India’s grandmasters Ganguly, Sadhwani, and Venkatraman scored comfortable victories in the FIDE World Cup 2025, advancing to the second round. Aronyak Ghosh won his tie-breaker, while Pranesh settled for a draw. Divya Deshmukh’s campaign ended after a loss

Hyderabad: Experienced Grandmasters Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Raunak Sadhwani, and Karthik Venkatraman scored comfortable victories, while M. Pranesh played out a draw to advance to the second round of the FIDE World Cup 2025 in Panaji on Sunday. Meanwhile, IM Aronyak Ghosh defeated Poland’s GM Mateusz Bartel, forcing a tie-breaker.

The 42-year-old Ganguly, playing from behind, knew that his opponent, Ahmadzada, had to take risks to level the match after losing the opening game. Ganguly capitalized on this by launching an attack on his

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