Overview
- Arjun Erigaisi beat Peter Leko in round‑four tiebreaks, winning 3-1, and will face two-time World Cup winner Levon Aronian in the next round.
- P. Harikrishna advanced over Nils Grandelius with a 2.5-1.5 result and is set to meet José Eduardo Martínez Alcántara in the round of 16.
- R. Praggnanandhaa exited after losing his tiebreak to Daniil Dubov, ending the number-three seed’s run in Goa.
- Levon Aronian and José Martínez were already through from classical play, while notable tiebreak upsets included Andrey Esipenko over Vincent Keymer and Aleksey Grebnev over Maxime Vachier-Lagrave; Sam Shankland eliminated Richard Rapport.
- Only two of the 24 Indian starters remain as the event moves to round five on Friday, with three qualification places for the 2026 Candidates at stake.