Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 Round 2 Live Updates: Gukesh currently leads the standings in the masters section after defeating Anish Giri in Round 1. (PHOTO: Lennart Ootes via Tata Steel Chess)
Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025, Round 2 Live Updates, Arjun Erigaisi vs Anish Giri, Vladimir Fedoseev vs Gukesh D, Nodirbek Abdusattorov vs Leon Luke Mendonca, Pentala Harikrishna vs Praggnanandhaa R: After defeating home favourite Anish Giri in the first round, the youngest world champion in chess history, Gukesh, will be back on the board at Wijk aan Zee taking on Vladimir Fedoseev.
Meanwhile, the top ranked Indian in the world, Arjun Erigaisi, will take on Anish Giri in the second round after losing to the veteran Pentala Harikrishna on Saturday.
Hari will face another member of India’s current prodigy generation — Praggnanandhaa. Pragg was lucky to escape to a draw on Saturday against Nodirbek Abdusattorov. The Uzbekistan star will take on India’s Leon Luke Mendonca today.
Meanwhile, in the challengers section, GM Vaishali Rameshbabu will face Lu Miaoyi while IM Divya Deshmukh takes on
Thai Dai Van Nguyen.
You can check out the move by move action from all the games featuring Indian players and also play along in the interactives below. Scroll down to read our live updates in real time from the second round.
INTERACTIVE: Gukesh D vs Vladimir Fedoseev
INTERACTIVE: Anish Giri vs Arjun Erigaisi
INTERACTIVE: Pentala Harikrishna vs Praggnanandhaa
INTERACTIVE: Nodirbek Abdusattorov vs Leon Luke Mendonca
INTERACTIVE: Divya Deshmukh vs Thai Dai Van Nguyen
INTERACTIVE: Vaishali Rameshbabu vs Lu Miaoyi
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Gukesh managed to win his first match as world champion. The win came despite him only landing in Wijk aan Zee on Saturday morning after the Khel Ratna felicitation on Friday evening in New Delhi. (Screenshot: YouTube/Chess24)
