The third round of the FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 starts on Friday at the Resort Rio Convention Centre in Arpora, Goa, with 10 Indians still left in title contention.
Five Indians — D. Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, Pentala Harikrishna, Diptayan Ghosh, and Karthik Venkataraman — directly qualified for the third round after scoring 1.5-0.5 in their two classical matches in the previous round, whereas the five other Indians — R. Praggnanandhaa, Vidit Gujrathi, Pranav V, Pranesh M and SL Narayanan — joined them in round 3 after fighting for their spots through the tiebreaks.
A total of 24 Indians were part of the 206-player field. Seven were eliminated in the first round, and seven more crashed out of the event in the second round. The biggest upset was the elimination of Nihal Sarin, who suffered a shock loss from Greek GM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis, who previously eliminated Divya Deshmukh in the first round.
FIDE Chess World Cup 2025: Indians in action & pairings
- GM D. Gukesh (2752) vs GM Frederik Svane (GER) 2638
- GM Arjun Erigaisi (2773) vs GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov (UZB) 2640
- GM Robert Hovhannisyan (ARM) 2633 vs GM R. Praggnanandhaa (2771)
- GM V. Pranav (2641) vs GM Titas Stremavicius (LTU) 2531
- GM Vincent Keymer (GER) 2755 vs GM M. Pranesh (2630)
- GM Pentala Harikrishna (2697) vs GM Daniel Dardha (BEL) 2605
- GM Sam Shankland (USA) 2654 vs GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit (2716)
- GM S L Narayanan (2617) vs GM Yangyi Yu (CHN) 2720
- GM Diptayan Ghosh (2573) vs GM Gabriel Sargissian (ARM) 2624
- GM Venkataraman Karthik (2579) vs GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU) 2655
FIDE Chess World Cup 2025: Round 3 Overall Pairings
- GM Frederik Svane (GER) 2638 vs GM D. Gukesh (IND) 2752
- GM Arjun Erigaisi (IND) 2773 vs GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov (UZB) 2640
- GM Robert Hovhannisyan (ARM) 2633 vs GM R. Praggnanandhaa (IND) 2771
- GM Anish Giri (NED) 2759 vs GM Alexander Donchenko (GER) 2641
- GM V. Pranav (IND) 2641 vs GM Titas Stremavicius (LTU) 2531
- GM Vincent Keymer (GER) 2755 vs GM M. Pranesh (IND) 2630
- GM Benjamin Gledura (HUN) 2643 vs GM Yi Wei (CHN) 2754
- GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) 2750 vs GM Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara (MEX) 2644
- GM Nils Grandelius (SWE) 2645 vs GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2742
- GM Lorenzo Lodici (ITA) 2560 vs GM Michael Adams (ENG) 2646
- GM Vladislav Artemiev (FID) 2646 vs GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2737
- GM Diptayan Ghosh (IND) 2573 vs GM Gabriel Sargissian (ARM) 2624
- GM Jeffery Xiong (USA) 2648 vs GM Quang Liem Le (VIE) 2729
- GM Richard Rapport (HUN) 2724 vs GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (TUR) 2651
- GM A.R. Saleh Salem (UAE) 2620 vs GM Levon Aronian (USA) 2722
- GM Javokhir Sindarov (UZB) 2721 vs GM Nikolas Theodorou (GRE) 2652
- GM S L Narayanan (IND) 2617 vs GM Yangyi Yu (CHN) 2720
- GM Vladimir Fedoseev (SLO) 2720 vs GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek (POL) 2654
- GM Sam Shankland (USA) 2654 vs GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit (IND) 2716
- GM Venkataraman Karthik (IND) 2579 vs GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU) 2655
- GM Rasmus Svane (GER) 2614 vs GM Awonder Liang (USA) 2710
- GM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis (GRE) 2583 vs GM Aleksey Grebnev (FID) 2611
- GM Evgeniy Najer (FID) 2610 vs GM Samuel Sevian (USA) 2698
- GM Pentala Harikrishna (IND) 2697 vs GM Daniel Dardha (BEL) 2605
- GM Alexey Sarana (SRB) 2661 vs GM Jorden Van Foreest (NED) 2697
- GM Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI) 2697 vs GM Ivan Saric (CRO) 2661
- GM Pouya Idani (IRI) 2601 vs GM Andrey Esipenko (FID) 2693
- GM Nodirbek Yakubboev (UZB) 2689 vs GM Thai Dai Van Nguyen (CZE) 2664
- GM Ivan Zemlyanskii (FID) 2596 vs GM Matthias Bluebaum (GER) 2687
- GM Daniil Dubov (FID) 2684 vs GM Georg Meier (URU) 2596
- GM Peter Leko (HUN) 2666 vs GM Kirill Alekseenko (AUT) 2679
- GM Mustafa Yilmaz (TUR) 2591 vs GM Shant Sargsyan (ARM) 2667
FIDE World Cup 2025 Round 3 live streaming details
When and where is the FIDE World Cup 2025 going to take place?
The FIDE World Cup 2025 will be held at Resort Rio in Goa from 1st November, Saturday to 26th November, Wednesday.
What time will the FIDE World Cup 2025 Round 3 start?
The FIDE World Cup 2025 Round 3 will take place from Nov 7 to 9 (including tie-breakers). Then there’ll be Round 4 from Nov 11 to 13 (including tie-breakers) and round 5 from Nov 14-16 (including tie-breakers). The knockouts start with the quarterfinals scheduled to take place on Nov 17-19 (including tie-breakers), followed by the semifinals from 21-23 (including tie-breakers). The final will take place from Nov 24 to 26 (including tie-breakers).
Where to watch the live stream of FIDE World Cup 2025 Round 3 in India?
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The FIDE World Cup 2025 Round 3 will be streamed live on the FIDE YouTube + Chess.com as well as Chessbase.
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