PANAJI(Goa): Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi defeated GM Peter Leko in both the rapid games, while P Harikrishna made the most of the chances he got to beat GM Nils Grandelius in the second game to advance to the pre-quarterfinals of the FIDE World Cup 2025 on Thursday.

However, R Praggnanandhaa’s campaign came to an end after losing to former World Rapid Champion GM Daniil Dubov in the fifth round. With Pranav V and Karthik Venkataraman losing in the classical games in round 5, there were three Indians in the tiebreak, and two of them ultimately advanced to the next round.

The FIDE World Cup is being played in a knock-out tournament, comprising eight rounds, with each round having two games.

Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi defeated GM Peter Leko in both the rapid tie-break games, while P Harikri

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