Chess World Cup: Iniyan Enter second Round, Praggnanandhaa, Nihal Sarin.
The first round of the Chess World Cup finished up on Tuesday.
Adolescent wonder and Grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa outsmarted Paulo Bersamina (the Philippines) 1.5-0.5 with an attract the subsequent game in the wake of having dominated the initial match of the two-game scaled down match on Monday. The 15-year old Chennai fellow will take on Gabriel Sargissian (Armenia) in the second round. Birthday kid Nihal Sarin drew the second game against IM Arthur Ssegwanyi of Uganda to get a 1.5-0.5 success in cycle one. The Indian will presently take on Sanan Sjugirov of Russia in cycle two.
Iniyan conquered the test of higher-appraised Swiss player Sebastian Bogner 1.5-0.5 to get a spot in the second round, where he will meet Evgeny Tomashevsky.
Likewise progressing were GM Aravindh Chithambaram VR, a 2-0 champ over Michael Concio Jr and the accomplished B Adhiban who beat Chilesto Chipanga of Malawi.
The victors join Vidit Santosh Gujrathi and P Harikrishna, who got first-round byes, in the second round.
Capable, youthful GM D Gukesh, whose two-game little match against Poland’s Pawel Teclaf finished in a 1-1 draw, will play in a sudden death round on Wednesday to decide the victor.
In the mean time in the ladies’ occasion, Padmini Rout and R Vaishali joined comrade Bhakti Kulkarni in the second round.
While Rout outflanked Azerbaijan’s Ulviyya Fatsaliyeva, Vaishali crushed Zhou Qiyu (Canada).
Both won by 2-0 edges. Defeat will meet Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, while Vaishali, sister of Praggnanandhaa, runs into Bela Khotenashvili (Georgia) in cycle two.
Kulkarni had got a walkover from Russian rival Anastasya Paramzina on Monday.
D Harika will go along with them in the second round, kindness a bye in the first round. Matches in the FIDE World Cup are being played in the classical format.