FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 Schedule, Format, Top Players, Prize Money: After 23 long years, the FIDE World Cup returns to India with Goa set to be the hosts this time around. A record number of 24 Indians will participate in the biennial event, which offers Candidates’ spots and will be headlined by big names like world champion Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa R, Nihal Sarin. The event will also boast of huge foreign names with Hans Niemann, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Levon Aronian.

Here’s all you need to know about the big event later this week:

What is the format of the World Cup?

The FIDE World Cup 2025 will feature 206 players competing in a head-to-head, two-game knockout format over eight rounds. Each round spans three days: two classical games (between two players) on the first two days, foll

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