Intense battle: Arjun made the proper strikes towards Serbia’s Predke.
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Arjun Erigaisi beat Serbia’s Alexandr Predke within the third spherical of the Chennai Grand Masters Chess Championship at The Leela Palace resort on Sunday.
Iran’s Parham Maghsoodloo might solely handle to attract with white versus D. Gukesh.
Having misplaced to Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine) and drawn with Levon Aronian (USA) within the first two rounds, Maghsoodloo wanted to win all of the remaining 5 rounds to safe the general 5.5 factors he must qualify for the 2024 Candidates event.
He now has just one level from the three rounds and even when he wins the remainder of the 4 rounds, he might solely get to a most of 5 factors and most certainly out of the Candidates race.
Sanan Sjugirov (Hungary), favoured to win the event by the Dutch chess couple Anish Giri and Sopiko Guramishvili on the commentary, settled for a draw with white towards Aronian.
But he’s nonetheless the joint-leader with P. Harikrishna, who drew with Eljanov. Both have two factors.
The outcomes (third spherical): Parham Maghsoodloo (Irn) 0.5 (1) drew with D. Gukesh 0.5 (1.5); Sanan Sjugirov (Hun) 0.5 (2) drew with Levon Aronian (USA) 0.5 (1.5); P. Harikrishna 0.5 (2) drew with Pavel Eljanov (Ukr) 0.5 (1.5); Arjun Erigaisi 1 (1.5) bt Alexandr Predke (Srb) 0 (1).
