FIDE World Cup 2025: Full list of 206 qualified players for Goa event; Check seedings & ratings

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World champion Gukesh Dommaraju contemplates a move in the previous round of the FIDE Grand Swiss tournament. (PHOTO: Michal Walusza / FIDE)

The FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 will take place in Goa from October 30 to November 27 later this year, where a record number of 24 Indians will feature. The World Cup is a crucial event in the World Championship cycle as it offers a Candidates spot.

The top three finishers of the 2025 Chess World Cup will get a direct qualification for the 2026 Candidates Tournament, which determines the challenger for the World Chess Championship.

What is the format of the World Cup?

The FIDE World Cup 2025 will feature 206 players competing in a head-to-head, two-game knockout format over eight rounds. Each round spans three days: two classical games (between two players) on the first two days, followed by tie-breaks on the third day, if necessary.

In the first round, the top 50 players receive byes, while players seeded from 51 to 206 compete, with pairings based on the principle of the top half versus the reversed lower half.

Full list of players for FIDE World Cup 2025

#	Name	FED	Rating	B-Year
1	Gukesh D	IND	2752	2006
2	Erigaisi Arjun	IND	2773	2003
3	Praggnanandhaa R	IND	2771	2005
4	Giri, Anish	NED	2759	1994
5	So, Wesley	USA	2756	1993
6	Keymer, Vincent	GER	2755	2004
7	Wei, Yi	CHN	2754	1999
8	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	UZB	2750	2004
9	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	2742	1985
10	Niemann, Hans Moke	USA	2738	2003
11	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	FRA	2737	1990
12	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	FID	2732	1990
13	Le, Quang Liem	VIE	2729	1991
14	Rapport, Richard	HUN	2724	1996
15	Aronian, Levon	USA	2722	1982
16	Sindarov, Javokhir	UZB	2721	2005
17	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	2720	1994
18	Fedoseev, Vladimir	SLO	2720	1995
19	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	IND	2716	1994
20	Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.	IND	2711	1999
21	Liang, Awonder	USA	2710	2003
22	Nihal Sarin	IND	2700	2004
23	Sevian, Samuel	USA	2698	2000
24	Harikrishna, Pentala	IND	2697	1986
25	Van Foreest, Jorden	NED	2697	1999
26	Maghsoodloo, Parham	IRI	2697	2000
27	Esipenko, Andrey	FID	2693	2002
28	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	UZB	2689	2002
29	Bluebaum, Matthias	GER	2687	1997
30	Dubov, Daniil	FID	2684	1996
31	Alekseenko, Kirill	AUT	2679	1997
32	Bu, Xiangzhi	CHN	2672	1985
33	Sargsyan, Shant	ARM	2667	2002
34	Leko, Peter	HUN	2666	1979
35	Murzin, Volodar	FID	2664	2006
36	Robson, Ray	USA	2664	1994
37	Nguyen, Thai Dai Van	CZE	2664	2001
38	Karthikeyan, Murali	IND	2662	1999
39	Saric, Ivan	CRO	2661	1990
40	Sarana, Alexey	SRB	2661	2000
41	Oparin, Grigoriy	USA	2661	1997
42	Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian	NOR	2661	1998
43	Navara, David	CZE	2656	1985
