Gukesh advanced to round 2 with a very convincing victory over IM Teclaf,Pawel from Poland in the tie-breaks. In a complex middlegame, Gukesh ensured that he outcalculated his opponent and comprehensively outplayed him with Black to go 1-0 up in the tie-break. In the second game, Gukesh had an advantage with White, but settled for a draw to ensure that he advanced to round 2 with a scoreline of 2.5-1.5 in the match.
Indian pairings for round 2(Players on the left will have White for game 1)
| Quesada Perez,Yasser(CUB) | Harikrishna,Pentala |
| Fier,Alexander(BRA) | Vidit,Santosh Gujrathi |
| Adhiban,Baskaran | Delgado,Ramirez(CUB) |
| Abdusattorov,Nodirbek(UZB) | Aravindh,Chithambaram |
| Nihal Sarin | Sjugirov,Sanan(RUS) |
| Praggnanandhaa,Rameshbabu | Sargissian,Gabriel(ARM) |
| Gukesh,D | Dubov,Daniil(RUS) |
| Iniyan,P | Tomashevsky,Evegny(RUS) |
| Harika,Dronavalli | Aulia,Medina Warda(INA) |
| Khademelsharieh,Sarasadat(IRI) | Padmini,Rout |
| Kulkarni,Bhakti | Pogonina,Natalija(RUS) |
| Khotenashvili,Bela(GEO) | Vaishali,Rameshbabu |
Report by GM N Srinath
Photo : Eric Rosen/FIDE
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