India’s challenge in the FIDE World Cup 2025 rests on GM Arjun Erigaisi, who advanced to the quarterfinals after beating Levon Aronian. GM P Harikrishna was eliminated in tiebreaks by Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara in Panaji

Hyderabad: India’s hopes in the FIDE World Cup 2025 will depend solely on second seed GM Arjun Erigaisi after GM P Harikrishna went down in the fifth-round tiebreak against GM Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara in Panaji on Sunday.

While Arjun had knocked off two-time champion GM Levon Aronian 1.5:0.5 in the two classical games, Harikrishna had to win the tiebreak against Martinez after drawing both classical games.

The first two rapid games, which had 15-minute time control, also ended in draws.

In the next set of rapid games with 10-minute time control, Harikrishn

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