Fifteen Asian players are through to Round 2 of the FIDE World Cup. The following Asian players are seeded into the 2nd round of the FIDE World Cup or won their first round assignments:
Harikrishna, Pentala 2730 IND will face GM Yasser Quesada of Cuba
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 2726 IND
Yu, Yangyi 2705 CHN will face GM Denis Kadric of Bosnia & Herzegovina
Maghsoodloo, Parham 2698 IRI will face GM Kiril Georgiv of Macedonia
Salem, A.R. Saleh 2682 UAE will face GM Alexander Idjic of Serbia
The following Asian Players have qualified to the second round
Adhiban, B. 2660 IND won 2:0 vs, Chipanga, Chiletso of Malawi
Aravindh, Chithambaram 2641 IND won 2:0 vs. Michael Concio PHI
Aravindh faces Nodirbek Abdusattorov of UZB in Rd 2.
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 2634 UZB won 1.5-.5 vs. Preotu, Razvan of Canada
Nihal Sarin 2620 IND won 1.5-.5 vs. Arthur Ssegwanyi of Uganda
Nihal Sarin faces GM Sanan Sjugirov of Russia in Rd, 2
Idani, Pouya 2614 IRI won 2:0 vs. Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh
Idani Pouya faces David Anton Guijarro of Spain in rd. 2
Praggnanandhaa R 2608 of IND won 1.5-.5 VS. IM Paulo Bersamina
Praggnanandhaa faces GM Gabriel Sargissian of Armenia in Rd. 2
Yakubboev, Nodirbek 2598 UZB won 1.5-.5 vs. GM Razvan Preotu of Canada
Yakubboev faces GM David Navarra of Czech Rep. in Rd. 2
Sindarov, Javokhir 2558 UZB won 1.5-.5 vs. GM Andrew Tang of USA
Sindarov faces GM Alireza Firouzja in Rd. 2
Vakhidov, Jakhongir 2534 UZB won 1.5-.5 vs. Levan Pantsulaia of Georgia
Vakhidov faces GM Leinier Dominguez Perez of USA in Rd. 2
Vokhidov, Shamsiddin 2530 UZB won 2:0 vs. GM Luka Paichadze of Georgia
The following Rd. 1 matches are tied 1:1 and will need playoff games:
Tabatabaei, M.amin 1:1 vs Basheer Al Qudaimi of Yemen. Winner will face GM Ferenc Berkes of France
Gukesh D 2578 IND drew 1:1 with IM Pawel Teclaf of Poland
Megaranto, Susanto 2550 INA drew 1:1 with Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan 2547 IRI. Winner will face Fabiano Caruana of USA
Tin, Jingyao 2482 SGP drew 1:1 with GM Timur Gareyev of USA. Winner will face GM Dimitry Jakovenmko of Russia
Murshed, Niaz 2404 BAN drew 1:1 with GM Neuris Delgado Ramirez of Paraguay. Winner will face GM B. Adhiban of India
Abdyjapar, Asyl 2403 KGZ drew 1:1 with GM Benjamin Bok of Netherlands. Winner will face GM Samuel Sevian of USA