India’s campaign at the ongoing FIDE World Cup ended on Wednesday as Arjun Erigaisi crashed out in the quarter-finals against China’s Wei Yi in the rapid tiebreaks. The result means that no Indian will earn one of the three Candidates quotas on offer in the World Cup for the top three finishers. This means India’s R Praggnanandhaa could be the only Indian in the eight-man Candidates, which is a tournament held to select a challenger for the next World Chess Championship against reigning world champion D Gukesh.

After both their classical games in the quarter-finals ended in draws on Monday and Tuesday, Erigaisi and Wei Yi returned to the board on Wednesday to fight it out in the rapid tiebreaks where both players had 15 minutes on their clocks with 10 seconds increments on offer for each

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