44	Mamedov, Rauf	AZE	2655	1988
45	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	ROU	2655	2001
46	Shankland, Sam	USA	2654	1991
47	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	POL	2654	1987
48	Vitiugov, Nikita	ENG	2654	1987
49	Theodorou, Nikolas	GRE	2652	2000
50	Mishra, Abhimanyu	USA	2652	2009
51	Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan	TUR	2651	2011
52	Xiong, Jeffery	USA	2648	2000
53	Rodshtein, Maxim	ISR	2647	1989
54	Artemiev, Vladislav	FID	2646	1998
55	Adams, Michael	ENG	2646	1971
56	Grandelius, Nils	SWE	2645	1993
57	Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo	MEX	2644	1999
58	Gledura, Benjamin	HUN	2643	1999
59	Kollars, Dmitrij	GER	2642	1999
60	Pranav, V	IND	2641	2006
61	Donchenko, Alexander	GER	2641	1998
62	Sadhwani, Raunak	IND	2641	2005
63	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	UZB	2640	2002
64	Svane, Frederik	GER	2638	2004
65	Gurel, Ediz	TUR	2634	2008
66	Chigaev, Maksim	ESP	2634	1996
67	Hovhannisyan, Robert	ARM	2633	1991
68	Anton Guijarro, David	ESP	2631	1995
69	Tari, Aryan	NOR	2631	1999
70	Pranesh M	IND	2630	2006
71	Amin, Bassem	EGY	2629	1988
72	Ivic, Velimir	SRB	2628	2002
73	Bacrot, Etienne	FRA	2627	1983
74	Cheparinov, Ivan	BUL	2626	1986
75	Martirosyan, Haik M.	ARM	2626	2000
76	Sargissian, Gabriel	ARM	2624	1983
77	Yuffa, Daniil	ESP	2621	1997
78	Mendonca, Leon Luke	IND	2620	2006
79	Salem, A.R. Saleh	UAE	2620	1993
80	Indjic, Aleksandar	SRB	2618	1995
81	Narayanan S L	IND	2617	1998
82	Lagarde, Maxime	FRA	2617	1994
83	Ivanchuk, Vasyl	UKR	2616	1969
84	Suleymanli, Aydin	AZE	2614	2005
85	Svane, Rasmus	GER	2614	1997
86	Grebnev, Aleksey	FID	2611	2006
87	Najer, Evgeniy	FID	2610	1977
88	Dardha, Daniel	BEL	2605	2005
89	Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal	CHI	2605	1996
90	Daneshvar, Bardiya	IRI	2602	2006
91	Idani, Pouya	IRI	2601	1995
92	Iniyan, Pa	IND	2599	2002
93	Zemlyanskii, Ivan	FID	2596	2010
94	Meier, Georg	URU	2596	1987
95	Cheng, Bobby	AUS	2596	1997
96	Cori, Jorge	PER	2594	1995
97	Yilmaz, Mustafa	TUR	2591	1992
98	Woodward, Andy	USA	2590	2010
99	Bai, Jinshi	CHN	2590	1999
100	Adly, Ahmed	EGY	2589	1987
101	Huschenbeth, Niclas	GER	2587	1992
102	Abasov, Nijat	AZE	2587	1995
103	Motylev, Alexander	ROU	2586	1979
104	Neiksans, Arturs	LAT	2585	1983
105	Nesterov, Arseniy	FID	2584	2003
106	Tin, Jingyao	SGP	2583	2000
107	Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis	GRE	2583	1998
108	Warmerdam, Max	NED	2582	2000
109	Karthik Venkataraman	IND	2579	1999
110	Brkic, Ante	CRO	2578	1988
111	Fier, Alexandr	BRA	2577	1988
112	Lupulescu, Constantin	ROU	2577	1984
113	Petrov, Nikita	MNE	2576	1996
114	Bartel, Mateusz	POL	2575	1985
115	Supi, Luis Paulo	BRA	2575	1996
116	Jobava, Baadur	GEO	2573	1983
117	Ghosh, Diptayan	IND	2573	1998
118	Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	IND	2573	1983
119	Lodici, Lorenzo	ITA	2560	2000
120	Kantor, Gergely	HUN	2559	1999
121	Flores, Diego	ARG	2558	1982
122	Piorun, Kacper	POL	2557	1991
123	Kovalev, Vladislav	FID	2557	1994
124	Bogner, Sebastian	SUI	2555	1991
125	Can, Emre	TUR	2552	1990
126	Subelj, Jan	SLO	2545	2004
