2025 Malaysian Open champion is at Goa, India to take part in the 2025 World Cup.

Venue is Goa India.

Kavin’s first opponent is a 2633 rated Grandmaster Robert Hovhannisyan who is a 3 time Armenian champion.

In the first game, Kavin held the GM to a draw in a Catalan Opening.

In the second game, it was another draw in the Four Knights game.

This means there will be a 2-game play off with a time control of 15min + 10 seconds.

The prestigious FIDE World Cup 2025 takes place in Goa, India from 1st to 27th of November 2025 and will witness some of the best players in action. The total prize fund of the event is US$2 million with the winner taking home US$1,20,000.

THanks to ChessBase India we have a few second glimpse of Kavin here: