Overview
- After two drawn classical games, Sindarov clinched the title by winning the second rapid tiebreak with Black as Wei Yi slipped in heavy time trouble.
- The champion earned $120,000 and lifted the newly named Viswanathan Anand Cup in Goa.
- Sindarov, Wei Yi, and third-place finisher Andrey Esipenko secured berths for the 2026 Candidates Tournament in Pegeia, Cyprus.
- Andrey Esipenko defeated Nodirbek Yakubboev 2–0 in the third-place match to claim the final Candidates slot.
- The $2 million World Cup ran November 1–26 in Goa as a 206-player knockout that used classical games with rapid and blitz playoffs to decide tied matches.