Game 1 of the opening round of the FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 got underway in Arpora, Goa, on Saturday, where 16 Indians were in action. With the top 50 seeded players having received byes, the centre of attraction in this round was the only female competitor in the 206-player field, Divya Deshmukh.The reigning Women’s World Cup champion played White against Greek Grandmaster Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis. Divya got off to a good start but her time management skills on Saturday let her down as she continued to make errors under a severe time crunch and eventually lost the first game of the opening round.She will have to win on demand on Sunday to enforce a tiebreak. Amongst the Indian winners were Pranav V, Pranesh M, Pa. Iniyan and Surya Shekhar Ganguly. All of them now just need to draw their Game 2 to qualify for Round 2.Seven Indians — Raunak Sadhwani, Leon Luke Mendonca, SL Narayanan, Lalith Babu MR, Karthik Venkataraman, Diptayan Ghosh and Rithvik R Raja — ended up playing a draw in their opening games.Harshavardhan GB, Himal Gusain, Neelash Saha and Aronyak Ghosh were the other four Indians aside from Divya who ended up suffering a loss on Saturday.FIDE Chess World Cup 2025, Round 1 Game 1: Indian resultPranav V (2641) 1-0 vs Ala Eddine Boulrens (2214) – WINRaunak Sadhwani (2641) ½-½ vs Daniel Barrish (2284) – DRAWPranesh M (2630) 1-0 vs Satbek Akhmedinov (2372) – WINLeon Luke Mendonca (2620) ½-½ vs Shixu B Wang (2402) – DRAWS L Narayanan (2617) ½-½ vs Steven Rojas Salas (2413) – DRAWPa Iniyan (2599) 1-0 vs Dylan Isidro Berdayes Ason (2453) – WING B Harshavardhan (2476) 0-1 vs Mustafa Yilmaz (2591) – LOSSHimal Gusain (2476) 0-1 vs Andy Woodward (2557) – LOSSM R Lalit Babu (2502) ½-½ vs Max Warmerdam (2591) – DRAWDivya Deshmukh (2498) 0-1 vs Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis (2583) – LOSSNeelash Saha (2466) 0-1 vs Georg Meier (2596) – LOSSKarthik Venkataraman (2579) ½-½ vs Roberto Garcia Pantoja (2502) – DRAWGhosh Aronyak (2514) 0-1 vs Mateusz Bartel (2581) – LOSSDiptayan Ghosh (2573) ½-½ vs Xiongjian Peng (2521) – DRAWSurya Shekhar Ganguly (2573) 1-0 vs Ahmad Ahmadzada (2523) – WINRithvik R Raja (2541) ½-½ vs Kazybek Nogerbek (2543) – DRAWFIDE WORLD CUP 2025 ROUND 1, GAME 1: AS IT HAPPENED Turkish teenager Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus in action during FIDE World Cup 2025 Round 1 Game 1 in Goa. (PHOTO: Michal Walusza/FIDE)FIDE Chess World Cup 2025, Round 1 Game 1: Overall ResultsBoardWhiteResultBlack1Abugenda, Nagi (1972)0-1Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan (2651)2Xiong, Jeffery (2648)1-0Li, Yiheng (1994)3Qin, Oscar Shu Xuan (2078)0-1Rodshtein, Maxim (2647)4Artemiev, Vladislav (2646)1-0Ndahangwapo, Heskiel (2093)5Alrehaili, Ahmed Abdullah S (2109)0-1Adams, Michael (2646)6Grandelius, Nils (2645)1-0Allam, Mohamed (2112)7Huh, Isaak (2139)0-1Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo (2644)8Gledura, Benjamin (2643)1-0Amdouni, Zoubaier (2186)9Salih, Akar Ali Salih (2212)0-1Kollars, Dmitrij (2642)10Pranav, V (2641)1-0Boulrens, Ala Eddine (2214)11Kigigha, Bomo Lovet (2263)0-1Donchenko, Alexander (2641)12Sadhwani, Raunak (2641)1/2-1/2Barrish, Daniel (2284)13Ilkhomi, Jaloliddin (2289)0-1Vokhidov, Shamsiddin (2640)14Svane, Frederik (2638)1-0Husbands, Orlando (2291)15Efimov, Igor (2331)0-1Gurel, Ediz (2634)16Chigaev, Maksim (2634)1-0Elbilia, Jacques (2332)17Kavin, Mohan (2346)1/2-1/2Hovhannisyan, Robert (2633)18Anton