Chess World Cup 2025

The Chess World Cup 2025 is a 206-player, single-elimination chess tournament in Goa, India, from 31 October to 27 November 2025.^[1][2][3] It is the 11th edition of the Chess World Cup. The winner, runner-up, and third place finisher earns the right to play in the Candidates Tournament 2026.

FIDE Chess World Cup 2025

Tournament information
Sport	Chess
Location	Goa, India
Dates	31 October 2025–27 November 2025
Administrator	FIDE
Tournament format	Single-elimination tournament
Host	All India Chess Federation
Participants	206
← 2023 2027 →

Format

The tournament is an eight-round knockout event, with the top 50 seeds given a bye into the second round. The losers of the two semi-finals play a match for third place. The players who finish first, second, and third qualify for the Candidates Tournament 2026, a tournament to decide the challenger for the World Chess Championship 2026.^[4][5]

Each round consists of classical time limit games on the first two days, plus tie-breaks on the third day if they are required. The time limits are as follows:

Two classical time limit games consisting of 90 minutes each side for the first 40 moves, then 30 extra minutes for the rest of the game, plus a 30-second increment per move starting from move 1. If necessary, rapid format tie-breaks are conducted on the third day of each round.^[4]

Schedule

Each round lasts three days: two for classical time control games and a third, if necessary, for tie-breaks. Rounds 1 to 3 run from 1 to 9 November; 10 November is a rest day; Rounds 4 to 6 run from 11 to 19 November; 20 November is a rest day; Rounds 7 (semi-final) and 8 (final and 3rd/4th play off) run from 21 to 26 November.

Prize money

The total prize fund is US$2,000,000, with the first prize of US$120,000.

Prize money in US dollars

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

Participants

The participants are seeded by their FIDE rating of October 2025, except for Gukesh Dommaraju, who is seeded first as the reigning World Chess Champion. All players are grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.^[6]

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

01.    Gukesh Dommaraju (IND), 2752 (World Champion)

02.    Arjun Erigaisi (IND), 2773 (R)

03.    R Praggnanandhaa (IND), 2771 (WC)

04.    Anish Giri (NED), 2759 (R)

05.    Wesley So (USA), 2756 (R)

06.    Vincent Keymer (GER), 2755 (R)

07.    Wei Yi (CHN), 2754 (R)

08.    Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB), 2750 (R)

09.    Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE), 2742 (R)

10.    Hans Niemann (USA), 2738 (Z2.1)

11.    Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA), 2737 (R)

12.    Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE), 2732 (R)

13.    Lê Quang Liêm (VIE), 2729 (R)

14.    Richard Rapport (HUN), 2724 (R)

15.    Levon Aronian (USA), 2722 (Z2.1)

16.    Javokhir Sindarov (UZB), 2721 (R)

17.    Yu Yangyi (CHN), 2720 (R)

18.    Vladimir Fedoseev (SLO), 2720 (E24)

19.    Vidit Gujrathi (IND), 2716 (R)

20.    Aravindh Chithambaram (IND), 2711 (R)

21.    Awonder Liang (USA), 2710 (Z2.1)

22.    Nihal Sarin (IND), 2700 (AS25)

23.    Samuel Sevian (USA), 2698 (Z2.1)

24.    Pentala Harikrishna (IND), 2697 (FN)

25.    Jorden van Foreest (NED), 2697 (E25)

26.    Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI), 2697 (FN)

27.    Andrey Esipenko (FIDE), 2693 (Z3.8)

28.    Nodirbek Yakubboev (UZB), 2689 (FN)

29.    Matthias Blübaum (GER), 2687 (E25)

30.    Daniil Dubov (FIDE), 2684 (Z3.8)

31.    Kirill Alekseenko (AUT), 2679 (PN)

32.    Bu Xiangzhi (CHN), 2672 (FN)

33.    Shant Sargsyan (ARM), 2667 (E25)

34.    Peter Leko (HUN), 2666 (FN)

35.    Volodar Murzin (FIDE), 2664 (PN)

36.    Ray Robson (USA), 2664 (Z2.1)

37.    Thai Dai Van Nguyen (CZE), 2664 (FN)

38.    Karthikeyan Murali (IND), 2662 (AS25)

39.    Ivan Šarić (CRO), 2661 (E25)

40.    Alexey Sarana (SRB), 2661 (FN)

41.    Grigoriy Oparin (USA), 2661 (FN)

42.    Johan-Sebastian Christiansen (NOR), 2661 (FN)

43.    David Navara (CZE), 2656 (E25)

44.    Rauf Mamedov (AZE), 2655 (E24)

45.    Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROM), 2655 (E24)

