Overview
- Both classical games ended drawn before the match was decided in tiebreaks in Goa.
- After splitting the 15-minute rapid and drawing the 10-minute mini-match, Oro won both 5-minute games to clinch a 5–3 victory.
- The 2495-rated IM defeated a 2578-rated GM in a 206-player knockout whose top finishers qualify for the Candidates Tournament.
- Round 2 pairs Oro with Indian GM Santosh Vidit (≈2716), a significantly higher-rated opponent seeded 19th.
- Llan Schneider lost to Serbia’s Alexsandar Indjic and Diego Flores fell to Kazakhstan’s Denis Makhnev, leaving Oro as Argentina’s only remaining player; FIDE named him Player of the Round.