Arjun Erigaisi, meanwhile, continues to wait for his first win at the Tata Steel Masters. It's now a run that has seen him lose his place as India no.1 in the live ranking to Gukesh. He remains at the bottom of the standings with 1.5 points, following a draw against Fabiano Caruana.

World champion D. Gukesh played out a draw with overnight joint leader Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan in the sixth round of the Tata Steel chess tournament.

Indian Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa secured his third straight win at the 2025 Tata Steel Chess on Tuesday, defeating GM Leon Mendonca of India.� With 3.5 points after four rounds, Praggnanandhaa is the outright leader of the points table.

Arjun Erigaisi's losing run was stemmed with a draw against compatriot Leon Luke Mendonca, while Pentala Harikrishna also opted for an early draw against Chinese GM Wei Yi. The big surprise of Round 5 was Vladimir Fedoseev's shock win over Fabiano Caruana, which drew him level with Gukesh on 3.5 points.