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If determination is simply a prize for the champion commencement to the chess World Cup, Arjun Erigaisi should triumph it. The 2nd effect posted his 3rd triumph connected the trot, to determination a measurement person to the 4th round.
He took conscionable 30 moves to bushed Shamiddin Vokhidov of Uzbekistan successful the archetypal crippled of the 3rd circular astatine Resort Rio present connected Friday. All helium present needs is simply a gully successful the 2nd crippled to triumph this match.
Things haven’t gone arsenic perfectly truthful acold for the fellow-Indians seeded connected either broadside of him -- D. Gukesh and R. Praggnanandhaa, who some drew. The top-seeded Gukesh was held by Germany’s Frederik Svane, portion Praggnanandhaa divided the constituent with Robert Hovhannisyan of Armenia.
There were besides wins for the awesome V. Pranav, the reigning World inferior champion, and P. Harikrishna, a erstwhile World inferior champion; they scored implicit Titas Stremavicius of Lithuania and Daniel Dardha of Belgium, respectively. M. Pranesh besides did good to gully with the sixth-seeded German Vincent Keymer, who is, successful fact, the caller World No. 4.
S.L. Narayanan excessively took half-a-point from a overmuch stronger hostile -- Yu Yangyi of China.
The day’s biggest upset was authored by Mexico’s José Martínez Alcántara, who, with achromatic pieces, bushed Nodirbek Abdusattorov, the eighth effect from Uzbekistan.
On the 2nd board, Arjun erstwhile again displayed his fantabulous mentation successful the Queen’s Gambit Declined Semi-Tarrasch game. Vokhidov made things easier for White with immoderate dubious moves. The Uzbek’s determination to instrumentality his rival’s pawn, connected the 22nd move, with the knight was, arsenic Arjun would say, “was conscionable suicide.”
Right aft that blunder, Vokhidov’s king faced a cheque with Arjun’s castling. There was lone 1 mode the crippled could person gone from determination on.
Important results (third round): Frederik Svane (Ger) drew with D. Gukesh; Arjun Erigaisi bt Shamsiddin Vokhidov (Uzb); Robert Hovhannisyan (Arm) drew with R. Praggnanandhaa; Anish Giri (Ned) drew with Alexander Donchenko (Ger); V. Pranav bt Titas Stremavicius (Ltu); Vincent Keymer (Ger) drew with M. Pranesh; Benjamin Gledura (Hun) drew with Wei Yi (Chn); Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzb) mislaid to José Martínez Alcántara (Mex); Nils Grandelius (Swe) drew with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Aze); Lorenzo Lodici (Ita) drew with Michael Adams (Eng); Vladilsav Artemiev (Rus) drew with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Fra); Diptayan Ghosh drew with Gabriel Sarissian (Arm); Jeffrey Xiong (USA) mislaid to Le Quang Liem (Vie); Richard Rapport (Hun) drew with Yagiz Erdogmus (Tur); Salem Saleh (UAE) mislaid to Levon Aronian (USA); Javokhir Sindarov (Uzb) drew with Nikolas Theodorou (Gre); Sam Shankland (USA) drew with Vidit Gujrathi; S.L. Narayanan drew with Yu Yangyi (Chn); Vladimir Fedoseev (Slo) mislaid to Radoslaw Wjtaszek (Pol); Karthik Venkataraman drew with Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Rou); P. Harikrishna bt Daniel Dardha (Bel); Peter Leko (Hun) bt Kirill Alekseenko (Rus).
