Overview
- Playing Black, Erigaisi declined a draw offer and broke through after Levon Aronian erred on move 38.
- He now faces China’s Wei Yi in the last eight after Wei eliminated Samuel Sevian.
- Pentala Harikrishna drew again with Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara, sending their match to Sunday’s rapid and blitz deciders.
- Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Yakubboev beat Gabriel Sargissian, and Javokhir Sindarov defeated Frederik Svane to advance.
- Other ties will be settled in tiebreaks, including Sam Shankland vs Daniil Dubov, Andrey Esipenko vs Aleksey Grebnev, and Alexander Donchenko vs Le Quang Liem.