Major surprises in the second round of the FIDE World Cup - 2
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The FIDE World Cup takes place in Goa, India, Sat 1st to Wed 26th Nov 2025.
The second round concluded today, this round was where the event
started in earnest, when the top seeds entered the fray.
There has never been a shock winner of this event, but there are always surprise
eliminations. Ian Nepomniachtchi, Wesley So and Hans Moke Niemann
all would have fancied their chances against anyone but Diptayan Ghosh, Titas Stremavicius
and Lorenzo Lodici all had different ideas. Santosh Gujrathi Vidit
had a bit too much for wunderkind Faustino Oro, well known players
Vassily Ivanchuk, David Navara, Ray Robson and Johan-Sebastian Christiansen
didn't survive the round either. 128 players started the round, 64 are left.