GMs Levon Aronian (Group A), Arjun Erigaisi (Group B), Alireza Firouzja (Group C), and Magnus Carlsen (Group D) all won two matches to reach the Grand Finals of their respective groups in the 2025 Esports World Cup.
On their last lives in the Losers Brackets are GMs Ian Nepomniachtchi, Vladislav Artemiev, and Andrey Esipenko in Group A; GMs Anish Giri, Nihal Sarin, and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in Group B; GMs Javokhir Sindarov, Wei Yi, and Hikaru Nakamura in Group C; and GMs Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Fabiano Caruana, and Jan-Krzysztof Duda in Group D.
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Day two is on Wednesday, July 30, starting at 8 a.m. ET / 14:00 CEST / 5:30 p.m. IST.
You can see all of the participating players in the graphic below.
GM Rafael Leitao analyzes the Game of the Day below. It will be added soon.
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The 2025 Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, features chess for the first time, with a $1.5 million prize fund and $250,000 for first place, while chess players are also part of esports teams that share a $27 million prize fund. Twelve players qualified for the main event via the Champions Chess Tour, while four qualified in the Last Chance Qualifier (July 24-26) in Riyadh. The main event (July 29-August 1) is first split into four groups of four players. Half of the players will be eliminated before the top eight compete in a knockout Playoff for the top prizes. The time control for all games is 10 minutes, with no increment.
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