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 t
GM Arjun Erigaisi, GM Karthik Venkataraman and GM P Harikrishna split points with black pieces while R Praggnanandhaa survived a scare with white against GM Daniil Dubov in the first game of Round 4 in the FIDE World Cup 2025 here on Tuesday
Karthik, who had drawn the first rapid game with white, pinned Deac's king in one corner and made the most of the additional bishop on the board to win in 43 moves.