The chess world is heading to India! From October 30 to November 27, 2025, Goa will host the FIDE World Cup 2025. This thrilling knockout event will feature 206 top players battling for a prize fund of USD 2,000,000 and three spots in the 2026 Candidates Tournament. With…
Magnus Carlsen has done it again! Representing Team Liquid, he claimed gold at the first-ever Chess Esports World Cup in Riyadh. He defeated Team Falcons’ Alireza Firouzja in the Grand Final with style and confidence. The match took place on August 1, 2025. Carlsen won with a score…
Divya Deshmukh, a 19-year-old International Master from Nagpur, made history at the 2025 FIDE Women’s World Cup. She defeated Grandmaster Humpy Koneru 1.5–0.5 in the rapid tiebreaks to claim the title. Divya now becomes the third-ever winner of the Women’s World Cup, following GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (2021) and…
The second game of the Women’s World Cup final ended in a draw. Humpy Koneru tried to complicate the game with a pawn sacrifice. Divya Deshmukh defended calmly and the game finished peacefully after 34 moves. Divya shared after the game, “It should have been an easy draw,…
The FIDE Women’s World Cup final started with a thrilling game. Divya Deshmukh came very close to winning in under 25 moves. But Humpy Koneru defended bravely and managed to secure a draw. The second game of the final will be played tomorrow. Humpy will have the white…
The FIDE Women’s World Cup Round 6 Game 2 brought a moment to remember. India’s rising chess star, IM Divya Deshmukh, stunned everyone by beating former Women’s World Champion, GM Tan Zhongyi of China. This win sent the 19-year-old from Nagpur to the final of the prestigious tournament….
The semi-finals are set! Lei Tingjie vs Humpy Koneru and Tan Zhongyi vs Divya Deshmukh. Divya Deshmukh, the young International Master from Nagpur, made headlines in Batumi. She stunned GM Harika Dronavalli with a brilliant 2-0 win in rapid tiebreaks. This victory sent her to the semifinals of…
Round 5 of Game 2, all four quarterfinal matches were tense and hard-fought. Two games ended with wins, and two were drawn. By the end of the day, Lei Tingjie, Tan Zhongyi, and Humpy Koneru secured their seats in the semifinals. Harika Dronavalli and Divya Deshmukh will return…
After a refreshing rest day, the top sixteen players returned to the Grand Bellagio venue. They began the first games of the two-game Round of 16 that will decide who makes it to the quarterfinals. The round officially started when Irma Nizharadze, Head of the Sports Department of…
The Round of 16 is now set! Big matches ahead: Lei Tingjie vs Omonova, Dzagnidze vs Mariya Muzychuk, Humpy vs Kosteniuk, Song vs Javakhishvili, Zhu Jiner vs Divya, Lagno vs Harika, Tan Zhongyi vs Osmak, and Kamalidenova vs Vaishali. The Ruthless Nature of Tiebreaks Day 9 of FIDE…
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