FIDE World Cup 2025

November 13, 2025 9:45 AM

FIDE World Cup 2025: Arjun, Praggnanandhaa, Harikrishna head to tiebreaks after draws in fourth round

Indian Grandmasters Arjun Erigaisi, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa and Pentala Harikrishna advanced to tiebreaks in the fourth round of the FIDE World Cup 2025 after drawing their second classical games on Wednesday. Erigaisi, playing white, agreed to a draw after 36 moves against Hungarian veteran Peter Leko. Praggnanandhaa split the point with Daniil Dubov of FIDE in 30 moves, while Harikrishna held Nils Grandelius of Sweden in 38 moves despite facing a difficult position. With both classical gam...

November 12, 2025 10:19 AM

FIDE World Cup 2025: Praggnanandhaa survives scare; Arjun, Karthik, Harikrishna held in first game of Round 4

Grandmasters Arjun Erigaisi, Karthik Venkataraman, and P. Harikrishna split points with the black pieces, while R. Praggnanandhaa survived a scare with white against GM Daniil Dubov in the first game of Round 4 of the FIDE World Cup 2025 in Panaji, Goa, on Tuesday. Second seed Arjun Erigaisi, playing black, earned a quick 20-move draw against experienced Hungarian GM Peter Leko, while Harikrishna held Swedish GM Nils Grandelius in 32 moves and Karthik drew with Vietnamese GM Le Quang Liem in 36...

November 4, 2025 10:22 AM

FIDE World Cup 2025: India’s Narayanan, Diptayan, Aronyak advance to second round

GM Narayanan SL and GM Diptayan Ghosh won both their rapid games to secure their spots in the second round of the FIDE World Cup 2025, while Aronyak Ghosh joined them with a clinical performance in the second stage of the round one tiebreaks here on Monday. Playing with black pieces in the first game, Narayanan put himself in the driver’s seat by beating IM Steven Rojas of Peru in 52 moves, and then wrapped up the match with white, winning in just 22 moves. On the adjoining board, Diptayan G...