Twelve-year-old IM Faustino Oro, the youngest participant in the 2025 FIDE World Cup, is among the 20 players who advance to round two after tiebreaks after defeating GM Ante Brkic 5-3. The matchups only get harder from here, as the top-50 seeds begin their tournament in round two. Next, Oro faces GM Vidit Gujrathi.
Game one of round two is on Tuesday, November 4, starting at 4:30 a.m. ET / 10:30 CET / 3 p.m. IST.
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The winners of the tiebreak matches are presented in bold.
Tiebreak Matches
| Board | Player 1 | Result | Player 2 | Winner Will Face |
| 1 | Robert Hovhannisyan | 2.5-1.5 | Kavin Mohan | Raunak Sadhwani |
| 2 | Daniil Yuffa | 5-3 | Shiyam Thavandiran | Jeffery Xiong |
| 3 | S L Narayanan | 3-1 | Steven Rojas | Nikita Vitugov |
| 4 | Cristobal Henriquez | 2.5-1.5 | Uurtsaikh Agibileg | Alexey Sarana |
| 5 | Aldiyar Ansat | 1-3 | Jorge Cori | Shant Sargsyan |
| 6 | Karen Grigoryan | 3.5-4.5 | Ahmed Adly | Matthias Bluebaum |
| 7 | Alisher Suleymenov | 2.5-1.5 | Arturs Neiksans | Jorden Van Foreest |
| 8 | Jegor Lashkin | 1-3 | Tin Jingyao | Sam Sevian |
| 9 | R Babu Lalith | 3-5 | Max Warmerdam | Awonder Liang |
| 10 | Faustino Oro | 5-3 | Ante Brkic | Vidit Gujrathi |
| 11 | Aronyak Ghosh | 4-2 | Mateusz Bartel | Levon Aronian |
| 12 | Luis Paulo Supi | 2.5-1.5 | Sion Galaviz | Richard Raport |
| 13 | Jose Cardoso | 1.5-2.5 | Baadur Jobava | Liem Le |
| 14 | Diptayan Ghosh | 3-1 | Xiongjian Peng | Ian Nepomniachtchi |
| 15 | Diego Flores | 1.5-2.5 | Denis Makhnyov | Nodirbek Abdusattorov |
| 16 | Sergei Lobanov | 1.5-2.5 | Kacper Piorun | Wei Yi |
| 17 | Titas Stremavicus | 2.5-1.5 | Sebastian Bogner | Wesley So |
| 18 | Emre Can | 1-3 | Bojan Maksimovic | Anish Giri |
| 19 | Temur Kuybokarov | 3-1 | Jan Subelj | Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu |
| 20 | Raja Rithvik | 3-5 | Kazybek Nogerbek | Gukesh Dommaraju |
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The 2025 FIDE World Cup, which takes place from November 1 to 26 in Goa, India, determines three spots in the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament. It is a 206-player single-elimination knockout tournament with eight rounds. Each match consists of two classical games followed by rapid and blitz tiebreaks if needed. The prize fund is $2 million.
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