Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi scored a 2.5-1.5 win over Dutch GM Anish Giri within the fifth spherical of the Meltwater Champions Tour Finals on Saturday. Teenage GM R Praggnanandhaa was concerned in an intense battle with Poland’s Jan-Krzysztof Duda with the match ending 3.5-3.5 after the gamers shared honours within the 4 speedy video games, two blitz and an armageddon sport.

Erigaisi’s win over Giri was his second and took him to 6 factors together with 17-year previous Indian compatriot Praggnanandhaa.

He received the primary sport in 56 strikes with white items and the second in 44 with black.

A 36-move draw noticed Erigaisi sealing his second win, a day after beating Azerbaijan’s Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 3-1.

The Praggnanandhaa-Duda encounter was a thriller. The highly-rated Pole received the primary sport earlier than the teenaged Indian star levelled by taking the second in 53 strikes.

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The same sample was repeated with Duda and Praggu taking the third and fourth video games respectively with black items. The Indian received the primary blitz tie-break sport solely to see his opponent stage issues with a 41-move win.

In the Armageddon (sudden-death sport), Duda and Praggu battled it out for 90 strikes earlier than peace was signed. Meanwhile, Norwegian world No.1 Magnus Carlsen, who had been in cruise management until spherical 4, needed to convey out his greatest to tame Vietnam’s Quang Liem Le 4-3 through the sudden tie-break.

They had been stage at 2-2 after the 4 speedy video games and honours had been shared within the blitz earlier than Carlsen prevailed within the Armageddon.

In the opposite match of the day, American Wesley So crushed Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan 3-0, successful three straight video games.

Carlsen is on prime of the standings with an all-win file with 15 factors. Duda is second with 9 factors adopted by So (9). Praggnanandhaa and Erigaisi have six factors every and are positioned fifth and sixth respectively.

In the sixth spherical on Sunday, Praggnanandhaa will tackle Carlsen in a much-awaited conflict whereas Erigaisi will meet Liem Le.

Eight gamers certified for the Finals after a collection of occasions within the Meltwater Champions Tour.

The whole prize cash for the Tour finals is USD 210,000. Each win within the round-robin earns a participant USD 7,500. The eight gamers are enjoying a round-robin match. The winner would be the participant who accrues essentially the most factors and money total. PTI SS SSC SSC

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