FIDE World Cup 2025| Gukesh: Playing as the World Champion on home soil feels surreal

After a 23-year wait, the FIDE World Cup (chess) has returned to India and this time, it’s being led by the nation’s brightest chess star, (youngest) World Champion Gukesh D.…

Gukesh held, Argentina's 'Messi of Chess' impresses

For a player dubbed the ‘Messi of Chess,’ Argentinian Faustino Oro’s first foray into the game indeed came through football. During the Covid-forced lockdown, Oro, then six, would kick a…

FIDE Chess World Cup 2025: D Gukesh top seed, Divya Deshmukh wild card entry – Full list of Indians participating in Goa

Published on: Oct 24, 2025 03:54 pm IST FIDE Chess World Cup 2025: D Gukesh is the top seed and Divya Deshmukh has been handed a wild card after winning…