D. Gukesh managed to attract with Levon Aronian within the first spherical of the Chennai Grandmasters chess championship at The Leela Palace resort right here on Friday.
Aronian, who performed with white, mentioned he was disillusioned with the consequence and that he felt jetlagged through the match.
“I remembered that I had planned something but during the game I mixed up some moves. I think I decided to play the safest way at some point. My opening choice was very bad. I was playing white and I had to look for my chances.
“The tournament is so tough. Everybody is going to try and win, so you have to push with white,” mentioned Aronian.
Iran’s Parham Maghsoodloo, who’s forward of all the opposite contributors by way of the ranking factors, misplaced to Ukrainian Pavel Eljanov.
P. Harikrishna, who beat Arjun Erigaisi, had a phrase of appreciation for his opponent. “I think Arjun defended really well to create chances.”
Hungary’s Sanan Sjugirov, who drew with Serbia’s Alexandr Predke, felt it was a troublesome recreation.
“It was a tough game. I think Alexandr outplayed me a little bit after his opening. My preparation was not so good. In the end game, I had this feeling that maybe I had some chances, but I was also in some trouble, and I couldn’t find anything. Maybe, it’s just a tougher game.”
The outcomes (first spherical):
P. Harikrishna bt Arjun Erigaisi; Parham Maghsoodloo (Irn) misplaced to Pavel Eljanov (Ukr); Levon Aronian (USA) drew with D. Gukesh5; Sanan Sjugirov (Hun) drew with Alexandr Predke (Srb).
