We are all set for the eleventh edition of the Chess World Cup, which will happen this year, that is 2025. The host for the 11th edition is India, whereas the dates for the Chess World Cup are 30th of October to 27th of November. Basically, the city will be confirmed by FIDE soon. Chess World Cup winners list of all seasons has seen a lot of players over the years.
The last edition of the Chess World Cup happened in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 30th July to 24th August. There were a total of 206 participants competing in the tournament. The current World Number One Chess player, Magnus Carlsen, was the winner as he defeated India’s Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa in the final. Praggnanandhaa was just 17th years old at the time, and Magnus was 31. The United States’ Fabiano Caruana ended in third place.
Chess World Cup winners list of all seasons
The first ever edition of the Chess World Cup happened in 2000 with 24 players. Viswanathan Anand, one of the greatest chess players, won the World Cup. He defeated the Russian Evgeny Bareev in the final. Two years later, it was again Viswanathan Anand to win the Chess World Cup. It was more special as India was the host of that Chess World Cup. He defeated Ubzen’s Rustam Kasimdzhanov in the final.
Final Date
Winner
Runner-up
Host
13th September 2000
Viswanathan Anand
Evgeny Bareev
Shenyang, China
22nd October 2002
Viswanathan Anand
Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Hyderabad, India
17th December 2005
Levon Aronian
Ruslan Ponomariov
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
16th December 2007
Gata Kamsky
Alexei Shirov
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
14th December 2009
Boris Gelfand
Ruslan Ponomariov
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
21st September 2011
Peter Svidler
Alexander Grischuk
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
4th September 2013
Vladimir Kramnik
Dmitry Andreikin
Tromsø, Norway
5th October 2015
Sergey Karjakin
Peter Svidler
Baku, Azerbaijan
27th September 2017
Levon Aronian
Ding Liren
Tbilisi, Georgia
4th October 2019
Teimour Radjabov
Ding Liren
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
6th August 2021
Jan-Krzysztof Duda
Sergey Karjakin
Sochi, Russia
25th August 2023
Magnus Carlsen
R Praggnanandhaa
Baku, Azerbaijan
India to host the Chess World Cup after 23 years
This will be the first time in 23 years that India will host the Chess World Cup since the last time they hosted in Hyderabad in 2022. The dates for the same are 30th October to 27 November. Basically, the city will be announced soon for all the games. Same as the previous two editions, there will be a total of 206 participants in the Chess World Cup.
The prestigious FIDE World Cup is coming to India this year! Scheduled for October 30 to November 27, 2025, the tournament will feature the world’s best players battling for the coveted title and qualification spots in the 2026… pic.twitter.com/BWnpPGdfZX
— International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) July 21, 2025
Basically, the top three of the Chess World Cup 2025 get automatic qualification for the 2026 Candidates Tournament. Every player obviously wants a direct qualification, and we can see tough competition between all the players.
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