Playoffs were held yesterday for regular matches which ended 1:1. Fifteen Asians had previously qualified to round 2. See Rd. 1 story. In the playoffs, 15 year old GM D. Gukesh of India (photo above) beat IM Pawel Teclaf of Poland 1.5-.5 in Rapid chess playoff to advance to Rd. 2 against GM Daniel Dubov of Russia.
Tabatabaei, M. Amin of Iran (photo above) beat Basheer Al Qudaimi of Yemen 1.5-.5 in the Rapid chess playoff to advance to Rd 2 where he will face GM Ferenc Berkes of Hungary.
GM Susanto Megaranto of Indonesia beat GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami of Iran 1.5-.5 in Rapid chess playoff and faces GM Fabiano Caruana of the USA in Rd. 2
Other Asians who drew the regular match missed out in the playoff
IM Tin Jingyao of Singapore drew 1:1 in standard chess, 1:1 in Rapid chess but lost 2:0 in blitz against Timur Gareyev of the USA.
GM Niaz Murshed of Bangladesh drew 1:1 in standard chess, 1:1 in Rapid chess, 1:1 in 10-min. Rapid but lost in 5-minute blitz to GM Neuris Delgado of Paraguay
IM Asyl Abdyjapar of Kyrgyzstan drew 1:1 in standard chess but lost 2:0 in Rapid chess to GM Benjamin Bok of The Netherlands.