46.    Sam Shankland (USA), 2654 (AM25)

47.    Radoslaw Wojtaszek (POL), 2654 (FN)

48.    Nikita Vitiugov (ENG), 2654 (E24)

49.    Nikolas Theodorou (GRE), 2652 (FN)

50.    Abhimanyu Mishra (USA), 2652 (PN)

51.    Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş (TUR), 2651 (E25)

52.    Jeffery Xiong (USA), 2648 (AM24)

53.    Maxim Rodshtein (ISR), 2647 (E25)

54.    Vladislav Artemiev (FIDE), 2646 (Z3.8)

55.    Michael Adams (ENG), 2646 (FN)

56.    Nils Grandelius (SWE), 2645 (FN)

57.    José Martínez Alcántara (MEX), 2644 (AM25)

58.    Benjamin Gledura (HUN), 2643 (E25)

59.    Dmitrij Kollars (GER), 2642 (FN)

60.    Pranav V (IND), 2641 (ON)

61.    Alexander Donchenko (GER), 2641 (E24)

62.    Raunak Sadhwani (IND), 2641 (ON)

63.    Shamsiddin Vokhidov (UZB), 2640 (AS25)

64.    Frederik Svane (GER), 2638 (E24)

65.    Ediz Gürel (TUR), 2634 (E25)

66.    Maksim Chigaev (ESP), 2634 (E24)

67.    Robert Hovhannisyan (ARM), 2633 (E24)

68.    David Antón Guijarro (ESP), 2631 (FN)

69.    Aryan Tari (NOR), 2631 (E25)

70.    Pranesh M (IND), 2630 (AS25)

71.    Bassem Amin (EGY), 2629 (AF24)

72.    Velimir Ivić (SRB), 2628 (E24)

73.    Étienne Bacrot (FRA), 2627 (FN)

74.    Ivan Cheparinov (BUL), 2626 (E24)

75.    Haik Martirosyan (ARM), 2626 (E25)

76.    Gabriel Sargissian (ARM), 2624 (E25)

77.    Daniil Yuffa (ESP), 2623 (E24)

78.    Leon Luke Mendonca (IND), 2620 (PN)

79.    Salem Saleh (UAE), 2620 (FN)

80.    Aleksandar Inđić (SRB), 2618 (E24)

81.    S. L. Narayanan (IND), 2617 (AS25)

82.    Maxime Lagarde (FRA), 2617 (E25)

83.    Vasily Ivanchuk (UKR), 2616 (FN)

84.    Aydin Suleymanli (AZE), 2615 (FN)

85.    Rasmus Svane (GER), 2614 (E24)

86.    Aleksey Grebnev (FIDE), 2611 (PN)

87.    Evgeniy Najer (FIDE), 2610 (Z3.8)

88.    Daniel Dardha (BEL), 2605 (E24)

89.    Cristóbal Henríquez Villagra (CHI), 2605 (AM24)

90.    Bardiya Daneshvar (IRI), 2602 (Z3.1)

91.    Pouya Idani (IRI), 2601 (Z3.1)

92.    P. Iniyan (IND), 2599 (AS25)

93.    Ivan Zemlyanskii (FIDE), 2596 (AS25)

94.    Georg Meier (URU), 2596 (FN)

95.    Bobby Cheng (AUS), 2596 (FN)

96.    Jorge Cori (PER), 2594 (FN)

97.    Mustafa Yilmaz (TUR), 2591 (FN)

98.    Andy Woodward (USA), 2590 (PN)

99.    Bai Jinshi (CHN), 2590 (Z3.5)

100.    Ahmed Adly (EGY), 2589 (AF25)

101.    Niclas Huschenbeth (GER), 2587 (E25)

102.    Nijat Abasov (AZE), 2587 (WC)

103.    Alexander Motylev (ROM), 2585 (E24)

104.    Arturs Neiksans (LAT), 2585 (FN)

105.    Arseniy Nesterov (FIDE), 2584 (Z3.8)

106.    Tin Jingyao (SIN), 2583 (Z3.3)

107.    Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis (GRE), 2583 (E25)

