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TEAM USA VS TEAM INDIA

This isn’t your quiet library chess match. It’s a full-throttle arena spectacle with the biggest names in chess, lights, anthems, interviews, and a crowd that’ll shake the walls. You won’t want to miss this.

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Saturday October 4th 2025

DOORS OPEN @ 5PM

⚲ E-Sports Stadium Arlington, Texas

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THE SCHEDULE

FAN ZONE OPENS

5:00PM

OPENING CEREMONIES

7:00PM

MATCH UPS BEGIN

7:30PM

THE MATCHUPS

FABIANO VS ARJUN

MATCH #1

TANITOLUWA VS ETHAN

MATCH #2

CARISSA VS DIVYA

MATCH #3

LEVY VS SAGAR

MATCH #4

HIKARU VS GUKESH

MATCH #5

THE FAN ZONE

  • Play a Grand Master

  • Try the Haptic Clock

  • Meet Danny Rensch

  • Shop the Merch Store

  • Grab Food & Drinks

 

ESPORTS STADIUM ARLINGTON, TEXAS

Located at 1200 Ballpark Way, Arlington, TX 76011, in the Arlington Entertainment District across the pond from Choctaw Stadium (Formerly Globe Life Park).

Illustration of a waving American flag with stars and stripes.

TEAM USA

Hikaru Nakamura with dark hair in a suit holds a chess king piece towards the camera, against a dark background, in black and white.

HIKARU NAKAMURA

2816 FIDE - World #2 Overall

Fabiano Caruana with glasses and curly hair resting his face on his hand, sitting at a table with chess pieces.

FABIANO CARUANA

2789 FIDE - World #3 Overall

Carissa Yip with long hair wearing a baseball cap and leather jacket sitting at a chessboard, holding a cigarette, in a dimly lit indoor setting.

CARISSA YIP

3x Women’s US Chess Champion

Black and white photo of a Levy Rozman with glasses focusing intently on a chessboard.

LEVY ROZMAN

6.74 Million Subscribers on YouTube

Tani Adewumi in a suit standing with crossed arms, looking at the camera, in an indoor setting with blurred background.

TANITOLUWA ADEWUMI

USA’s Most Recent IM - at 14 Years Old

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TEAM INDIA

Stylized illustration of the Indian flag with orange, white, green stripes, and a blue Ashoka Chakra near the top.
Black and white photo of Gukesh Dommaraju with short dark hair and a beard, wearing a blazer and sitting at a table with chess pieces in the foreground.

GUKESH DOMMARAJU

Current Chess World Champion

Arjun Erigaisi in formal attire, with a suit jacket and collared shirt, sitting indoors with his chin resting on his hand, looking thoughtfully into the distance.

ARJUN ERIGAISI

2773 FIDE - World #4 Overall

Black and white portrait of Divya Deshmukh with long hair, wearing earrings, with her hand gently touching her chin, looking sideways.

DIVYA DESHMUKH

FIDE Women's World Cup Winner

Black and white photo of Sagar Shah with short dark hair, glasses, and a beard, looking thoughtful, sitting at a table with chess pieces.

SAGAR SHAH

2.8 Million Subscribers on YouTube

Ethan Vaz in a suit playing chess and holding a white chess piece, sitting at a table with a chessboard, in front of a floral curtain background.

ETHAN VAZ

Achieved ‘Youngest IM’ Title

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Outline drawing of a rook chess piece.