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India will host this year's chess World Cup from October 30 to November 27. The sport's global governing body FIDE announced about the development on Monday.
As per the announcement, a host city for the event will be named in due course. As many as 206 players will vie for the coveted title and qualification spots in the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament. The players will compete in a knockout format, where the losing player in each round are eliminated.
In the first round, the top 50 players receive byes, while players seeded from 51 to 206 compete, with pairings based on the principle of the top half versus the reversed lower h...