108.    Max Warmerdam (NED), 2582 (FN)

109.    Karthik Venkataraman (IND), 2579 (Z3.7)

110.    Ante Brkić (CRO), 2578 (FN)

111.    Alexandr Fier (BRA), 2577 (AM25)

112.    Constantin Lupulescu (ROM), 2577 (E24)

113.    Nikita Petrov (MNE), 2576 (FN)

114.    Mateusz Bartel (POL), 2575 (E24)

115.    Luis Paulo Supi (BRA), 2575 (FN)

116.    Baadur Jobava (GEO), 2573 (E25)

117.    Diptayan Ghosh (IND), 2573 (Z3.7)

118.    Surya Shekhar Ganguly (IND), 2573 (Z3.7)

119.    Lorenzo Lodici (ITA), 2560 (FN)

120.    Gergely Kantor (HUN), 2559 (E25)

121.    Diego Flores (ARG), 2558 (FN)

122.    Kacper Piorun (POL), 2557 (E24)

123.    Vladislav Kovalev (FIDE), 2557 (E24)

124.    Sebastian Bogner (SUI), 2555 (FN)

125.    Emre Can (TUR), 2552 (E24)

126.    Jan Šubelj (SLO), 2545 (FN)

127.    Krikor Mekhitarian (BRA), 2545 (Z2.4)

128.    Kazybek Nogerbek (KAZ), 2543 (U20)

129.    Raja Rithvik R (IND), 2541 (AS25)

130.    Martin Petrov (BUL), 2540 (FN)

131.    Temur Kuybokarov (AUS), 2535 (Z3.6)

132.    Bojan Maksimović (BIH), IM, 2532 (FN)

133.    Titas Stremavičius (LIT), 2531 (FN)

134.    Paul Velten (FRA), 2530 (E25)

135.    Sergei Lobanov (FIDE), 2526 (AS25)

136.    Denis Makhnev (KAZ), 2525 (FN)

137.    Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux (CAN), 2524 (FN)

138.    Read Samadov (AZE), IM, 2523 (E25)

139.    Ahmad Ahmadzada (AZE), 2523 (E25)

140.    Peng Xiongjian (CHN), 2521 (Z3.5)

141.    Jose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso (COL), 2518 (AM25)

142.    Sion Radamantys Galaviz (MEX), IM, 2515 (Z2.3)

143.    Aronyak Ghosh (IND), IM, 2514 (Z3.7)

144.    Kirk Ghazarian (USA), 2513 (AM24)

145.    Felix Blohberger (AUT), 2513 (FN)

146.    Mircea-Emilian Parligras (ROM), 2510 (FN)

147.    Faustino Oro (ARG), IM, 2509 (PN)

148.    Roberto Garcia Pantoja (COL), 2502 (AM24)

149.    M.R. Lalith Babu (IND), 2502 (Z3.7)

150.    Divya Deshmukh (IND), 2498 (PN)

151.    Jegor Lashkin (MLD), IM, 2497 (FN)

152.    Saparmyrat Atabayev (TKM), 2494 (FN)

153.    Alisher Suleymenov (KAZ), 2491 (Z3.4)

154.    Santiago Avila Pavas (COL), 2490 (FN)

155.    Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov (UZB), IM, 2487 (Z3.4)

