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Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi stayed in contention on Wednesday and will compete in the tie-break alongside R Praggnanandhaa and P Harikrishna in the fourth round of the Chess World Cup here. It was a relatively calm day in the knockout stage as the two previous round winners Levon Aronian from the United States and Joss Martinez Alcantara from Mexico advanced to the fifth round or pre-quarterfinals by eliminating Radoslaw Wojtaszek of Poland and Alexey Sarana of Slovenia respectively after drawing their games. Uzbek GM Nodirbek Yakubboev and Vietnam’s Le Quang Liem ended the campaigns of V Pranav and V Karthik leaving only three Indians in the running for the three World Cup spots that lead to the Candidates Tournament. For Erigaisi and Praggnanandhaa it was a straightforward day but Harikrishna faced some challenges before securing a place in the tie-break. Aronian in top form only needed a draw and accomplished it comfortably against Radoslaw Wojtaszek who had the white pieces. Karthik and Pranav tried to create complications but their efforts didn’t succeed against Le Quang Liem of Vietnam and Nodirbek Yakubboev of Uzbekistan. Complete results (Round 4 game 2): Frederik Svane (GER) drew with Shant Sargysyan (ARM) 1-1 --- tie-break Peter Leko (HUN) drew with Arjun Erigaisi 1-1 --- tie-break R Praggnanandhaa drew with Daniil Dubov (FID) 1-1 --- tie-break Matthias Bluebaum (GER) lost to Alexander Domchenko (GER) 0.5-1.5 V Pranav lost to Nodirbek Yakubboev (UZB) 0.5-1.5 Andrey Esipenko (FID) drew with Vincent Keymer (GER) 1-1 --- tie-break Wei Yi (CHN) drew with Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI) 1-1 --- tie-break Alexey Sarana (FID) lost to Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara (MEX) 0.5-1.5 Nils Grandelius (SWE) drew with P Harikrishna 1-1 --- tie-break Samuel Sevian (USA) drew with Lorenzo Lodici (ITA) 1-1 --- tie-break Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) drew with Aleksy Grebnev (FID) 1-1 --- tie-break Awonder Liang (USA) drew with Gabriel Sargissian (ARM) 1-1 --- tie-break Le Quang Liem (VIE) beat V Karthik 1.5-0.5 Sam Shankland (USA) drew with Richard Rapport (HUN) 1-1 --- tie-break Levon Aronian (USA) beat Radoslaw Wojtaszek (POL) 1.5-0.5 Yu Yangyi (CHN) drew with Javokhir Sindarov (UZB) 1-1 --- tie-break