Hyderabad: GM Raja Rithvik of Telangana may have finished sixth in the Asian Individual chess championship in UAE but he made it immensely satisfying by making it to the Indian team for the 2025 FIDE World Cup to be held in November 2025. For the record, the other Indians to make it to the World Cup from the Asian championship from India include GM Nihar Sarin, GM Iniyan Pa, GM Raja Rithvik, GM S.L. Narayanan and GM M. Pranesh because the top 10 players qualify for the World Cup as per the