156.    Bilel Bellahcene (ALG), 2485 (AF25)

157.    Karen H. Grigoryan (ARM), 2481 (FN)

158.    Adham Fawzy (EGY), 2476 (FN)

159.    Himal Gusain (IND), IM, 2476 (Z3.7)

160.    Harshavardhan G. B. (IND), IM, 2476 (AS25)

161.    Aldiyar Ansat (KAZ), IM, 2470 (Z3.4)

162.    Siddharth Jagadeesh (SIN), 2467 (FN)

163.    Neelash Saha (IND), IM, 2466 (Z3.7)

164.    Levan Pantsulaia (GEO), 2457 (FN)

165.    Dylan Isidro Berdayes Ason (CUB), 2453 (FN)

166.    Kevin Joel Cori Quispe (MEX), 2451 (FN)

167.    Pablo Salinas Herrera (CHI), 2451 (FN)

168.    Uurtsaikh Agibileg (MGL), IM, 2448 (Z3.3)

169.    Banh Gia Huy (VIE), IM, 2440 (FN)

170.    Fy Rakotomaharo (MDG), IM, 2435 (FN)

171.    Daniel Quizon (PHI), 2420 (FN)

172.    Facundo Vazquez (URU), IM, 2419 (Z2.5)

173.    Prin Laohawirapap (THA), IM, 2417 (FN)

174.    Mohammad Fahad Rahman (BAN), IM, 2416 (FN)

175.    Ganzorig Amartuvshin (MGL), IM, 2415 (FN)

176.    Steven Rojas (PER), IM, 2413 (Z2.4)

177.    Ilan Schnaider (ARG), IM, 2413 (Z2.5)

178.    Tran Thanh Tu (JPN), IM, 2407 (FN)

179.    Wang Shixu (CHN), IM, 2402 (Z3.5)

180.    Shiyam Thavandiran (CAN), IM, 2402 (Z2.2)

181.    Ranindu Liyanage (SRI), IM, 2401 (FN)

182.    Satria Duta Cahaya (INA), FM, 2393 (FN)

183.    Angel Gabriel Cordoba (COL), IM, 2392 (Z2.3)

184.    Chitumbo Mwali (ZAM), IM, 2392 (FN)

185.    Eldiar Orozbaev (KGZ), IM, 2375 (FN)

186.    Farai Mandizha (ZIM), IM, 2375 (FN)

187.    Satbek Akhmedinov (KAZ), IM, 2372 (Z3.4)

188.    Manon Reja Neer (BAN), IM, 2369 (Z3.2)

189.    David Silva (ANG), IM, 2347 (FN)

190.    Mohan Kavin (MAS), FM, 2346 (FN)

191.    Jacques Elbilia (MAR), FM, 2332 (FN)

192.    Igor Efimov (MON), 2331 (Z1.10)

193.    Orlando Husbands (BAR), IM, 2291 (Z2.3)

194.    Jaloliddin Ilkhomi (TJK), FM, 2289 (FN)

195.    Daniel Barrish (RSA), FM, 2284 (FN)

196.    Bomo Kigigha (NGR), FM, 2263 (FN)

197.    Alah Edienne Boulrens (ALG), untitled, 2214 (FN)

198.    Akar Ali Salih Salih (IRQ), FM, 2212 (FN)

199.    Zoubaier Amdouni (TUN), FM, 2186 (FN)

200.    Isaak Huh (KOR), CM, 2139 (FN)

201.    Mohammed Allam (PLE), CM, 2112 (FN)

202.    Ahmed Al-Rehily (KSA), FM, 2109 (FN)

203.    Heskiel Ndahangwapo (NAM), CM, 2093 (FN)

204.    Oscar Qin (NZL), CM, 2078 (FN)

205.    Li Yiheng (HKG), CM, 1994 (FN)

206.    Nagi Abuganda (LBA), CM, 1972 (FN)

Qualifier explanation

The following 206 players qualified for the World Cup:^[4]

• The world chess champion as of 1 June 2025
• The women's world chess champion as of 1 June 2025 (WWC)
• The top four players in the Chess World Cup 2023 (WC)
• The 2024 World Junior Champion U20 (U20)
• 100 players qualifying from Continental and Zonal events:
  • Europe (30+11) including European Championships 2024 (E24, 20) and 2025 (E25, 20), and Zonal 1.10 (Z1.10, 1)
  • Americas (12+9) including American Continental Championships 2024 (AM24, 4) and 2025 (AM25, 4), and Zonals 2.1 (Z2.1, 5), 2.2 (Z2.2, 1), 2.3.1 (Z2.3.1, 1), 2.3.2 (Z2.3.2, 1), 2.3.3 (Z2.3.3, 1), 2.4 (Z2.4, 2), and 2.5 (Z2.5, 2)
  • Asia (35) including Asian Championships 2025 (AS25, 10), and Zonals 3.1 (Z3.1, 2), 3.2 (Z3.2, 1), 3.3 (Z3.3, 2), 3.4 (Z3.4, 4), 3.5 (Z3.5, 3), 3.6 (Z3.6, 1), 3.7 (Z3.7, 7), and 3.8 (Z3.8, 5)
  • Africa (3) including African Championships 2024 (AF24, 1) and 2025 (AF25, 2)
• The 13 highest rated players from the June 2025 FIDE World Rankings^[a] (R)
• 80 federation spots selected according to the final standings of the 45th Chess Olympiad (FN)^[7]
• 4 nominees of the FIDE president (PN)
• 2 nominees of the organiser (ON)

Afghanistan and Chinese Taipei did not nominate a player, and two additional Presidential Nominees were invited instead. Pakistan had nominated a player but declined to participate later, and a reserved Presidential Nominee was invited instead.