127	Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag	BRA	2545	1986
128	Nogerbek, Kazybek	KAZ	2543	2004
129	Raja Rithvik R	IND	2541	2004
130	Petrov, Martin	BUL	2540	2000
131	Kuybokarov, Temur	AUS	2535	2000
132	Maksimovic, Bojan	BIH	2532	2002
133	Stremavicius, Titas	LTU	2531	1998
134	Velten, Paul	FRA	2530	1993
135	Lobanov, Sergei	FID	2526	2001
136	Makhnev, Denis	KAZ	2525	2000
137	Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn	CAN	2524	2004
138	Samadov, Read	AZE	2523	2007
139	Ahmadzada, Ahmad	AZE	2523	2004
140	Peng, Xiongjian	CHN	2521	2000
141	Cardoso Cardoso, Jose Gabriel	COL	2518	2004
142	Galaviz Medina, Sion Radamantys	MEX	2515	2005
143	Aronyak Ghosh	IND	2514	2003
144	Ghazarian, Kirk	USA	2513	2006
145	Blohberger, Felix	AUT	2513	2002
146	Parligras, Mircea-Emilian	ROU	2510	1980
147	Oro, Faustino	ARG	2509	2013
148	Garcia Pantoja, Roberto	COL	2502	1992
149	Lalit Babu M R	IND	2502	1993
150	Divya Deshmukh	IND	2498	2005
151	Lashkin, Jegor	MDA	2497	2003
152	Atabayev, Saparmyrat	TKM	2494	1999
153	Suleymenov, Alisher	KAZ	2491	2000
154	Avila Pavas, Santiago	COL	2490	2004
155	Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid	UZB	2487	2009
156	Bellahcene, Bilel	ALG	2485	1998
157	Grigoryan, Karen H.	ARM	2481	1995
158	Fawzy, Adham	EGY	2476	2000
159	Gusain, Himal	IND	2476	1993
160	Harshavardhan G B	IND	2476	2003
161	Ansat, Aldiyar	KAZ	2470	2008
162	Siddharth, Jagadeesh	SGP	2467	2007
163	Neelash Saha	IND	2466	2002
164	Pantsulaia, Levan	GEO	2457	1986
165	Berdayes Ason, Dylan Isidro	CUB	2453	1998
166	Cori Quispe, Kevin Joel	MEX	2451	1999
167	Salinas Herrera, Pablo	CHI	2451	1994
168	Agibileg, Uurtsaikh	MGL	2448	2001
169	Banh Gia Huy	VIE	2440	2009
170	Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina	MAD	2435	1999
171	Quizon, Daniel	PHI	2420	2004
172	Vazquez, Facundo	URU	2419	2004
173	Laohawirapap, Prin	THA	2417	2006
174	Mohammad Fahad, Rahman	BAN	2416	2003
175	Amartuvshin, Ganzorig	MGL	2415	2005
176	Rojas Salas, Steven	PER	2413	2004
177	Schnaider, Ilan	ARG	2413	2011
178	Tran, Thanh Tu	JPN	2407	1990
179	Wang, Shixu B	CHN	2402	2001
180	Thavandiran, Shiyam	CAN	2402	1992
181	Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan	SRI	2401	2003
182	Cahaya, Satria Duta	INA	2393	2008
183	Cordoba Roa, Angel Gabriel	COL	2392	2006
184	Mwali, Chitumbo	ZAM	2392	1986
185	Orozbaev, Eldiyar	KGZ	2375	2006
186	Mandizha, Farai	ZIM	2375	1985
187	Akhmedinov, Satbek	KAZ	2372	2006
188	Manon, Reja Neer	BAN	2369	2010
189	Silva, David	ANG	2347	1998
190	Kavin Mohan	MAS	2346	2011
191	Elbilia, Jacques	MAR	2332	1971
192	Efimov, Igor	MNC	2331	1960
193	Husbands, Orlando	BAR	2291	1997
194	Ilkhomi, Jaloliddin	TJK	2289	2007
195	Barrish, Daniel	RSA	2284	2000
196	Kigigha, Bomo Lovet	NGR	2263	1982
197	Boulrens, Ala Eddine	ALG	2214	2000
198	Salih, Akar Ali Salih	IRQ	2212	1990
199	Amdouni, Zoubaier	TUN	2186	1987
200	Huh, Isaak	KOR	2139	2011
201	Allam, Mohamed	PLE	2112	2001
202	Alrehaili, Ahmed Abdullah S	KSA	2109	2000
203	Ndahangwapo, Heskiel	NAM	2093	2000
204	Qin, Oscar Shu Xuan	NZL	2078	2008
205	Li, Yiheng	HKG	1994	2012
206	Abugenda, Nagi	LBA	1972	1986