TWIC is 31. First issue 17th September 1994.FIDE World Cup 2025 (Games and Results)
FIDE World Cup 2025
Mark Crowther - Thursday 30th October 2025
The FIDE World Cup took place in Goa, India, Sat 1st to Wed 26th Nov 2025. Players included: World Champion Gukesh, Erigaisi, Praggnanandhaa, Giri, So, Keymer, Wei Yi, Abdusattorov, Mamedyarov, Niemann, MVL, Nepomniachtchi, Le, Rapport, Aronian etc. It was a eight round knockout but the top 50 players only enter the competition in round 2 alongside the 78 winners of Round 1. The top three finishers qualified for the Candidates tournament although players such as Gukesh and Giri and Caruana didn't require this. The Women's World Cup event that regularly takes place alongside was instead held in July as a separate tournament which I think was better for both.
In the end the surprise winner was 20 year old Javokhir Sindarov who started as 16th seed beat 7th seed Wei Yi although they'd both qualified for the Candidates. Andrey Esipenko beat Nodirbek Yakubboev in the 3rd-4th playoff to take the final Candidates place.
FIDE World Cup 2025 (8)
Javokhir Sindarov wins the FIDE World Cup 2025
Mark Crowther | Wed Nov 26 17:52:00 2025
Javokhir Sindarov won the FIDE World Cup with a win in the second rapid game of a tie-break against Wei Yi. Andrey Esipenko had already won his 3rd-4th place match 2-0 against Nodirbek Yakubboev to take the final Candidates place.
FIDE World Cup 2025 (7)
Mark Crowther | Sun Nov 23 14:15:00 2025
Wei Yi and Javokhir Sindarov will fight it out for the FIDE World Cup, Andrey Esipenko and Nodirbek Yakubboev face each other in a 3rd-4th playoff and the winner qualifies for the Candidates alongside the finalists.
FIDE World Cup 2025 (2)
Major surprises in the second round of the FIDE World Cup
Mark Crowther | Thu Nov 6 21:12:00 2025
The second round of the FIDE World Cup saw the elimination of Nepomniachtchi, So and Niemann. World Champion Gukesh progressed without a tie-break, as did Giri, Erigaisi, Keymer and MVL.
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| FIDE World Cup 2025 Goa IND Sat 1st Nov 2025 - Wed 26th Nov 2025
Leading Final Round 8 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Pts |
| Final | ||
| 1 | Sindarov, Javokhir | 2.5 |
| 2 | Wei, Yi | 1.5 |
| 3rd-4th | ||
| 3 | Esipenko, Andrey | 2 |
| 4 | Yakubboev, Nodirbek | 0 |
| Round 7 | ||
| 1 | Sindarov, Javokhir | 1.5 |
| 2 | Yakubboev, Nodirbek | 0.5 |
| 1 | Wei, Yi | 1.5 |
| 2 | Esipenko, Andrey | 0.5 |
| Round 6 | ||
| 1 | Sindarov, Javokhir | 3.5 |
| 2 | Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo | 2.5 |
| 1 | Wei, Yi | 2.5 |
| 2 | Erigaisi, Arjun | 1.5 |
| 1 | Esipenko, Andrey | 4 |
| 2 | Shankland, Sam | 3 |
| 1 | Yakubboev, Nodirbek | 1.5 |
| 2 | Donchenko, Alexander | 0.5 |
| Round 5 | ||
| 1 | Sindarov, Javokhir | 1.5 |
| 2 | Svane, Frederik | 0.5 |
| 1 | Erigaisi, Arjun | 1.5 |
| 2 | Aronian, Levon | 0.5 |
| 1 | Shankland, Sam | 3.0 |
| 2 | Dubov, Daniil | 1.0 |
| 1 | Donchenko, Alexander | 4.5 |
| 2 | Le, Quang Liem | 3.5 |
| 1 | Yakubboev, Nodirbek | 1.5 |
| 2 | Sargissian, Gabriel | 0.5 |
| 1 | Esipenko, Andrey | 2.5 |
| 2 | Grebnev, Aleksey | 1.5 |
| 1 | Wei, Yi | 1.5 |
| 2 | Sevian, Samuel | 0.5 |
| 1 | Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo | 3.5 |
| 2 | Harikrishna, Pentala | 2.5 |
| 206 players | ||
