Chess World Cup Round 2 Tiebreaks Highlights: Praggnanandhaa, Vidit Gujrathi, Pranav qualify for Round 3; Nihal, Raunak crash out

1. D. Gukesh

2. Arjun Erigaisi

3. Pentala Harikrishna

4. Diptayan Ghosh

5. Karthik Venkataraman

6. Vidit Gujrathi

7. Pranav V

8. Pranesh M

9. R. Praggnanandhaa

10. SL Narayanan

A tense game ended in Praggnanandhaa's favour and he is through to Round 3 after a fighting battle against a young and bright prospect, Australia's Temur Kuybokarov.

A very important result for SL Narayanan as well! He finally gets the first decisive result against Nikita Vitiugov and is 1-0 up against the Englishman. A draw will take him to Round 3.

Karthikeyan Murali played a draw against Idani Pouya in the first blitz match.

Praggnanandhaa delivers big time! Under pressure, he beat Temur Kuybokarov on demand to enforce the blitz tiebreak. Big result this for the Indian.

Pranav V and Pranesh M have won their first set of tiebreaks and join Vidit Gujrathi as the qualified Indians.

SL Narayanan, Karthikeyan Murali and R. Praggnanandhaa are in action in the second set of rapid tiebreaks. Meanwhile, Nihal Sarin and Raunak Sadhwani are out of the race.

Vidit Gujrathi delivers the final nail in the coffin against Faustino Oro and qualifies for the third round. Oro kept Vidit under immense pressure before crashing out of the event. The 12-year-old, who is also the youngest player in the history of this event, put on a tremendous fight.

Big escape from Praggnanandhaa, he manages to slip away from Kubyokarov's grip and somehow ends up drawing the game from nearly a losing position. They will head to the second set of rapid tiebreaks.

Praggnanandhaa is low on time, has an inferior position. This is not looking good. -3.6 for White according to the engine.

The position does not look good for Praggnanandhaa, and if Australia manages to convert this game, it will result in a shock elimination of the previous edition's finalist.

Italian GM Lorenzo Lodici crushes Hans Moke Niemann to go 1-0 after the first tiebreak match. The American now has to produce a win on demand if he wants to stay alive in this competition. Lodici and Stamatis both have been tough cookies to crack in this event.

Three big results for Indians in this round. First, Pranesh M beats a higher-rated German Grandmaster, Dmitrij Kollars in their first tiebreak game. Pranav V goes on to hand a defeat to Norway No. 3 Aryan Tari. Karthikeyan Murali, too, wins his first match, beating Iran's Idani Pouya of Iran.

Stamatis is clearly better against Nihal, but he is very low on the clock. Nihal is utilising his clock well to put some pressure on the Greek and is looking for some inroads.

Raunak Sadhwani is pitted against Armenian GM Robert Hovhannisyan. The engine already favours Hovhannisyan's position by +3.1 in their first 15+10 rapid tiebreak.

Vidit Gujrathi is up against 12-year-old Faustino Oro, who has kept the Indian on his toes. A win for the Argentine would be a big upset early on in this World Cup.

GM D Gukesh beat GM Kazybek Nogerbek (KAZ) 1.5-0.5 - Advance to Round 3
GM Arjun Erigaisi beat GM Martin Petrov (BUL) 1.5-0.5 - Advance to Round 3
GM R Praggnanandhaa drew with GM Temur Kuybokarov (AUS) 1.0-1.0 - To play tiebreaks
GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly loses to GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 0.5-1.5 - Eliminated
GM Diptayan Ghosh beat GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (FID) 1.5-0.5 - Advance to Round 3
IM Aronyak Ghosh loses to GM Levon Aronian (USA) 0.5-1.5 - Eliminated
GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit drew with IM Faustino Oro (ARG) 1.0-1.0 - To play tiebreaks
GM Venkataraman Karthik beat GM Aravindh Chithambaram (IND) 1.5-0.5 - Advance to Round 3
GM Aravindh Chithambaram loses to GM Venkataraman Karthik (IND) 0.5-1.5 - Eliminated
GM Sarin Nihal drew with GM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis (GRE) 1.0-1.0 - To play tiebreaks
GM Pentala Harikrishna beat GM Arseniy Nesterov (FID) 1.5-0.5 - Advance to Round 3
GM Murali Karthikeyan drew with GM Pouya Idani (IRI) 1.0-1.0 - To play tiebreaks
GM Pa Iniyan loses to GM Thai Dai Van Nguyen (CZE) 0.5-1.5 - Eliminated
GM S L Narayanan drew with GM Nikita Vitiugov (ENG) 1.0-1.0 - To play tiebreaks
GM Pranesh M drew with GM Dmitrij Kollars (GER) 1.0-1.0 - To play tiebreaks
GM Pranav V drew with GM Aryan Tari (NOR) 1.0-1.0 - To play tiebreaks
GM Raunak Sadhwani drew with GM Robert Hovhannisyan (ARM) 1.0-1.0 - To play tiebreaks