Overview
- Fourteen of 16 Round 4 Game 1 clashes in Goa ended level, with all five remaining Indian players drawing their openers.
- R Praggnanandhaa salvaged a half point against Daniil Dubov after early inaccuracies and severe time pressure.
- Levon Aronian defeated Radoslaw Wojtaszek and Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara beat Alexey Sarana for the day’s only wins.
- Game 2 is scheduled for Wednesday, with many ties poised to proceed to rapid and blitz tiebreaks if deadlocks continue.
- The 206‑player knockout runs November 1–26 and awards three 2026 Candidates spots, with earlier rounds already claiming top seeds including world champion D Gukesh, Anish Giri and Nodirbek Abdusattorov.