Jeffery Xiong 🇺🇸 was the first player to go through to the Round 2 of #FIDEWorldCup. He defeated Igor Lysyi 🇷🇺 2-0.

Before the tournament, he spent a few days in Moscow to fix the jetlag problem, and came to Khanty-Mansiysk with his father.

FIDE World Cup 2019. Interview with Jeffery Xiong. | R1, G2 |

Ding Liren not only reaches Round 2 of the #FIDEWorldCup but is now the world no. 2 after overtaking Fabiano Caruana by 0.6 points!

Peter Svidler is also into Round 2 of the #FIDEWorldCup after crashing through in 21 moves!

FIDE World Cup 2019. Peter Svidler in the studio. | R1, G2 |

Ding Liren, Dubov, Vidit, Giri, Xiong, Mamedyarov, Radjabov, Svidler & Esipenko are all already in Round 2 of the #FIDEWorldCup

After 132 moves Ghaem does it, forcing tiebreaks tomorrow against Yu Yangyi!

Most of the second round participants were determined at the FIDE World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk. 23 matches will continue on tiebreaks tomorrow.

More about the results of day 2 at #FIDEWorldCup:

Niclas Huschenbeth knocks out Arkadij Naiditsch.

Norwegian Johan-Sebastian Christiansen
sensationaly knocks out the Polish World #22 Wojtaszek in the #FIDEWorldCup by winning both games in R1. He had several chances to secure a draw in G2, but decided to go for a win - which paid off.

FIDE World Cup 2019. Interview with Johan-Sebastian Christiansen. | R1, G2 |

Some #FIDEWorldCup confirmed R2 pairings:
Ding-Movsesian
Christiansen-Alekseenko
So-Demchenko
Karjakin-Sevian
Giri-Najer
Mamedyarov-Kasimdzhanov
Svidler-Esipenko
Aronian-Magshoodloo
Cheparinov-Artemiev
Vitiugov-Huschenbeth
Vidit-Rakhmanov
Dubov-Firouzja
#FIDEWorldCup