India’s Erigaisi beats Dutch GM Giri

Arjun Erigaisi

Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi scored a 2.5-1.5 win over Dutch GM Anish Giri in the fifth round of the Meltwater Champions Tour Finals here on Saturday.
Teenage GM R Praggnanandhaa was involved in an intense battle with Poland's Jan-Krzysztof Duda with the match ending 3.5-3.5 after the players shared honours in the four rapid games, two blitz and an armageddon game.

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Erigaisi's win over Giri was his second and took him to six points along with 17-year old Indian compatriot Praggnanandhaa. He won the first game in 56 moves with white pieces and the second in 44 with black. A 36-move draw saw Erigaisi sealing his second win, a day after beating Azerbaijan's Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 3-1.

Meanwhile, Norwegian world No.1 Magnus Carlsen had to bring out his best to tame Vietnam's Quang Liem Le 4-3 via the sudden tie-break.

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