4 Indian gamers superior to the fourth spherical of the FIDE World Cup 2025 in Panaji, whereas World Champion Gukesh D confronted elimination.World champion Gukesh D's event journey ended towards Frederik Svane.
After a draw with black items within the first recreation, Gukesh's try to win the second recreation backfired when Svane overcame time strain and compelled Gukesh's resignation in a knight-pawn ending.R Praggnanandhaa secured victory towards Armenia's GM Robert Hovhannisyan by capitalising on a mid-game benefit. After drawing the primary recreation with black items and surviving a difficult place, Praggnanandhaa executed a strategic plan, gaining management by transfer 27 by means of queen and rook strain on black's king. The Armenian participant resigned after 42 strikes.The event options 206 gamers from 82 nations competing for the Viswanathan Anand Cup in a single-elimination knockout format. Ten Indian gamers certified for the third spherical.Harikrishna progressed to the subsequent spherical first amongst Indians after a fast draw towards Belgium's GM Daniel Dardha, following his win with white items within the first recreation. GM Arjun Erigaisi and World Junior Champion GM Pranav V additionally superior after securing attracts with black items.High-seeded international participant Anish Giri was eradicated after shedding to GM Alexander Donchenko in 47 strikes with black items within the second recreation.Arjun's subsequent problem shall be Hungarian GM Peter Leko, who achieved victory in each video games towards GM Kirill Alekseenko in Spherical 3.GM Vidit Gujrathi, Karthik Venkataraman, and GM Narayanan S will proceed to tiebreaks on Sunday after drawing each video games of their respective matches.
FIDE World Cup 2025: Indian Outcomes (Spherical 3, Recreation 2)
- GM Gukesh D misplaced to GM Frederik Svane (GER) (0.5:1.5 combination)
- GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov (UZB) drew with GM Arjun Erigaisi (0.5:1.5 combination)
- GM R Praggnanandhaa vs GM Robert Hovhannisyan (ARM) (1.5:0.5 combination)
- GM Daniel Dardha (BEL) drew with GM P Harikrishna (0.5:1.5 combination)
- GM Titas Stremavicius (LTU) drew GM Pranav V (0.5:1.5 combination)
- GM Grabriel Sargissian (ARM) bt GM Diptayan Ghosh (1.5:0.5 combination)
- GM Yu Yangyi (CHN) drew with GM Narayanan S (0.5:0.5 combination)
- GM Vidit Gujrathi drew with GM Sam Shankland (USA) (0.5:0.5 combination)
- GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU) drew with GM Karthik Venkatraman (0.5:0.5 combination)
- GM Pranesh M misplaced to GM Vincent Keymer (GER) (0.5:1.5 combination)
