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The Chess World Cup 2025 was a 206-player single-elimination chess tournament that took place in Goa, India, from 31 October to 27 November 2025. It was the 11th edition of the Chess World Cup. Javokhir Sindarov won the tournament, becoming at age 19 the youngest World Cup winner to date. The winner, runner-up, and third-place finisher (Sindarov, Wei Yi and Andrey Esipenko) earned the right to play in the Candidates Tournament 2026.
| Ranking | Prizes | Total |
| Eliminated in Round 1 | 78 × 3,500 | 273,000 |
| Eliminated in Round 2 | 64 × 7,000 | 448,000 |
| Eliminated in Round 3 | 32 × 11,000 | 352,000 |
| Eliminated in Round 4 | 16 × 17,000 | 272,000 |
| Eliminated in Round 5 | 8 × 25,000 | 200,000 |
| Eliminated in Round 6 | 4 × 35,000 | 140,000 |
| 4th place | 1 × 50,000 | 50,000 |
| 3rd place | 1 × 60,000 | 60,000 |
| Runner-up | 1 × 85,000 | 85,000 |
| Winner | 1 × 120,000 | 120,000 |
| Total | 2,000,000 | |
| Seed | Section | Name | Federation | Title | Rating | Born | Qualification | FIDE Profile |
| 1 | 1 | Gukesh D | India | GM | 2752 | 2006 | World Champion | 46616543 |
| 2 | 16 | Erigaisi Arjun | India | GM | 2773 | 2003 | R | 35009192 |
| 3 | 9 | Praggnanandhaa R | India | GM | 2771 | 2005 | WC | 25059530 |
| 4 | 8 | Giri, Anish | Netherlands | GM | 2759 | 1994 | R | 24116068 |
| 5 | 5 | So, Wesley | United States | GM | 2756 | 1993 | R | 5202213 |
| 6 | 12 | Keymer, Vincent | Germany | GM | 2755 | 2004 | R | 12940690 |
| 7 | 13 | Wei, Yi | China | GM | 2754 | 1999 | R | 8603405 |
| 8 | 4 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | Uzbekistan | GM | 2750 | 2004 | R | 14204118 |
| 9 | 3 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | Azerbaijan | GM | 2742 | 1985 | R | 13401319 |
| 10 | 14 | Niemann, Hans Moke | United States | GM | 2738 | 2003 | Z2 | 2093596 |
| 11 | 11 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | France | GM | 2737 | 1990 | R | 623539 |
| 12 | 6 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | FIDE | GM | 2732 | 1990 | R | 4168119 |
| 13 | 7 | Le, Quang Liem | Vietnam | GM | 2729 | 1991 | R | 12401137 |
| 14 | 10 | Rapport, Richard | Hungary | GM | 2724 | 1996 | R | 738590 |
| 15 | 15 | Aronian, Levon | United States | GM | 2722 | 1982 | Z2 | 13300474 |
| 16 | 2 | Sindarov, Javokhir | Uzbekistan | GM | 2721 | 2005 | R | 14205483 |
| 17 | 2 | Yu, Yangyi | China | GM | 2720 | 1994 | R | 8603820 |
| 18 | 15 | Fedoseev, Vladimir | Slovenia | GM | 2720 | 1995 | E24 | 24130737 |
| 19 | 10 | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | India | GM | 2716 | 1994 | R | 5029465 |
| 20 | 7 | Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. | India | GM | 2711 | 1999 | R | 5072786 |
| 21 | 6 | Liang, Awonder | United States | GM | 2710 | 2003 | Z2 | 2056437 |
| 22 | 11 | Nihal Sarin | India | GM | 2700 | 2004 | R | 25092340 |
| 23 | 14 | Sevian, Samuel | United States | GM | 2698 | 2000 | Z2 | 2040506 |
| 24 | 3 | Harikrishna, Pentala | India | GM | 2697 | 1986 | FN | 5007003 |
| 25 | 4 | Van Foreest, Jorden | Netherlands | GM | 2697 | 1999 | E25 | 1039784 |
| 26 | 13 | Maghsoodloo, Parham | Iran | GM | 2697 | 2000 | FN | 12539929 |
| 27 | 12 | Esipenko, Andrey | FIDE | GM | 2693 | 2002 | Z3 | 24175439 |
| 28 | 5 | Yakubboev, Nodirbek | Uzbekistan | GM | 2689 | 2002 | FN | 14203987 |
| 29 | 8 | Bluebaum, Matthias | Germany | GM | 2687 | 1997 | E25 | 24651516 |
| 30 | 9 | Dubov, Daniil | FIDE | GM | 2684 | 1996 | Z3 | 24126055 |
| 31 | 16 | Alekseenko, Kirill | Austria | GM | 2679 | 1997 | PN | 4135539 |
| 32 | 1 | Bu, Xiangzhi | China | GM | 2672 | 1985 | FN | 8601445 |
| 33 | 1 | Sargsyan, Shant | Armenia | GM | 2667 | 2002 | E25 | 13306766 |
| 34 | 16 | Leko, Peter | Hungary | GM | 2666 | 1979 | FN | 703303 |
| 35 | 9 | Murzin, Volodar | FIDE | GM | 2664 | 2006 | PN | 44155573 |
| 36 | 8 | Robson, Ray | United States | GM | 2664 | 1994 | Z2 | 2023970 |
| 37 | 5 | Nguyen, Thai Dai Van | Czechia | GM | 2664 | 2001 | FN | 358878 |
| 38 | 12 | Karthikeyan, Murali | India | GM | 2662 | 1999 | AS25 | 5074452 |
| 39 | 13 | Saric, Ivan | Croatia | GM | 2661 | 1990 | E25 | 14508150 |
| 40 | 4 | Sarana, Alexey | Serbia | GM | 2661 | 2000 | FN | 24133795 |
| 41 | 3 | Oparin, Grigoriy | United States | GM | 2661 | 1997 | FN | 24125890 |
| 42 | 14 | Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian | Norway | GM | 2661 | 1998 | FN | 1512668 |
| 43 | 11 | Navara, David | Czechia | GM | 2656 | 1985 | E25 | 309095 |
| 44 | 6 | Mamedov, Rauf | Azerbaijan | GM | 2655 | 1988 | E24 | 13401653 |
| 45 | 7 | Deac, Bogdan-Daniel | Romania | GM | 2655 | 2001 | E24 | 1226380 |
| 46 | 10 | Shankland, Sam | United States | GM | 2654 | 1991 | AM25 | 2004887 |
| 47 | 15 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | Poland | GM | 2654 | 1987 | FN | 1118358 |
| 48 | 2 | Vitiugov, Nikita | England | GM | 2654 | 1987 | E24 | 4152956 |
| 49 | 2 | Theodorou, Nikolas | Greece | GM | 2652 | 2000 | FN | 4262875 |
| Seed | Name | Nov 2025 rating | 1 | 2 | Total |
| 28 | Nodirbek Yakubboev | 2689 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Andrey Esipenko | 2681 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Seed | Name | Nov 2025 rating | 1 | 2 | R1 | R2 | Total |
| 16 | Javokhir Sindarov | 2721 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 2½ |
| 7 | Wei Yi | 2753 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1½ |