India to host FIDE Chess World Cup 2025

India will host the Chess World Cup 2025, scheduled for October 30 to November 27.  Announcing it today, the world body for the sport, FIDE said that the announcement of the host city will be released in due course.

The top three finishers of the 2025 World Cup will earn direct qualification for the 2026 Candidates



Tournament, which determines the challenger for the World Chess Championship. The FIDE World Cup 2025 will feature 206 players competing in a knockout format, a dynamic and unpredictable system, where the losing player in each round is eliminated for the coveted title and qualification spots in the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament.