Chess Fide World Championship 2025. Players, format, schedule, and more. The fide world championship 2025 match is the first in 138 years to feature two contestants from asia, the reigning world champion, china’s ding liren and challenger dommaraju gukesh from india competing for the title and a prize fund of us$2.5 million.
Chess tournaments, championships, videos and results. The player who scores 7.5 points or more will win the match, picking up the better part of the $2.5 million total prize fund.