The Fide World Championship 2024 was confronted between Gukesh (right) of India and Ding Liren (left) of China.
India is the host of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Cup 2025. It will be organized from October 30 to November 27.
According to the Fide World Cup website, players of this tournament will fight for 2026 Fide candidates to qualify for the tournament and win the title.
The tournament will be played in a knockout format, in which the player losing in each round will be out. A total of 206 players will participate in this thrilling competition.
From this tournament, the top three players will qualify directly for the 2026 candidate tournament, which will determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship.
India created a new identity in chess In recent years, India has left a strong impression in the world of chess. The big credit goes to the five -time world champion and Vice President of Fide Vishwanathan Anand. Indian players who make big names on the world stage …
- Di Gukesh- Gukesh has a record of becoming Fide World Chess Champion at the youngest age of 18.
Indian Grandmaster De Gekesh won the World Chess Championship title in Singapore. In November 2024, he defeated China's defending champion Ding Liren 7.5-6.5 in the final. After this he became emotional.
- R Pragyananda Pragyanda was the runner-up of the 2023 World Cup.
- Arjun Airigaisi- Currently the world rankings are fifth.
India's achievements in 2024
- The Indian men and women team won the gold medal for the first time at the 2024 Chess Olympiad.
- De Gukesh, Arjun Airigasy, Divya Deshmukh and Vantika Agarwal won the gold medal in the individual category.
- Coonu Humpy won the gold medal at the 2024 Fide Women's Rapid Championship.
- Vaishali Rameshbabu won the bronze medal at the 2024 Fide Women's Blitz Championship.
The main chess tournaments held in India Recently, many major chess tournaments have been played in India. It began in 2022 from the Fide Chess Olympiad. After this, Tata Steel Chess and Fide World Junior U-20 Championship 2024 was organized. In the women's category, the fifth phase of Fide Women's Grand Prix 2025 was held in April 2025.
Konera Humpy made history India's Grandmaster Konaru Hampi made history at the Fide Women's World Cup in Georgia's Batumi. She became the first Indian woman to reach the Fide Women's World Cup semifinal. He made it to the semifinals by drawing the second quarter -final game against China's Song Yuxin. Read the whole news …
Humpy defeated China's Song Yuxin.
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