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FIDE World Cup: Karthik Venkataraman Packs Off Deac To Reach Fourth Round

By IANS News November 10, 2025 • 08:24 AM View: 162

GM Karthik Venkataraman continued his dream run in the FIDE World Cup 2025 as he defeated GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU) in the second game of the tiebreaker with black pieces to advance to the fourth round here on Sunday.

Karthik, who had drawn the first rapid game with white, pinned Deac’s king in one corner and made the most of the additional bishop on board to win in 43 moves.