Arjun Erigaisi scores four wins, Gukesh withdraws
Arjun Erigaisi wrecked through the competition by winning all of his games on the second day. He climbed from 13th to shared third place with a score of 14/21.
Round 5: Leon - Raunak: 1-1
GM Raunak Sadhwani was completely winning against GM Leon Luke Mendonca. However, in the Rook vs Queen endgame, he could not find a way to win the game, despite being ahead by a full minute against his opponent.
Find out the winning plan for Black.
Round 6: Aradhya - Aravindh: 3-0
A tactical error in the endgame cost GM Aravindh Chthambaram his game against FM Aradhya Garg.
Raunak - Visakh: 3-0
Raunak got a better position out of the opening against GM Visakh N R. The latter decided to give up his queen for a rook to thwart an attack on his kingside. It eventually seemed to have worked out, however Raunak correctly figured his opponent's mistakes and won the game.
Scoring system
Win - 3 points, Draw - 1 point and Loss - 0.
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