ARPORA, Nov. 9 -- Team Herald [emailprotected]

GM R Praggnanandhaa made the most of the slight advantage he gained in the middle game to beat GM Robert Hovhannisyan of Armenia as four Indians booked a place in the fourth round of FIDE World Cup 2025, here, on Saturday, while World Champion Gukesh D was knocked out. Praggnanandhaa, who had to play a long tie-break to reach the third round and then drew the first game with black, found himself in a tricky situation as it looked like Hovhannisyan had negated the Indians early advantage. But the third highest ranked Indian had a clear game plan and took control of the match by move 27 with his queen and rook putting pressure on black's king. The Armenian ultimately resigned after 42 moves. A...