Major surprises in the second round of the FIDE World Cup - 2

The FIDE World Cup takes place in Goa, India, Sat 1st to Wed 26th Nov 2025. The second round concluded today, this round was where the event started in earnest, when the top seeds entered the fray. There has never been a shock winner of this event, but there are always surprise eliminations. Ian Nepomniachtchi, Wesley So and Hans Moke Niemann all would have fancied their chances against anyone but Diptayan Ghosh, Titas Stremavicius and Lorenzo Lodici all had different ideas. Santosh Gujrathi Vidit had a bit too much for wunderkind Faustino Oro, well known players Vassily Ivanchuk, David Navara, Ray Robson and Johan-Sebastian Christiansen didn't survive the round either. 128 players started the round, 64 are left.