“We are a youthful nation, with over 23 million gamers,” Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Faisal, the Saudi Minister of Sport, said. “We are very fortunate to be able to work with the Saudi NOC on the Olympic Esports Games, because it has great — if not unique — expertise in the field of esports with all its stakeholders,” IOC president Thomas Bach said in a statement. Despite his willingness to experiment with new formats, Erigaisi’s main goal for 2025 is pretty clear – he wants to qualify for next year’s Candidates tournament, the winner of which will face Dommaraju Gukesh in the next world championship. He missed out narrowly to Fabiano Caruana in the FIDE Circuit last year, but there are seven more spots left to be taken, the bulk of which will come through the Grand Swiss and the FIDE World Cup later this year. His start to the year hasn’ t been great, as he struggled at the Tata Steel Chess Masters in Wijk Aan Zee, even though he finished with wins against Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Gukesh. The game had a dramatic start with Coastal head coach Kevin Schnall and first base coach Matt Schilling getting ejected in the bottom of the first for disputing a ball/strike call.
The IOC has been trying for years to connect with a younger generation of potential Olympics fans, with its traditional Olympics audience base gradually ageing. “The Olympic Esports Games will greatly benefit from this experience.” The decision will be ratified at the IOC session to be held on the eve of the Olympic Games in Paris, after which work will begin on selecting a host city for the inaugural edition. With a tied game in the bottom of the fourth, LSU’s bats came alive. The Tigers led 5-1 after the bottom of the fourth and never gave the Chanticleers an opportunity to come back.
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If he does make the final, it is only a four-day tournament, that finishes more than a month before the first qualification tournament for the Candidates – the FIDE Grand Swiss – begins. There were also a host of other factors that swayed Erigaisi’s mind towards taking up this challenge. First of all, chess at the eSports World Cup will happen with unique time controls, with players given ten minutes for the whole game, with no increments at any time.
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“I am decent with the mouse, but that is one thing I need to train at to become even faster,” Erigaisi told ESPN. Even though the starting time of 10 minutes is similar to rapid chess, Erigaisi declined to call this format rapid. The 2025 fantasy baseball season just ended, but Eric Karabell is already thinking about 2026. Trying to decide between a couple of closely ranked players this week? Last year, Saudi Arabia launched an annual Esports World Cup with its first edition currently being held in Riyadh from July 3-Aug.
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