GRECO Law Company defeated Morgan Stanley by 3.5-0.5 in the second Final match to win FIDE World Corporate Chess Championship 2025. The winning team also earned the title of The Smartest Company in the World. The first match of the Finals between GRECO and Morgan Stanley ended in a 2-2 draw. Thus, Morgan Stanley finished second. GRECO had one GM and three IMs, all from Ukraine. The runner-up, Morgan Stanley comprised of two GMs, one IM and two FMs. Deloitte 1 beat Google 3-1 in both duels to finish third. Deloitte 1 had three IMs and a WFM, the sole female participant in the entire tournament. Total 11 teams, six in Pool A and five in Pool B participated in the Round-Robin Pool stage after qualifying through lichess online qualifiers. The top two teams from each Pool advanced to the Semifinals. Unlike the previous edition, chess federations and associations were prohibited from participating. The three-day tournament took place from 14th to 16th November at the same hall at FIDE World Cup 2025 took place. Photos: Shahid Ahmed
The third edition of FIDE World Corporate Chess Championship 2025 took place at Resort Rio in Goa, India. The tournament hall was exactly the same where FIDE World Cup was taking place. So the participants not only got to experience the same environment and hall, but also the same board, clocks, chairs, tables and same playing arena. The matches took place in the morning from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30-1 p.m. IST. So that the participants can finish their match, get some rest and lunch, and then watch World Cup matches from 3 p.m.
Champion - GRECO Law Company
Interview with GRECO Law Company | Video: ChessBase India
Runner-up - Morgan Stanley
Interview with Morgan Stanley | Video: ChessBase India
Second Runner-up - Deloitte 1
Interview with Deloitte 1 | Video: ChessBase India
Opening ceremony
L to R: IA Laurent Freyd (FRA), Chief Arbiter, Presenters - WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili (GEO) and GM IO FT Alojzije Jankovic (CRO), IA Dharmendra Kumar, South Asian Chess Council, President and IO Lukasz Turlej, FIDE General Secretary.
Captains of all teams
IA Dharmendra Kumar, President, South Asian Chess Council, made the inaugural first move on Google and GRECO Law Company's top board
Group stage games in progress
The participating teams were - Morgan Stanley, Tech Mahindra...
Google, GRECO Law Company...
Equity, Deloitte 1...
Deloitte 2, J P Morgan...
ERG...
UBS and Microsoft
WFM Hallgerdur Thorsteinsdottir (Deloitte 1) was the sole female participant in the entire field
R Praggnanandhaa delivered his speech on the second day of the Round-Robin Pool stage, answered questions by the players and inspired them too
R Praggnanandhaa made the ceremonial first move on the first board of each table and also on the extra board as there were an odd number of teams on one of the two pools
