FIDE Chess World Cup 2025, Round 2 Game 1 Results and Standings Live Updates: The second round of the FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 commences on Tuesday at the Resort Rio Convention Centre in Goa, with 17 Indian players still in contention. The top fifty-seeded players, including eight Indians, received byes in the opening round. The second round also sees the return of the top seed and current World Champion, D. Gukesh, India No. 1 Arjun Erigaisi and third seed R. Praggnanandhaa.
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A total of 24 Indians were part of the 206-player field. With the top 50 seeds given byes, 16 Indians were in action during the opening round. After seven were eliminated, 17 remain in the title race. The opening round saw the exit of reigning Women’s World Cup champion Divya Deshmukh, the only female wildcard in the event. After the two classical games, five Indians — Divya, Neelash Saha, Luke Leon Mendonca, Himal Gusain and Harshavardhan GB — made an early exit.
Two more Indian contenders — Lalit Babu MR and Raja Rithvik R — were eliminated in the tiebreaks, bringing the total eliminations to seven. Conversely, seven Indians, including the likes of Pranav V, Surya Shekhar Ganguly and Pranesh M, directly qualified for Round 2 by winning their matches in the classical games without needing tiebreaks.
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INTERACTIVE: D Gukesh vs Kazybek Nogerbek (KAZ)
INTERACTIVE: Arjun Erigaisi vs Martin Petrov (BUL)
INTERACTIVE: R Praggnanandhaa vs Temur Kuybokarov (AUS)
INTERACTIVE: Nihal Sarin vs Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis (GRE)
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IM Aronyak Ghosh outlasts Polish GM over six-game marathon; 17 Indians in Round 2
Aronyak Ghosh advanced to Round 2 after winning the tiebreak against Polish GM Mateusz Barte. (FIDE/Eteri Kublashvili)
International master Aronyak Ghosh defeated Mateusz Bartel in a six-game marathon on Monday to be one of 17 Indians in the second round of the FIDE World Cup.
The contest included two classical games, two with 15 minutes on the clock and two more games with 10 minutes. The Indian IM’s victory over Bartel sets up a clash with Levon Aronian. The other significant result of the day was IM Faustino Oro defeating Croatian grandmaster Ante Brkic in a battle lasting eight games. Oro will now play India’s Vidit Gujrathi in the second round.
