Published By: Ritayan Basu
Last Updated: October 26, 2023, 18:45 IST
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (X Image/@rpragchess)
R Praggnanandhaa and D Gukesh have been hed to attracts because the likes of Arjun Erigaisi, Aravindh Chithambaram and SL Narayanan received within the first spherical of the FIDE Grand Swiss.
Grandmaster and World Cup silver medallist R Praggnanandhaa was held to a draw by compatriot Aryan Chopra whereas D Gukesh signed peace out of a theoretical opening towards Rauf Mamedov of Azerbaijan within the first spherical of the FIDE Grand Swiss that bought underway right here.
On a day when Raunak Sadhwani held fourth seed Anish Giri to a stable draw, Arjun Erigaisi, Aravindh Chithambaram and S L Narayanan turned out winners towards Frederik Svane of Germany, Wu Li of Isle of Man and Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux of Canada respectively.
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In a surprising flip of occasions, Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi succumbed to Erwin L’ami of Holland. After practically outplaying his Dutch counterpart, Gujrathi misplaced management in direction of the top, and a few severe errors within the endgame price him a rook for a knight. L’ami scored the upset after 65 strikes.
Aryan Chopra is one other younger Grandmaster who hails from Delhi and is attempting to make a mark in worldwide circuit. Playing the black facet of a Slav protection towards somebody who’s, by consent, top-of-the-line abilities on the earth, Chopra fought valiantly and held on to his personal in a finely-paced sport.
Praggnanandhaa traded queens early within the opening and dented the black’s pawn construction a bit and even stood barely higher for fairly a while. However, the place was all the time nearer to a draw and a flurry of exchanges led to an equal opposite-coloured Bishops endgame. The sport was drawn after simply 33 strikes.
Gukesh by no means bought an opportunity towards Mamedov who is named a theoretician. Playing the black facet of a Sicilian Scheveningen, the Indian Grandmaster went for the Scheveningen setup and Mamedov went for an previous variation that’s stable in nature.
Against robust gamers, it isn’t simple to win with black if they don’t seem to be attempting to win as white, is the mantra that goes round. And that was the true case for Gukesh as, after a mere 23 strikes, the gamers repeated the place and signed peace.
Meanwhile, high seed Fabiano Caruana of the United States scored a victory with black items towards Ivan Saric of Croatia showcasing some nice understanding of a lesser-known opening system.
Saric sacrificed a rook for a knight within the early center sport however by no means bought sufficient compensation.
Arjun Erigaisi got here up with a nice present to beat Frederik Svane. The Indian was on a roll with white items in a Queen’s Gambit declined sport and annihilated the opponent’s defence with a timely-exchange sacrifice to win in 37 strikes.
In the ladies’s occasion being held concurrently, Tania Sachdev performed out a draw with D Harika in a sport that was keenly contested.
Merurt Kamalidenova of Kazakhstan proved stronger than Vantika Agarwal however Savitha Shree got here up with robust resistance to beat Marsel Efroimski of Israel when the latter blundered in to a checkmate from what regarded like a difficult but balanced endgame.
Also ending on the profitable facet right here have been R Vaishali and Divya Deshmukh, who bought the higher of Oliwia Kiolbasa of Poland and Trisha Kanyamarala respectively.
Important and Indian outcomes Round 1 (Indians except said): Ivan Saric (Cro) misplaced to Fabiano Caruana (USA); Hikaru Nakamura, Hikaru (USA) drew with Rasmus Svane (Ger); Anish Giri (Ned) drew with Raunak Sadhwani; Rauf Mamedov (Aze) drew with D Gukesh; R Praggnanandhaa drew with Aryan Chopra; P Harikrishna drew with Henriquez Villagra Cristobal (Chi); Erwin L’ami (Ned) beat Vidit Santosh Gujrathi; Arjun Erigaisi beat Frederik Svane (Ger); Leon Luke Mendonca drew with Jorden Van Foreest (Ned); Eduardo Iturrizaga (Esp) drew with Nihal Sarin; Xiong Jeffery (USA) drew with Murali Karthikeyan; Abhijeet Gupta misplaced to Vladimir Fedoseev (Slo); B Adhiban misplaced to Predke Alexandr (Srb); S L Narayanan beat Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux (Can); Aravindh Chithambaram beat Wu Li (IOM).
Women: Tan Zhongyi (Chn) beat Fataliyeva Ulviyya (Aze); Sophie Milliet (Fra) misplaced to Anna Muzychuk (Ukr); Tania Sachdev drew with D Harika; R Vaishali beat Oliwia Kiolbasa (Pol); B Savitha Shri beat Marsel Efroimski (Isr); Vantika Agrawal misplaced to Merurt Kamalidenova (Kaz); Divya Deshmukh beat Trisha Kanyamarala (Irl).
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