Overview
- Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Raunak Sadhwani and Karthik Venkataraman won their second classical games to reach Round 2, while M. Pranesh advanced with a draw.
- IM Aronyak Ghosh leveled his match by defeating Poland’s GM Mateusz Bartel, sending it to rapid tiebreaks.
- Raja Rithvik R, Diptayan Ghosh, Lalit Babu MR and Narayanan SL drew their matches and will decide progression in rapid tiebreaks.
- Ganguly’s next opponent is France’s Maxime Vachier‑Lagrave, and Karthik is paired with compatriot Aravindh Chithambaram.
- Wild‑card Divya Deshmukh was eliminated 0–2 by Greece’s Stamatis Kourkoulos‑Arditis, with the second game lasting 73 moves.