Wild Card qualifier for FIDE Grand Swiss
between Kazybek Nogerbek of Kazakhstan and Pranav Venkatesh of India.
The match will consist of two standard chess games. In case of tie, two Rapid chess games shall be played and in case of another tie, two blitz games shall be played. Finally an Armageddon game shall decide a further tie.
Ambassador Rauan Zhumabek of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Dr. Ismaeil Alkhoury, Asian Chess Federation Assistant General Secretary for West Asia, start the clock in the Wild Card Match for FIDE Grand Swiss on 22 July 2025 in Al Ain, UAE between Kazebek Nogerbek of Kazakhstan and Pranav Venkatesh of India. Looking on are, from left Technical Delegate Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh of Iran, Al Ain Chess and Mind Games Club Manager Rajai Al Susi of Palestine and Asian Chess Federation Executive Director Casto Abundo of Philippines.
The match between the two world junior champions of 2024 and 2025 is organized by the Al Ain Chess and Mind Games Club under the auspices of Asian Chess Federation and FIDE under patronage of the Abu Dhabi Sports Council in cooperation with the Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium.
Asian Chess Federation shall nominate the winner to the FIDE Grand Swiss scheduled September in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.