FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 Spherical 5 Sport 2 LIVE Updates: Comply with Indians in motion in Goa. (PHOTO: FIDE/Michal Walusza)
FIDE Chess World Cup 2025, Spherical 5 Sport 2 Outcomes and Standings Stay Updates: The FIDE Chess World Cup 25 Sport 2 of Spherical 5 will see India’s Arjun Erigaisi and Pentala Harikrishna in motion at Resort Rio Conference Centre in Arpora, Goa, on Saturday.
Each Arjun and Harikrishna drew their respective Sport 1 of Spherical 5, albeit in contrasting fashions. The place Arjun pushed his opponent, veteran Armenian-American Levon Aronian, to the wall, seeking to press for a win with white items however Aronian was stable in his defences and compelled the Indian to share the spoils. However, Harikrishna and his opponent, Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara, performed a comparatively fast draw.
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Seven of the eight spherical of 16 matches ended with out a decisive outcome. The only real exception was Uzbekistan’s Javokhir Sindarov, who defeated Germany’s Frederik Svane on the highest board.
Earlier, R. Praggnanandhaa was knocked out in Spherical 4 tiebreaks by former World Fast Champion, Russian Daniil Dubov.
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INTERACTIVE: Arjun Erigaisi vs Levon Aronian (USA)
INTERACTIVE: P. Harikrishna vs Jose Martinez (MEX)
FIDE World Cup: R Praggnanandhaa’s early exit a consequence of ‘brutal, unforgiving’ format?
Praggnanandhaa was knocked out of the FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 by Daniil Dubov.<br />(PHOTO: Michal Walusza/FIDE)
The perennial debate whether or not profitable the Chess World Cup is a extra arduous process than clinching the World Championship has been reignited by the 2025 FIDE World Cup in Goa. In a event infamous for its brutal knockout format, this version has been a graveyard for favourites, with eight of the highest ten seeds already eradicated by the midway stage. Among the many most startling upsets was the exit of R Praggnanandhaa, the final version’s finalist and one of many heavy favourites this time round, within the absence of Magnus Carlsen.
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