Panaji, Nov. 26 -- Uzbekistan's GM Javokhir Sindarov became the youngest FIDE World Cup 2025 champion after he defeated GM Wei Yi of China in the tiebreak here on Wednesday.

The 19-year-old defeated Wei in the second Rapid Game in the tiebreak with black pieces to become the first Uzbek chess player to win the World Cup and take home a prize purse of 120,000 USD along with the newly christened Viswanathan Anand Cup.

The FIDE World Cup 2025 was played as a single-elimination knock-out tournament and witnessed 206 players from 82 countries aiming for glory in a competition, and also three spots in the Candidates 2026, as per a press release from FIDE.

In the final, Sindarov played out quick draws in the two classical games against Wei an...