Archive · 22 Sep 2025
Divya Deshmukh Awarded Wildcard for FIDE World Cup 2025
Divya Deshmukh, a chess Grandmaster, has been given a special invitation to play in the FIDE World Cup 2025!
This big chess tournament will be held in Goa, India.
Divya gets to join because someone else had to cancel at the last minute.
Other players will also be playing in the event which is a knock-out format of mini-matches.
The top three finishers will get to compete in the 2026 Candidates Tournament, which determines who gets to challenge for the world title.
Divya Deshmukh received a wildcard for the FIDE World Cup 2025.
The event will be held in Goa, India.
Deshmukh's entry came after a last-minute participant withdrawal.
21 Indian players will be competing.
The tournament features 206 top players in a knockout format.
- Who
- Divya Deshmukh
- What
- Received a wildcard entry for FIDE World Cup 2025
- When
- October 31 - November 27, 2025
- Where
- Goa, India
- Why
- Due to a last-minute participant withdrawal.
- Player
- Divya Deshmukh
- Event
- FIDE World Cup 2025
- Location
- Goa, India
- Dates
- October 31 - November 27, 2025
- Wildcard Reason
- Last-minute withdrawal
- Number of Indian Participants
- 21
- World Champion
- D Gukesh
Sources
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