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FIDE World Cup: World Champion Gukesh exits, three Indians will face tie breaks

Panaji, Nov 8 (UNI) 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 the FIDE World Cup 2025 here on Saturday while World Champion Gukesh D was knocked out.
Praggnanandhaa, who had to play a long tiebreak 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.
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