<p>Indian Grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram delivered under pressure, beating Frenchman Alireza Firouzja in the final game to finish joint-first with 11 points after the end of the rapid section of the Superbet Rapid and Blitz tournament here.</p>
<p>The Indian wild card entrant got a little lucky as Firouzja lost on time from what could have been a drawn rook and pawns endgame.</p>
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<p>The 10 challengers will now face each other across 18 rounds of Blitz chess.</p>
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