EWC 2025 Chess Main Event Day 1: Schedule, Teams, Players and How to Watch Live Stream

The main event of Chess EWC 2025 will begin today with 16 players (12 who have directly qualified and four who have made it from the LCQ) competing against each other. You will get to see players like Magnus Carlsen, Nihal Sarin, and Anish Giri play in the competition, representing different esports organizations. 

This article will give you all the information about today's and tomorrow's matches, including when they'll start, the groups each team will be a part of, and the matchups. So, if you are a chess enthusiast, read on to know the matchups.

EWC 2025 Chess Main Event Groups and Teams

The 16 players are divided into four groups of four. Here is the breakdown:

• GROUP A:

  • Ian Nepomniachtchi

  • Levon Aronian

  • Vladislav Artemiev

  • Andrey Esipenko

• GROUP B:

  • Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

  • Arjun Erigaisi

  • Nihal Sarin

  • Anish Giri

• GROUP C:

  • Hikaru Nakamura

  • Alireza Firouzja

  • Wei Yi

  • Javokhir Sindarov

• GROUP D:

  • Magnus Carlsen

  • Fabiano Caruana

  • Jan-Krzysztof Duda

  • Nodirbek Abdusattorov

Here are the match timings for both the streams: 

• 15:00 UTC +3:

  • Stream A: Ian Nepomniachtchi vs. Andrey Esipenko

  • Stream B: Levon Aronian vs. Vladislav Artemiev

• 16:00 UTC +3:

  • Stream A: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs. Anish Giri

  • Stream B: Arjun Erigaisi vs. Nihal Sarin

• 17:00 UTC +3:

  • Stream A: Hikaru Nakamura vs. Javokhir Sindarov

  • Stream B: Alireza Firouzja vs. Wei Yi

• 18:00 UTC +3:

  • Stream A: Magnus Carlsen vs. Nodirbek Abdusattorov

  • Stream B: Fabiano Caruana vs. Jan-Krzysztof Duda

How to watch EWC 2025 Chess Main Event Live Stream

You can catch the live action from 8 a.m. ET / 14:00 CEST / 5:30 p.m. IST on YouTube. S8UL's Nihal Sarin will be playing against Gen G's Arjun Erigaisi.