Overview
- Chess.com reported that Le Quang Liem defeated Karthik Venkataraman and Nodirbek Yakubboev beat V. Pranav in round‑four game two, ending both Indians’ campaigns.
- Levon Aronian and Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara progressed after authoritative wins in game one and safe draws in game two, while Alexander Donchenko eliminated Matthias Bluebaum to reach the last 16.
- No less than 11 round‑four pairings will be decided in rapid and blitz on Thursday, November 13, underscoring the event’s reliance on faster time controls.
- Arjun Erigaisi, R. Praggnanandhaa and P. Harikrishna drew their first games on Tuesday, with their round‑four outcomes still to be decided after a day marked by few classical wins.
- The knockout in Goa offers three places in the 2026 Candidates and has featured major early upsets and a parallel debate on tournament conditions, with Ian Nepomniachtchi criticizing the setup and Anish Giri and Vassily Ivanchuk publicly defending the organizers.