Chess World Cup Thriller: Arjun Erigaisi, R Praggnanandhaa, P Harikrishna face Tie-Break in Round 4

Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi remains in the hunt and will face R Praggnanandhaa and P Harikrishna in the fourth-round tie-breaks of the Chess World Cup.

Written by: Akshat Jain Edited by: Akshat Jain

Published: November 12, 2025, 11:40 PM IST

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Chess World Cup Thriller: Arjun Erigaisi, R Praggnanandhaa, P Harikrishna face Tie-Break in Round 4. (PIC - IANS)

Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi stayed in contention on Wednesday and will compete in the tie-break alongside R Praggnanandhaa and P Harikrishna in the fourth round of the Chess World Cup here.

It was a relatively calm day in the knockout stage, as the two previous round winners, Levon Aronian from the United States and Joss Martinez Alcantara from Mexico, advanced to the fifth round, or pre-quarterfinals, by eliminating Radoslaw Wojtaszek of Poland and Alexey Sarana of Slovenia respectively, after drawing their games.

Uzbek GM Nodirbek Yakubboev and Vietnam’s Le Quang Liem ended the campaigns of V Pranav and V Karthik, leaving only three Indians in the running for the three World Cup spots that lead to the Candidates Tournament.

For Erigaisi and Praggnanandhaa, it was a straightforward day, but Harikrishna faced some challenges before securing a place in the tie-break.

Aronian, in top form, only needed a draw and accomplished it comfortably against Radoslaw Wojtaszek, who had the white pieces.

Karthik and Pranav tried to create complications, but their efforts didn’t succeed against Le Quang Liem of Vietnam and Nodirbek Yakubboev of Uzbekistan.

Complete results (Round 4, game 2):

• Frederik Svane (GER) drew with Shant Sargysyan (ARM) 1-1 — tie-break

• Peter Leko (HUN) drew with Arjun Erigaisi 1-1 — tie-break

• R Praggnanandhaa drew with Daniil Dubov (FID) 1-1 — tie-break

• Matthias Bluebaum (GER) lost to Alexander Domchenko (GER) 0.5-1.5

• V Pranav lost to Nodirbek Yakubboev (UZB) 0.5-1.5

• Andrey Esipenko (FID) drew with Vincent Keymer (GER) 1-1 — tie-break

• Wei Yi (CHN) drew with Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI) 1-1 — tie-break

• Alexey Sarana (FID) lost to Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara (MEX) 0.5-1.5

• Nils Grandelius (SWE) drew with P Harikrishna 1-1 — tie-break

• Samuel Sevian (USA) drew with Lorenzo Lodici (ITA) 1-1 — tie-break

• Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) drew with Aleksy Grebnev (FID) 1-1 — tie-break

• Awonder Liang (USA) drew with Gabriel Sargissian (ARM) 1-1 — tie-break

• Le Quang Liem (VIE) beat V Karthik 1.5-0.5

• Sam Shankland (USA) drew with Richard Rapport (HUN) 1-1 — tie-break

• Levon Aronian (USA) beat Radoslaw Wojtaszek (POL) 1.5-0.5

• Yu Yangyi (CHN) drew with Javokhir Sindarov (UZB) 1-1 — tie-break