World Cup: Oro knocks out Brkic in exciting tiebreaker

A tense day of tiebreak battles brought the opening round of the FIDE World Cup to a close on Monday in Goa. Rapid and blitz games decided the fate of 20 hard-fought encounters, as most favourites advanced but a few unexpected heroes emerged. Among them were India’s Aronyak Ghosh, Argentina’s 12-year-old prodigy Faustino Oro and Kazakhstan’s Alisher Suleymenov, each earning a remarkable victory to move into round two. | Photo: Michal Walusza