Four Indians vie for world title challenger in Cyprus Candidates, March 28-April 16

• The Candidates Tournament will take place in Cyprus from March 28 to April 16 next year.
• Four Indian players will participate: Koneru Humpy, Divya Deshmukh, and R Vaishali in the Women's, and R Praggnanandhaa in the Open category.
• The tournament determines the challengers for reigning world champions D Gukesh (Open) and Ju Wenjun (Women's).
• Divya Deshmukh and Koneru Humpy qualified via the Women's World Cup, R Vaishali by winning the FIDE Grand Swiss, and R Praggnanandhaa by winning the 2025 FIDE Circuit.
• Siblings Praggnanandhaa and Vaishali will compete in their second consecutive Candidates, while Humpy makes her third appearance.

Why It Matters: Four Indians will compete to challenge the reigning world chess champions.