Guijarro, David (2631)1-0Silva, David (2347)19Manon, Reja Neer (2369)1/2-1/2Tari, Aryan (2631)20Pranesh, M (2630)1-0Akhmedinov, Satbek (2372)21Mandizha, Farai (2375)0-1Amin, Bassem (2629)22Ivic, Velimir (2628)1-0Orozbaev, Eldiyar (2375)23Mwali, Chitumbo (2392)0-1Bacrot, Etienne (2627)24Cheparinov, Ivan (2626)1-0Cordoba Roa, Angel Gabriel (2392)25Cahaya, Satria Duta (2393)1/2-1/2Martirosyan, Haik M. (2626)26Sargissian, Gabriel (2624)1-0Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan (2401)27Thavandiran, Shiyam (2402)1/2-1/2Yuffa, Daniil (2621)28Mendonca, Leon Luke (2620)1/2-1/2Wang, Shixu B (2402)29Tran, Thanh Tu (2407)0-1Salem, A.R. Saleh (2620)30Indjic, Aleksandar (2618)1-0Schnaider, Ilan (2413)31Rojas Salas, Steven (2413)1/2-1/2Narayanan, S (2617)32Lagarde, Maxime (2617)1-0Amartuvshin, Ganzorig (2415)33Mohammad Fahad, Rahman (2416)0-1Ivanchuk, Vasyl (2616)34Suleymanli, Aydin (2614)1-0Laohawirapap, Prin (2417)35Divya, Deshmukh (2498)0-1Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis (2583)36Vazquez, Facundo (2419)0-1Svane, Rasmus (2614)37Grebnev, Aleksey (2611)1-0Quizon, Daniel (2420)38Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina (2435)1/2-1/2Najer, Evgeniy (2613)39Dardha, Daniel (2624)1-0Banh, Gia Huy (2440)40Agibileg, Uurtsaikh (2448)1-0Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal (2594)41Daneshvar, Bardiya (2598)1-0Salinas Herrera, Pablo (2451)42Cori Quispe, Kevin Joel (2451)0-1Idani, Pouya (2601)43Iniyan, Pa (2599)1-0Berdayes Ason, Dylan Isidro (2453)44Pantsulaia, Levan (2457)1/2-1/2Zemlyanskii, Ivan (2586)45Meier, Georg (2596)1-0Neelash, Saha (2466)46Siddharth, Jagadeesh (2467)1/2-1/2Cheng, Bobby (2596)47Cori, Jorge (2594)1/2-1/2Ansat, Aldiyar (2470)48Harshavardhan, G B (2476)0-1Yilmaz, Mustafa (2591)49Woodward, Andy (2557)1-0Gusain, Himal (2476)50Fawzy, Adham (2476)0-1Bai, Jinshi (2590)51Adly, Ahmed (2589)1/2-1/2Grigoryan, Karen H. (2481)52Bellahcene, Bilel (2485)1/2-1/2Huschenbeth, Niclas (2587)53Abasov, Nijat (2587)1-0Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid (2482)54Avila Pavas, Santiago (2490)0-1Motylev, Alexander (2586)55Neiksans, Arturs (2585)1/2-1/2Suleymenov, Alisher (2491)56Atabayev, Saparmyrat (2494)1/2-1/2Nesterov, Arseniy (2584)57Tin, Jingyao (2583)1/2-1/2Lashkin, Jegor (2497)58Warmerdam, Max (2591)1/2-1/2Lalit, Babu M R (2502)59Garcia Pantoja, Roberto (2502)1/2-1/2Karthik, Venkataraman (2579)60Brkic, Ante (2578)1/2-1/2Oro, Faustino (2509)61Parligras, Mircea-Emilian (2510)0-1Fier, Alexandr (2577)62Lupulescu, Constantin (2577)1/2-1/2Blohberger, Felix (2513)63Ghazarian, Kirk (2513)0-1Petrov, Nikita (2576)64Bartel, Mateusz (2581)1-0Aronyak, Ghosh (2514)65Galaviz Medina, Sion Radamantys (2515)1/2-1/2Supi, Luis Paulo (2575)66Jobava, Baadur (2590)1-0Cardoso Cardoso, Jose Gabriel (2518)67Peng, Xiongjian (2521)1/2-1/2Ghosh, Diptayan (2573)68Ganguly, Surya Shekhar (2573)1-0Ahmadzada, Ahmad (2523)69Samadov, Read (2523)0-1Lodici, Lorenzo (2560)70Kantor, Gergely (2559)1-0Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn (2524)71Makhnev, Denis (2525)1-0Flores, Diego (2558)72Piorun, Kacper (2557)1/2-1/2Lobanov, Sergei (2526)73Velten, Paul (2530)0-1Kovalev, Vladislav (2557)74Bogner, Sebastian (2555)1/2-1/2Stremavicius, Titas (2531)75Maksimovic, Bojan (2532)1/2-1/2Can, Emre (2552)76Subelj, Jan (2545)1/2-1/2Kuybokarov, Temur (2535)77Petrov, Martin (2540)1/2-1/2Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag (2545)78Nogerbek, Kazybek (2543)1/2-1/2Raja, Rithvik R (2541)