FIDE World Cup 2025, round 1 LIVE (video)

The FIDE World Chess Cup 2025 is going to take place October 30 – November 27 in India. It will feature 206 players in 8 knockout rounds of classical games. This is the live video of round 1 of the FIDE World Cup.

The FIDE World Cup serves as a critical part of the FIDE World Championship cycle, with the top three finishers qualifying for the 2026 Candidates Tournament, which determines the next challenger for the World Chess Championship title.

More live: World Chess Cup 2025 live / Chessdom’s Twitter/X page

Tania Sachdev, Amruta Mokal, Harshit Raja, Sahaj Grover, Sahil Tickoo and Sagar Shah is the commentary panel by Chessbase India and Chesscom India. They say, “have come together to create that one broadcast which will give the Indian fans the ultimate chess experience for the FIDE World Cup 2025”

There will be individual board broadcasts provided by FIDE, as well as more live video commentary that you can check on Chessdom’s main page.