Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 Round 2 Live Updates: Praggnanandhaa beats Harikrishna; Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi held to draws

Tata Steel Chess 2025 Round 2 Live Updates, January 19: Gukesh is still unbeaten into his reign as the youngest world champion in the sport's history.

By: Sports Desk Written by Amit Kamath
Updated: January 19, 2025 22:40 IST

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 Round 2 Live Updates: Gukesh currently leads the standings in the masters section after defeating Anish Giri in Round 1. (PHOTO: Lennart Ootes via Tata Steel Chess)

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025, Round 2 Live Updates, Arjun Erigaisi vs Anish Giri, Vladimir Fedoseev vs Gukesh D, Nodirbek Abdusattorov vs Leon Luke Mendonca, Pentala Harikrishna vs Praggnanandhaa R: Gukesh is still unbeaten after becoming the youngest world champion in history last month in Singapore. After defeating Anish Giri in Saturday’s opening round at the Tata Steel chess event in Wijk aan Zee, Gukesh held Vladimir Fedoseev to a draw on Sunday in round 2 to stay unbeaten into his reign as the 18th world champion of the sport.

Praggnanandhaa defeated Pentala Harikrishna while Leon Luke Mendonca lost to Nodirbek Abdusattorov, a day after allowing Vincent Keymer to defeat him.

Meanwhile, Arjun Erigaisi was also held to a draw by Anish Giri after putting the Dutchman under significant pressure on the board and on the clock in the middle game. Arjun had lost to the veteran Pentala Harikrishna on Saturday.

Meanwhile, in the challengers section, GM Vaishali Rameshbabu drew with Lu Miaoyi while IM Divya Deshmukh drew against Thai Dai Van Nguyen.

You can check out the move by move action from all the games featuring Indian players and also play along in the interactives below. Scroll down to read our live updates in real time from the second round.

INTERACTIVE: Gukesh D vs Vladimir Fedoseev

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You can find the official website of the Tata Steel Masters 2025 here and results here

			Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total
1		Praggnanandhaa R	2741				½						1					1.5
2		Gukesh D	2777							½						1		1.5
3		Caruana, Fabiano	2803						½					1				1.5
4		Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2768	½													1	1.5
5		Keymer, Vincent	2733								½						1	1.5
6		Wei, Yi	2751			½						½						1.0
7		Fedoseev, Vladimir	2717		½									½				1.0
8		Warmerdam, Max	2646					½				½						1.0
9		Sarana, Alexey	2677						½		½							1.0
10		Harikrishna, Pentala	2695	0											1			1.0
11		Van Foreest, Jorden	2680			0				½								0.5
12		Erigaisi Arjun	2801										0			½		0.5
13		Giri, Anish	2731		0										½			0.5
14		Mendonca, Leon Luke	2639				0	0										0.0