FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 Round 3 Live Streaming: Indians in action, pairings; When, where to watch Gukesh, Arjun, Vidit & Pragg LIVE?

Out of 24 Indians, 10 have qualified for the third round of the FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 happening in Goa.

India's Vidit Gujrathi in action against Faustino Oro during Round 2 of the FIDE World Cup 2025. (PHOTO: Michal Walusza/FIDE)

The third round of the FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 starts on Friday at the Resort Rio Convention Centre in Arpora, Goa, with 10 Indians still left in title contention.

Five Indians — D. Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, Pentala Harikrishna, Diptayan Ghosh, and Karthik Venkataraman — directly qualified for the third round after scoring 1.5-0.5 in their two classical matches in the previous round, whereas the five other Indians — R. Praggnanandhaa, Vidit Gujrathi, Pranav V, Pranesh M and SL Narayanan — joined them in round 3 after fighting for their spots through the tiebreaks.

A total of 24 Indians were part of the 206-player field. Seven were eliminated in the first round, and seven more crashed out of the event in the second round. The biggest upset was the elimination of Nihal Sarin, who suffered a shock loss from Greek GM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis, who previously eliminated Divya Deshmukh in the first round.

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FIDE Chess World Cup 2025: Indians in action & pairings

GM D. Gukesh (2752) vs GM Frederik Svane (GER) 2638
GM Arjun Erigaisi (2773) vs GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov (UZB) 2640
GM Robert Hovhannisyan (ARM) 2633 vs GM R. Praggnanandhaa (2771)
GM V. Pranav (2641) vs GM Titas Stremavicius (LTU) 2531
GM Vincent Keymer (GER) 2755 vs GM M. Pranesh (2630)
GM Pentala Harikrishna (2697) vs GM Daniel Dardha (BEL) 2605
GM Sam Shankland (USA) 2654 vs GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit (2716)
GM S L Narayanan (2617) vs GM Yangyi Yu (CHN) 2720
GM Diptayan Ghosh (2573) vs GM Gabriel Sargissian (ARM) 2624
GM Venkataraman Karthik (2579) vs GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU) 2655

FIDE Chess World Cup 2025: Round 3 Overall Pairings

GM Frederik Svane (GER) 2638 vs GM D. Gukesh (IND) 2752
GM Arjun Erigaisi (IND) 2773 vs GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov (UZB) 2640
GM Robert Hovhannisyan (ARM) 2633 vs GM R. Praggnanandhaa (IND) 2771
GM Anish Giri (NED) 2759 vs GM Alexander Donchenko (GER) 2641
GM V. Pranav (IND) 2641 vs GM Titas Stremavicius (LTU) 2531
GM Vincent Keymer (GER) 2755 vs GM M. Pranesh (IND) 2630
GM Benjamin Gledura (HUN) 2643 vs GM Yi Wei (CHN) 2754
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) 2750 vs GM Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara (MEX) 2644
GM Nils Grandelius (SWE) 2645 vs GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2742
GM Lorenzo Lodici (ITA) 2560 vs GM Michael Adams (ENG) 2646
GM Vladislav Artemiev (FID) 2646 vs GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2737
GM Diptayan Ghosh (IND) 2573 vs GM Gabriel Sargissian (ARM) 2624
GM Jeffery Xiong (USA) 2648 vs GM Quang Liem Le (VIE) 2729
GM Richard Rapport (HUN) 2724 vs GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (TUR) 2651
GM A.R. Saleh Salem (UAE) 2620 vs GM Levon Aronian (USA) 2722
GM Javokhir Sindarov (UZB) 2721 vs GM Nikolas Theodorou (GRE) 2652
GM S L Narayanan (IND) 2617 vs GM Yangyi Yu (CHN) 2720
GM Vladimir Fedoseev (SLO) 2720 vs GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek (POL) 2654
GM Sam Shankland (USA) 2654 vs GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit (IND) 2716
GM Venkataraman Karthik (IND) 2579 vs GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU) 2655
GM Rasmus Svane (GER) 2614 vs GM Awonder Liang (USA) 2710
GM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis (GRE) 2583 vs GM Aleksey Grebnev (FID) 2611
GM Evgeniy Najer (FID) 2610 vs GM Samuel Sevian (USA) 2698
GM Pentala Harikrishna (IND) 2697 vs GM Daniel Dardha (BEL) 2605
GM Alexey Sarana (SRB) 2661 vs GM Jorden Van Foreest (NED) 2697
GM Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI) 2697 vs GM Ivan Saric (CRO) 2661
GM Pouya Idani (IRI) 2601 vs GM Andrey Esipenko (FID) 2693
GM Nodirbek Yakubboev (UZB) 2689 vs GM Thai Dai Van Nguyen (CZE) 2664
GM Ivan Zemlyanskii (FID) 2596 vs GM Matthias Bluebaum (GER) 2687
GM Daniil Dubov (FID) 2684 vs GM Georg Meier (URU) 2596
GM Peter Leko (HUN) 2666 vs GM Kirill Alekseenko (AUT) 2679
GM Mustafa Yilmaz (TUR) 2591 vs GM Shant Sargsyan (ARM) 2667

FIDE World Cup 2025 Round 3 live streaming details

When and where is the FIDE World Cup 2025 going to take place?

The FIDE World Cup 2025 will be held at Resort Rio in Goa from 1st November, Saturday to 26th November, Wednesday.

What time will the FIDE World Cup 2025 Round 3 start?

The FIDE World Cup 2025 Round 3 will take place from Nov 7 to 9 (including tie-breakers). Then there’ll be Round 4 from Nov 11 to 13 (including tie-breakers) and round 5 from Nov 14-16 (including tie-breakers). The knockouts start with the quarterfinals scheduled to take place on Nov 17-19 (including tie-breakers), followed by the semifinals from 21-23 (including tie-breakers). The final will take place from Nov 24 to 26 (including tie-breakers).

Where to watch the live stream of FIDE World Cup 2025 Round 3 in India?

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The FIDE World Cup 2025 Round 3 will be streamed live on the FIDE YouTube + Chess.com as well as Chessbase.