Replacements

The following are the players from the list of qualifiers^{[citation needed]} who declined to play, and their replacements:^{[citation needed]}

•  Magnus Carlsen (NOR), 2839 (WC) →  Vincent Keymer (GER), 2755 (R)
•  Fabiano Caruana (USA), 2789 (WC) →  Lê Quang Liêm (VIE), 2729 (R)
•  Hikaru Nakamura (USA), 2816 (R) →  Vidit Gujrathi (IND), 2716 (R)
•  Alireza Firouzja (FRA), 2762 (R) →  Richárd Rapport (HUN), 2724 (R)
•  Viswanathan Anand (IND), 2743 (R) →  Yu Yangyi (CHN), 2720 (R)
•  Leinier Domínguez (USA), 2738 (Z2.1) →  Javokhir Sindarov (UZB), 2721 (R)^[b]
•  Ju Wenjun (CHN), 2564 (WWC) →  Divya Deshmukh (IND), 2498 (PN)

Rounds 1–4

Pairings were published on the official FIDE website on 4 October.^[8][9]

Section 1

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	1	D Gukesh	Bye
	-	Bye 1				1	D Gukesh
	128	K Nogerbek	5			128	K Nogerbek
	129	R Raja Rithvik	3
	65	E Gürel	2
	192	I Efimov	0			65	E Gürel
	64	F Svane	2			64	F Svane
	193	O Husbands	0
	33	S Sargsyan	Bye
	-	Bye 33				33	S Sargsyan
	96	J Cori	3			96	J Cori
	161	A Aldiyar	1
	97	M Yılmaz	1½
	160	GB Harshavardhan	½			97	M Yılmaz
	32	X Bu	Bye			32	X Bu
	-	Bye 32

Section 2

	First round					second round					Third round					Fourth round
	17	Y Yu	Bye
		Bye 17				17	Y Yu
	112	C Lupulescu	½			145	F Blohberger
	145	F Blohberger	1½
	81	S. L. Narayanan	3
	176	S Rojas	1			81	S. L. Narayanan
	48	N Vitiugov	Bye			48	N Vitiugov
	-	Bye 48
	49	N Theodorou	Bye
	-	Bye 49				49	N Theodorou
	80	A Inđić	1½			80	A Inđić
	177	I Schnaider	½
	113	N Petrov	w/o
	144	K Ghazarian				113	N Petrov
	16	J Sindarov	Bye			16	J Sindarov
	-	Bye 16

Section 3

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	9	S Mamedyarov	Bye
	-	Bye 9				9	S Mamedyarov
	120	G Kantor	1½			120	G Kantor
	137	S Rodrigue-Lemieux	½
	73	É Bacrot	w/o
	184	C Mwali				73	É Bacrot
	56	N Grandelius	1½			56	N Grandelius
	201	A Mohamed	½
	41	G Oparin	Bye
	-	Bye 41				41	G Oparin
	88	D Dardha	2			88	D Dardha
	169	HG Banh	0
	105	A Nesterov	1½
	152	S Atabayev	½			105	A Nesterov
	24	H Pentala	Bye			24	H Pentala
	-	Bye 24

Section 4

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	25	J van Foreest	Bye
	-	Bye 25				25	J van Foreest
	104	A Neiksans	1½			153	A Suleymenov
	153	A Suleymenov	2½
	89	C Henríquez Villagra	2½
	168	U Agibileg	1½			89	C Henríquez Villagra
	40	A Sarana	Bye			40	A Sarana
	-	Bye 40
	57	J Martínez	2
	200	H Isaak	0			57	J Martínez
	72	V Ivić	2			72	V Ivić
	185	E Orozbaev	0
	121	D Flores	1½
	136	D Makhnev	2½			136	D Makhnev
	8	N Abdusattorov	Bye			8	N Abdusattorov
	-	Bye 8

