ARPORA, Nov. 14 -- Team Herald [emailprotected]

Grandmasters Arjun Erigaisi and P Harikrishna had another good day as they sent beat Peter Leko of Hungary and Swede Nils Grandelius respectively in the fourth-round tie-breaker, here, at a resort, on Thursday. Arjun defeated Leko 3-1 in the first set of tie-breaker itself while Harikrishna drew the first and then won the second for an overall 2.5-1.5 victory that took him to round of 16. However R Praggnanandhaa lost to Daniil Dubov of Russia to make an exit from this year's World Cup. It may be recalled that in the previous edition held in 2023, the young Indian had made it all the way to the finals before losing to eventual winner Magnus Carlsen of Norway. For Arjun the next round will b...