{"id":345288,"date":"2025-08-28T17:05:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T11:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=345288"},"modified":"2025-08-28T17:05:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T11:35:58","slug":"fide-world-cup-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/fide-world-cup-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"FIDE World Cup 2025\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>The FIDE World Cup 2025 will be hosted in <strong>Goa, India<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>About FIDE World Cup 2025<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_345317\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-345317\" style=\"width: 419px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-345317\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Source-FIDE.jpg?resize=419%2C232&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"419\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Source-FIDE.jpg?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Source-FIDE.jpg?resize=1024%2C568&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Source-FIDE.jpg?resize=768%2C426&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Source-FIDE.jpg?w=1487&amp;ssl=1 1487w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-345317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; FIDE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Organizer<\/strong>: The event is being organized by <strong>FIDE (International Chess Federation)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Timing<\/strong>: The tournament will take place from <strong>October 30 to November 27, 2025<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Number of Players:<\/strong> A total of <strong>206 chess players from more than 90 countries<\/strong> will participate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tournament Format\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Knockout format: <\/strong>The competition will follow a <strong>knockout format<\/strong>, where a player must win to move forward.\n<ul>\n<li>If a player loses, they are <strong>immediately eliminated<\/strong> from the tournament.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Match format:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The World Cup will be played over <strong>eight rounds in total<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Each match between two players will have <strong>two classical games<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>If the score is <strong>tied<\/strong> after these games, there will be <strong>tie-breaks on the third day<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>top 50 players<\/strong> will receive a <strong>bye<\/strong> in the first round, meaning they start directly from round two.<\/li>\n<li>The knockout system works like other sports World Cups, where o<strong>nly winners advance<\/strong> to the next round.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Candidates Tournament<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The World Cup is important because the <strong>top three finishers<\/strong> will qualify for the <strong>2026 Candidates Tournament<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The Candidates Tournament decides who will challenge the reigning <strong>World Chess Champion<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>This makes the FIDE World Cup a <strong>key step toward the World Championship title<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Big names and Indian players<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>reigning World Champion D Gukesh<\/strong> from India will play in the event.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Viswanathan Anand<\/strong>, a five-time World Champion and FIDE Deputy President, is also listed, though he is semi-retired.<\/li>\n<li>Other famous Indian players include <strong>Praggnanandhaa R, Arjun Erigaisi, Vidit Gujrathi, Nihal Sarin, and Aravindh Chithambaram<\/strong> among others.<\/li>\n<li>In total, <strong>21 Indian players<\/strong> have qualified for the tournament.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The FIDE World Cup 2025 will be hosted in Goa, India. About FIDE World Cup 2025 Organizer: The event is being organized by FIDE (International Chess Federation). Timing: The tournament will take place from October 30 to November 27, 2025. Number of Players: A total of 206 chess players from more than 90 countries&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/fide-world-cup-2025\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">FIDE World Cup 2025\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,12039,7965],"tags":[11872,10500],"class_list":["post-345288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345288\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}