Section 5

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	5	W So	Bye
	-	Bye 5				5	W So
	124	S Bogner	1½			133	T Stremavičius
	133	T Stremavičius	2½
	69	A Tari	1½
	188	M Reja Neer	½			69	A Tari
	60	V Pranav	2			60	V Pranav
	197	A Boulrens	0
	37	TDV Nguyen	Bye
	-	Bye 37				37	TDV Nguyen
	92	P Iniyan	1½			92	P Iniyan
	165	D Berdayes Ason	½
	101	N Huschenbeth	1½
	156	B Bellahcene	½			101	N Huschenbeth
	28	N Yakubboev	Bye			28	N Yakubboev
	-	Bye 28

Section 6

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	21	A Liang	Bye
	-	Bye 21				21	A Liang
	108	M Warmerdam	5			108	M Warmerdam
	149	MR Lalith Babu	3
	85	R Svane	1½
	172	F Vazquez	½			85	R Svane
	44	R Mamedov	Bye			44	R Mamedov
	-	Bye 44
	53	M Rodshtein	2
	204	O Qin	0			53	M Rodshtein
	76	G Sargissian	1½			76	G Sargissian
	181	R Liyanage	½
	117	D Ghosh	3
	140	X Peng	1			117	D Ghosh
	12	I Nepomniachtchi	Bye			12	I Nepomniachtchi
	-	Bye 12

Section 7

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	13	LQ Lê	Bye
	-	Bye 13				13	LQ Lê
	116	B Jobava	2½			116	B Jobava
	141	J Cardoso Cardoso	1½
	77	D Yuffa	5
	180	S Thavandiran	3			77	D Yuffa
	52	J Xiong	1½			52	J Xiong
	205	Y Li	½
	45	B-D Deac	Bye
	-	Bye 45				45	B-D Deac
	84	A Suleymanli	2			84	A Suleymanli
	173	P Laohawirapap	0
	109	V Karthik	1½
	148	R Garcia Pantoja	½			109	V Karthik
	20	C Aravindh	Bye			20	C Aravindh
	-	Bye 20

Section 8

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	29	M Blübaum	Bye
	-	Bye 29				29	M Blübaum
	100	A Adly	4½			100	A Adly
	157	KH Grigoryan	3½
	93	I Zemlyanskii	1½
	164	L Pantsulaia	½			93	I Zemlyanskii
	36	R Robson	Bye			36	R Robson
	-	Bye 36
	61	A Donchenko	2
	196	B Kigigha	0			61	A Donchenko
	68	D Antón Guijarro	2			68	D Antón Guijarro
	189	D Silva	0
	125	E Can	1
	132	B Maksimović	3			132	B Maksimović
	4	A Giri	Bye			4	A Giri
	-	Bye 4

Section 9

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	3	R Praggnanandhaa	Bye
	-	Bye 3				3	R Praggnanandhaa
	126	J Subelj	1			131	T Kuybokarov
	131	T Kuybokarov	3
	67	R Hovhannisyan	2½
	190	M Kavin	1½			67	R Hovhannisyan
	62	R Sadhwani	1½			62	R Sadhwani
	195	D Barrish	½
	35	V Murzin	Bye
	-	Bye 35				35	V Murzin
	94	G Meier	1½			94	G Meier
	163	N Saha	½
	99	J Bai	1½
	158	A Fawzy	½			99	J Bai
	30	D Dubov	Bye			30	D Dubov
	-	Bye 30

Section 10

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	19	V Gujrathi	Bye
	-	Bye 19				19	V Gujrathi
	110	A Brkić	3			147	F Oro
	147	F Oro	5
	83	V Ivanchuk	1½
	174	R Fahad	½			83	V Ivanchuk
	46	S Shankland	Bye			46	S Shankland
	-	Bye 46
	51	YK Erdoğmuş	2
	206	N Abugenda	0			51	YK Erdoğmuş
	78	LL Mendonca	½			179	S Wang
	179	S Wang	1½
	115	LP Supi	2½
	142	S Radamantys Galaviz	1½			115	LP Supi
	14	R Rapport	Bye			14	R Rapport
	-	Bye 14

