Tata Steel Chess 2025 Round 2 Highlights: R Praggnanandhaa is the only Indian to win in Round 2 as he defeated Pentala Harikrishna. D Gukesh drew against Vladimir Fedoseev and Arjun Erigaisi was held to a draw by Anish Giri. Leon Mendonca lost to Nodirbek Abdusattorov.read more
Tata Steel Chess 2025 LIVE Score: D Gukesh will take on Russian Grandmaster Vladimir Fedoseev in Round 2 of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 on Sunday (19 January) at Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. The youngest world chess champion of all time, Gukesh, 18, defeated local favorite Anish Giri in Round 1 on Saturday despite reaching the country only a few hours before the tournament began.
This was Gukesh’s first match since he became the world chess champion last month after beating Ding Liren in the World Chess Championship 2024 in Singapore.
Gukesh was not the only Indian to sucre a victory in Round 1 as Harikrishna Pentala defeated compatriot Arjun Erigaisi. R Praggnanandhaa was held to a draw by Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Abdusattorov, while India’s Leon Luke Mendonca lost to Germany’s Vincent Keymer.
All other matches in the Round 1 ended in a draw.
Some of the big matches in Round 2 include India’s Arjun Erigaisi taking on 2023 winner Anish Giri, while world No.2 Fabiano Caruana of the USA faces Dutch GM Jorden van Foreest. In another all-India clash, Praggnanandhaa takes on Harikrishna.
In the Challengers segment, India’s Vaishali Rameshbabu defeated Argentina’s Faustino Oro while Divya Deshmukh suffered a defeat to Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Yakubboev.
Tata Steel Chess 2025 Round 2 Matches
Arjun Erigaisi vs Anish GiriVladimir Fedoseev vs Gukesh DFabiano Caruana vs Jorden van ForestAlexey Sarana vs Wei YiVincent Keymer vs Max WarmerdamNodirbek Abdusattorov vs Leon Luke MendoncaPentala Harikrishna vs Praggnanandhaa R
Tata Steel Chess 2025 LIVE Streaming: The Round 2 matches will start at 6.30 PM IST and they can be live streamed on Tata Steel Chess Tournament website and its YouTube channel.