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The second round of the FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 begins 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 will also see the return of the top seed and current World Champion, D. Gukesh, India No. 1 Arjun Erigaisi and third seed R. Praggnanandhaa.
A total of 24 Indians were part of the 206-player field. After seven were eliminated in the first round, 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. Five Indian players were eliminated after the classical games, with two more bowing out following the tiebreaks.
FIDE Chess World Cup 2025: Indians in action & pairings
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GM D Gukesh (2752) vs GM Kazybek Nogerbek (KAZ) 2543
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GM Arjun Erigaisi (2773) vs GM Martin Petrov (BUL) 2540
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GM R Praggnanandhaa (2771) vs GM Temur Kuybokarov (AUS) 2535
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GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly (2573) vs GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2737
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GM Diptayan Ghosh (2573) vs GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (FID) 2732
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IM Ghosh Aronyak (2514) vs GM Levon Aronian (USA) 2722
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GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit (2716) vs IM Faustino Oro (ARG) 2509
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GM Venkataraman Karthik (2579) vs GM Chithambaram Vr. Aravindh (IND) 2711
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GM Chithambaram Vr. Aravindh (2711) vs GM Venkataraman Karthik (IND) 2579
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GM Sarin Nihal (2700) vs GM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis (GRE) 2583
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GM Pentala Harikrishna (2697) vs GM Arseniy Nesterov (FID) 2584
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GM Murali Karthikeyan (2662) vs GM Pouya Idani (IRI) 2601
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GM Pa Iniyan (2599) vs GM Thai Dai Van Nguyen (CZE) 2664
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GM S L Narayanan (2617) vs GM Nikita Vitiugov (ENG) 2654
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GM Pranesh M (2630) vs GM Dmitrij Kollars (GER) 2642
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GM Pranav V (2641) vs GM Aryan Tari (NOR) 2631
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GM Raunak Sadhwani (2641) vs GM Robert Hovhannisyan (ARM) 2633
FIDE World Cup 2025 Round 1 live streaming details
When and where is the FIDE World Cup 2025 going to take place?
The FIDE World Cup 2025 will be held at Resort Rio in Goa from 1st November, Saturday to 26th November, Wednesday.
What time will the FIDE World Cup 2025 Round 2 start?
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The FIDE World Cup 2025 Round 2 will take place from Nov 4 to 6 (including tie-breakers), followed by Round 3 from Nov 7-9 (including tie-breakers). Then there’ll be Round 4 from Nov 11 to 13 (including tie-breakers) and round 5 from Nov 14-16 (including tie-breakers). The knockouts start with the quarterfinals scheduled to take place on Nov 17-19 (including tie-breakers), followed by the semifinals from 21-23 (including tie-breakers). The final will take place from Nov 24 to 26 (including tie-breakers).
Where to watch the live stream of FIDE World Cup 2025 Round 2 in India?
The FIDE World Cup 2025 Round 2 will be streamed live on the FIDE YouTube + Chess.com as well as Chessbase.
FIDE Chess World Cup 2025: Round 2 Overall Pairings
GM D Gukesh (IND) 2752 vs GM Kazybek Nogerbek (KAZ) 2543
GM Martin Petrov (BUL) 2540 vs GM Arjun Erigaisi (IND) 2773
GM R Praggnanandhaa (IND) 2771 vs GM Temur Kuybokarov (AUS) 2535
IM Bojan Maksimovic (BIH) 2532 vs GM Anish Giri (NED) 2759
GM Wesley So (USA) 2756 vs GM Titas Stremavicius (LTU) 2531
GM Vladislav Kovalev (FID) 2557 vs GM Vincent Keymer (GER) 2755
GM Yi Wei (CHN) 2754 vs GM Kacper Piorun (POL) 2557
