one pairings revealed". www.fide.com. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
10. "FIDE World Cup 2025 Tournament Bracket". worldcup2025.fide.com. Retrieved 5 October 2025.

External links

• Official website