Overview
- After two drawn classical games, Sindarov defeated Wei Yi 1.5–0.5 in rapid playoffs, capitalizing on the Chinese grandmaster’s time trouble in the decider.
- Sindarov became the youngest-ever World Cup winner and earned $120,000 for the title in Goa.
- Andrey Esipenko beat Nodirbek Yakubboev 2–0 in the third-place match to claim the final Candidates berth.
- Sindarov and Wei Yi qualified for the 2026 Candidates from the final, joining Esipenko as the World Cup’s three entrants.
- The World Cup ran Nov. 1–26 as a 206-player knockout in Goa with a $2 million prize fund and tiebreaks following two classical games.