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• FIDE World Cup QF - Live!

  The FIDE World Cup is taking place from 1 to 26 November at the Resort Rio in Goa, India. The knockout tournament features 206 participants, including world champion Gukesh Dommaraju alongside rating favourites Vincent Keymer, Anish Giri and Arjun Erigaisi. The top three finishers will qualify to the 2026 Candidates Tournament. | Follow the action live with expert commentary starting at 10.30 CET (5.30 ET, 15.00 IST)

• GM training for Malaysians talents

  Chess grandmaster Daniel Howard Fernandez of England trains young chess talents in Kuala Lumpur. Twelve talented, young Malaysians attended the workshops and were mentored by England’s 11th ranked player. GM Daniel Howard Fernandez is no stranger to this region, as he had grown up in neighbouring Singapore as a then young chess prodigy. Now he is helping the next generation of talented children.

• World Cup: Yakubboev scores, as Donchenko stumbles in the opening

  Monday's quarterfinal openers at the FIDE World Cup in Goa saw Nodirbek Yakubboev take an early lead, as the Uzbek GM won his game against Alexander Donchenko. The other three encounters were drawn, though Javokhir Sindarov came close to securing a second win for Uzbekistan before Jose Martinez held firm in a difficult endgame. With three matches still level, the race for semifinal places remains wide open. | Photo: Michal Walusza