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Saturday, Jun 21, 2025
The native of Thiruvananthapuram finished with 7 points from nine rounds and has improved his Elo rating to 2657.
The team led by Viswanathan Anand lost to the United States in a tie-break.
In the play-offs, the Indian team captained by GM Viswanathan Anand will take on the runner-up team from pool-C.
India won two matches and drew one in Pool B on the opening day.
The 11-member India team will be captained by former world champion Viswanathan Anand.
Nikhil Kamath, co-founder of Zerodha, a stock brokerage company and True Beacon, an asset management company, apologised on Twitter and admitted that he took help from chess analysts and computers during the event on Sunday.
Anand is looking forward to participating in the Grand Chess Tour and the No-castling World Masters.
The 16-year-old from Thrissur had a stunning 2020, winning four tournaments in the space of three months.
Nihal held Anand in the eighth round and finished ninth with three points.
The Indian ace never got going after scoring a first round victory over Hikaru Nakamura of United States.
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