Section 11

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	11	M Vachier-Lagrave	Bye
	-	Bye 11				11	M Vachier-Lagrave
	118	S Ganguly	2			118	S Ganguly
	139	A Ahmadzada	0
	75	HM Martirosyan	1½
	182	SC Duta	½			75	HM Martirosyan
	54	V Artemiev	2			54	V Artemiev
	203	H Ndahangwapo	0
	43	D Navara	Bye
	-	Bye 43				43	D Navara
	86	A Grebnev	1½			86	A Grebnev
	171	D Quizon	½
	107	S Kourkoulos-Arditis	2
	150	D Deshmukh	0			107	S Kourkoulos-Arditis
	22	S Nihal	Bye			22	S Nihal
	-	Bye 22

Section 12

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	27	A Esipenko	Bye
	-	Bye 27				27	A Esipenko
	102	N Abasov	2			102	N Abasov
	155	M Suyarov	0
	91	P Idani	2
	166	K Cori Quispe	0			91	P Idani
	38	M Karthikeyan	Bye			38	M Karthikeyan
	-	Bye 38
	59	D Kollars	2
	198	AA Salih Salih	0			59	D Kollars
	70	M Pranesh	1½			70	M Pranesh
	187	S Akhmedinov	½
	123	V Kovalev	1½
	134	P Velten	½			123	V Kovalev
	6	V Keymer	Bye			6	V Keymer
	-	Bye 6

Section 13

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	7	Y Wei	Bye
	-	Bye 7				7	Y Wei
	122	K Piorun	2½			122	K Piorun
	135	S Lobanov	1½
	71	B Amin	w/o
	186	F Mandizha				71	B Amin
	58	B Gledura	2			58	B Gledura
	199	Z Amdouni	0
	39	I Šarić	Bye
	-	Bye 39				39	I Šarić
	90	B Daneshvar	1½			90	B Daneshvar
	167	P Salinas Herrera	½
	103	A Motylev	2
	154	S Avila Pavas	0			103	A Motylev
	26	P Maghsoodloo	Bye			26	P Maghsoodloo
	-	Bye 26

Section 14

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	23	S Sevian	Bye
	-	Bye 23				23	S Sevian
	106	J Tin	3			106	J Tin
	151	J Lashkin	1
	87	E Najer	1½
	170	F Rakotomaharo	½			87	E Najer
	42	J-S Christiansen	Bye			42	J-S Christiansen
	-	Bye 42
	55	M Adams	2
	202	A Alrehaili	0			55	M Adams
	74	I Cheparinov	1½			74	I Cheparinov
	183	A Cordoba Roa	½
	119	L Lodici	1½
	138	R Samadov	½			119	L Lodici
	10	HM Niemann	Bye			10	HM Niemann
	-	Bye 10

Section 15

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	15	L Aronian	Bye
	-	Bye 15				15	L Aronian
	114	M Bartel	2			143	A Ghosh
	143	A Ghosh	4
	79	S Saleh	2
	178	TT Trần	0			79	S Saleh
	50	A Mishra	Bye			50	A Mishra
	-	Bye 50
	47	R Wojtaszek	Bye
	-	Bye 47				47	R Wojtaszek
	82	M Lagarde	1½			82	M Lagarde
	175	G Amartuvshin	½
	111	A Fier	1½
	146	M-E Parligras	½			111	A Fier
	18	V Fedoseev	Bye			18	V Fedoseev
	-	Bye 18

Section 16

	First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round
	31	K Alekseenko	Bye
	-	Bye 31				31	K Alekseenko
	98	A Woodward	2			98	A Woodward
	159	H Gusain	0
	95	B Cheng	1½
	162	S Jagadeesh	½			95	B Cheng
	34	P Leko	Bye			34	P Leko
	-	Bye 34
	63	S Vokhidov	2
	194	J Ilkhomi	0			63	S Vokhidov
	66	M Chigaev	1½			66	M Chigaev
	191	J Elbilia	½
	127	K Mekhitarian	½
	130	M Petrov	1½			130	M Petrov
	2	A Erigaisi	Bye			2	A Erigaisi
	-	Bye 2

Notes

1. Players who appear inactive at least once in the 6 FIDE rating lists from January to June 2025 are not eligible.
2. Hans Niemann initially qualified by rating, but his pathway was changed to the U.S. Championship after Domínguez withdrew, allowing Sindarov to claim the rating spot.