GM Denis Makhnev (KAZ) 2525 vs GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) 2750
GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2742 vs GM Gergely Kantor (HUN) 2559
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GM Lorenzo Lodici (ITA) 2560 vs GM Hans Moke Niemann (USA) 2738
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2737 vs GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly (IND) 2573
GM Diptayan Ghosh (IND) 2573 vs GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (FID) 2732
GM Quang Liem Le (VIE) 2729 vs GM Baadur Jobava (GEO) 2573
GM Luis Paulo Supi (BRA) 2575 vs GM Richard Rapport (HUN) 2724
GM Levon Aronian (USA) 2722 vs IM Ghosh Aronyak (IND) 2514
GM Nikita Petrov (MNE) 2576 vs GM Javokhir Sindarov (UZB) 2721
GM Yangyi Yu (CHN) 2720 vs GM Felix Blohberger (AUT) 2513
GM Alexandr Fier (BRA) 2577 vs GM Vladimir Fedoseev (SLO) 2720
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GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit (IND) 2716 vs IM Faustino Oro (ARG) 2509
GM Venkataraman Karthik (IND) 2579 vs GM Chithambaram Vr. Aravindh (IND) 2711
GM Awonder Liang (USA) 2710 vs GM Max Warmerdam (NED) 2582
GM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis (GRE) 2583 vs GM Sarin Nihal (IND) 2700
GM Samuel Sevian (USA) 2698 vs GM Jingyao Tin (SGP) 2583
GM Arseniy Nesterov (FID) 2584 vs GM Pentala Harikrishna (IND) 2697
GM Jorden Van Foreest (NED) 2697 vs GM Alisher Suleymenov (KAZ) 2491
GM Alexander Motylev (ROU) 2586 vs GM Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI) 2697
GM Andrey Esipenko (FID) 2693 vs GM Nijat Abasov (AZE) 2587
GM Niclas Huschenbeth (GER) 2587 vs GM Nodirbek Yakubboev (UZB) 2689
GM Matthias Bluebaum (GER) 2687 vs GM Ahmed Adly (EGY) 2589
GM Jinshi Bai (CHN) 2590 vs GM Daniil Dubov (FID) 2684
GM Kirill Alekseenko (AUT) 2679 vs GM Andy Woodward (USA) 2590
GM Mustafa Yilmaz (TUR) 2591 vs GM Xiangzhi Bu (CHN) 2672
GM Shant Sargsyan (ARM) 2667 vs GM Jorge Cori (PER) 2594
GM Bobby Cheng (AUS) 2596 vs GM Peter Leko (HUN) 2666
GM Volodar Murzin (FID) 2664 vs GM Georg Meier (URU) 2596
GM Ivan Zemlyanskii (FID) 2596 vs GM Ray Robson (USA) 2664
GM Thai Dai Van Nguyen (CZE) 2664 vs GM Pa Iniyan (IND) 2599
GM Pouya Idani (IRI) 2601 vs GM Murali Karthikeyan (IND) 2662
GM Ivan Saric (CRO) 2661 vs GM Bardiya Daneshvar (IRI) 2602
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GM Cristobal Henriquez Villagra (CHI) 2605 vs GM Alexey Sarana (SRB) 2661
GM Grigoriy Oparin (USA) 2661 vs GM Daniel Dardha (BEL) 2605
GM Evgeniy Najer (FID) 2610 vs GM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen (NOR) 2661
GM David Navara (CZE) 2656 vs GM Aleksey Grebnev (FID) 2611
GM Rasmus Svane (GER) 2614 vs GM Rauf Mamedov (AZE) 2655
GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU) 2655 vs GM Aydin Suleymanli (AZE) 2614
GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (UKR) 2616 vs GM Sam Shankland (USA) 2654
GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek (POL) 2654 vs GM Maxime Lagarde (FRA) 2617
GM S L Narayanan (IND) 2617 vs GM Nikita Vitiugov (ENG) 2654
GM Nikolas Theodorou (GRE) 2652 vs GM Aleksandar Indjic (SRB) 2618
GM A.R. Saleh Salem (UAE) 2620 vs GM Abhimanyu Mishra (USA) 2652
GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (TUR) 2651 vs IM Shixu B Wang (CHN) 2402
GM Daniil Yuffa (ESP) 2621 vs GM Jeffery Xiong (USA) 2648
GM Maxim Rodshtein (ISR) 2647 vs GM Gabriel Sargissian (ARM) 2624
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GM Haik M. Martirosyan (ARM) 2626 vs GM Vladislav Artemiev (FID) 2646
GM Michael Adams (ENG) 2646 vs GM Ivan Cheparinov (BUL) 2626
GM Etienne Bacrot (FRA) 2627 vs GM Nils Grandelius (SWE) 2645
GM Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara (MEX) 2644 vs GM Velimir Ivic (SRB) 2628
GM Bassem Amin (EGY) 2629 vs GM Benjamin Gledura (HUN) 2643
GM Dmitrij Kollars (GER) 2642 vs GM M Pranesh (IND) 2630
GM Aryan Tari (NOR) 2631 vs GM V Pranav (IND) 2641
GM Alexander Donchenko (GER) 2641 vs GM David Anton Guijarro (ESP) 2631
GM Robert Hovhannisyan (ARM) 2633 vs GM Raunak Sadhwani (IND) 2641
GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov (UZB) 2640 vs GM Maksim Chigaev (ESP) 2634
GM Ediz Gurel (TUR) 2634 vs GM Frederik Svane (GER) 2638
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