World Champion D Gukesh drew his fourth game on the trot, signing peace with defending champ R Praggnanandhaa while Arjun Erigaisi couldn’t break Anish Giri’s defence and drew in the Tata Steel Masters. Praggnanandhaa dented white’s pawn structure on the queen side but it wasn’t enough in the end as the players reached a drawn queen and pawns endgame.

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