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FIDE World Cup 2025 R2: Indian contingent Game 2 schedule, live streaming

The FIDE World Cup 2025 Round 2 will be streamed live on the YouTube channels of FIDE, Chess.com, and ChessBase

FIDE World Cup 2025 round 2 game 2 matches

Aditya Kaushik New Delhi

4 min read Last Updated : Nov 05 2025 | 12:53 PM IST

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The FIDE World Cup 2025 will continue Round 2 action today in Goa, and the Indian contingent is firmly in the spotlight. With 17 of the country’s finest — including GM D Gukesh, GM Arjun Erigaisi, and GM R Praggnanandhaa — still alive, Game 2 presents a crucial opportunity to either seal progression or force tiebreaks. After a strong start by the Indians in Game 1, all eyes are on their classical games today as they aim to leverage momentum, stay sharp, and secure their places in Round 3.

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FIDE World Cup 2025 R2: Indian contingent Game 1 results

After the completion of Game 1 in Round 2, India’s campaign at the FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 remains well-balanced, with several players positioned strongly to advance. Arjun Erigaisi and Aravindh Chithambaram took commanding leads with clinical victories over GM Martin Petrov and GM Karthik Venkataraman respectively; both now require only a draw in Game 2 to reach the third round.

The country’s top trio — D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa, and Vidit Gujrathi — all opened with solid draws and will look to press for wins in their second classical games to seal qualification without entering tiebreaks. A large group including Nihal Sarin, Harikrishna, Diptayan Ghosh, Murali Karthikeyan, S L Narayanan, Pranesh M, Pranav V, and Raunak Sadhwani also drew their openers, meaning any win in Game 2 will push them through, while another draw would send them to the rapid-play tiebreaks.

On the flip side, Surya Shekhar Ganguly, IM Aronyak Ghosh, Pa Iniyan, and Karthik Venkataraman suffered losses and now face must-win situations in Game 2 to keep their hopes alive.

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FIDE World Cup 2025 R2: Indian contingent matchups for Game 2

Indian Player	Opponent	Opponent Country	Result (Game 1)	Points
GM Arjun Erigaisi	GM Martin Petrov	Bulgaria	Win	1
GM D Gukesh	GM Kazybek Nogerbek	Kazakhstan	Draw	0.5
GM R Praggnanandhaa	GM Temur Kuybokarov	Australia	Draw	0.5
GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly	GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	France	Loss	0
GM Diptayan Ghosh	GM Ian Nepomniachtchi	FIDE	Draw	0.5
IM Aronyak Ghosh	GM Levon Aronian	USA	Loss	0
GM Vidit Gujrathi	IM Faustino Oro	Argentina	Draw	0.5
GM Venkataraman Karthik	GM Aravindh Chithambaram	India	Loss	0
GM Aravindh Chithambaram	GM Venkataraman Karthik	India	Win	1
GM Nihal Sarin	GM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis	Greece	Draw	0.5
GM Pentala Harikrishna	GM Arseniy Nesterov	FIDE	Draw	0.5
GM Murali Karthikeyan	GM Pouya Idani	Iran	Draw	0.5
GM Pa Iniyan	GM Thai Dai Van Nguyen	Czech Republic	Loss	0
GM S L Narayanan	GM Nikita Vitiugov	England	Draw	0.5
GM Pranesh M	GM Dmitrij Kollars	Germany	Draw	0.5
GM Pranav V	GM Aryan Tari	Norway	Draw	0.5
GM Raunak Sadhwani	GM Robert Hovhannisyan	Armenia	Draw	0.5