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The Esports World Cup 2025 is starting today! IM Sagar Shah and GM Harshit Raja break down all the pairings and who they think are the favourites to win the title! Video: ChessBase India #Chess #ChessBaseIndia #MagnusCarlsen #Ewc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ◾Support young talents via HelpChess Foundation: … [Read more...] about Everything you wanted to know about the Esports World Cup 2025 ft. Harshit and Sagar

Nodirbek Abdusattorov is representing Team NAVI at the eSports World Cup 2025. He qualified via the Champions Chess Tour, and will be taking part in the Finals at Riyadh! In this interview, we spoke with Nodirbek about this tournament, online chess vs OTB chess, how he views Chess as an eSport, and his Team NAVI. Video: ChessBase India Edited by: Tushar Damor Interview: Himank … [Read more...] about Counter-Strike is Nodirbek’s favorite! | Team NAVI star Nodirbek Abdusattorov | eSports World Cup

The E-sports world cup 2025 begins on 29th July and goes on until 1st of August 2025. It's a 16-player event with some of the biggest names in the world of chess! Let's try and understand the format: 16 players are segregated in group of 4 players. So there are 4 groups in all. The time control is 10+0. These are the groups and matches: Group A: Nepo vs Esipenko Artemiev vs … [Read more...] about Esports World Cup 2025 Day 1 | Round of 16 | ft. Carlsen, Nakamura, Nihal, Arjun, Anish

Fabiano Caruana is playing for Team Liquid at the eSports World Cup 2025. He qualified via the Champions Chess Tour to the main event in Riyadh! In the media day, we had a detailed interview with Fabiano where we speak about his team, the format, online chess vs OTB chess, and a whole lot more. Watch the full conversation! Video: Chessbase India Interview: Himank Ghosh Edited … [Read more...] about “Chess is primarily an over-the-board game” | Team Liquid star Fabiano Caruana at eSports World Cup

Hikaru Nakamura is in Riyadh for the E-sports World Cup 2025. The no.1 player from USA is one of the favourites in this format as it is going to be played online without any increment. Himank Ghosh from ChessBase India interviews him on the eve of the event and we get to know more about the thoughts of Hikaru before the inaugural edition. Video: Chessbase India Interview: … [Read more...] about “A lot of these things are driven by Magnus” |Team Falcons Star Hikaru Nakamura at eSports World Cup