Overview
- Twelve-year-old IM Faustino Oro outlasted GM Ante Brkic 5-3 in tiebreaks to qualify for round two, earning a pairing with Vidit Gujrathi.
- Indian GMs S L Narayanan, Diptayan Ghosh and Aronyak Ghosh advanced via rapid playoffs, completing India’s tiebreak successes on Monday.
- Round-two matchups include Aronyak Ghosh vs Levon Aronian, Narayanan vs Nikita Vitiugov, and Diptayan Ghosh vs Ian Nepomniachtchi.
- Other Indian qualifiers from classical play include Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Raunak Sadhwani, Karthik Venkataraman and Pranav V, while wildcard Divya Deshmukh was eliminated 0-2.
- Play begins Tuesday, November 4, with the top 50 seeds joining the field; the bracket also features Temur Kuybokarov vs Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu and Kazybek Nogerbek vs D Gukesh.