The Pavilion event organize in every two years will give opportunity to its top three finishers a spot in the 2026 candidates. India is all set organize possibly the most important Chess tournament of the year 2025, the Fide World Cup. But the official announcement is still not announced. It is understood that India has been effectively confirmed as the host for the flagship Fide event, which is scheduled from 31th October to 27th November 2025.
The World Cup will be remarkable, as the World Cup will provide the top three finishers a spot in the 2026 Candidates tournament. The Candidates of eight-player will decide who will face Gukesh D in the World Championship match 2026.
The World Cup 2023 watched as many as four Indian players reached the quarterfinals. Out of them Praggnanandhaa made a historic run to the final, where Praggnanandhaa lost to the eventual champion, Magnus Carlsen. After Indian Chess Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, the teenager became the first Indian to reach a World Cup final, earning a qualification for the Candidates.
The Venue for the Fide World Cup is yet to be decide. It will not surprised if Delhi or Mumbai were chosen to host the event, given their direct connectivity to global locations and the many players expected to arrive from all over world. Due to smog during the October- November schedule might raise concerns, should Delhi be selected, but it is worthy nothing that the AICF had pitched Delhi as the host for the World Championship in November 2024.
The Chess Olympiad in 2022 was the last major chess event hosted by India. While India submitted two separate bids (one from Tamil Nadu government and another from the AICF) to host the World Championship match 2024 between Gukesh D and Ding Liren in November 2024, Singapore eventually won the bid.
