Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi defeated Levon Aronian, 42, in round five of the FIDE World Cup 2025, to advance to the quarter-finals on Saturday, November 15. The 22-year-old got the better of the Armenian-American Grandmaster by 1.5-0.5 scoreline in the classical segment of the tie after a clinical win in the second game with the black pieces.