Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Yakubboev ended V Pranav’s run in the Chess World Cup, while Vietnam’s Le Quang Liem advanced to the pre-quarterfinals. Several Indian players, including R Praggnanandhaa, Erigaisi Arjun, and P Harikrishna, will compete in tiebreaks after drawing their classical games. Levon Aronian, Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara, and Alexander Donchenko also secured spots in the last 16.
