Grand Swiss 2019-Adhiban among the leaders

All photos by John Saunders

The second round of the grand swiss chess witnessed a thrilling encounter between GM Adhiban B and upcoming american talent,GM Jeffrey Xiong.

Playing with the black pieces,Adhiban went for a sharp continuation and managed to push his d pawn all the way to the second rank which tied the white rook to the d1 square and forced resignation soon-after.

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On the 16th board,IM Raunak Sadhwani managed to draw effortlessly with the black pieces against former world championship challenger,GM Sergey Karjakin of Russia.

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Vishy Anand analysing with Tal Baron

The Indian legend Vishy Anand bounced back with an easy victory over Israeli GM Tal Baron.

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GM Harika Dronavalli,GM Gukesh D and WGM Soumya Swaminathan held their higher rated opponents to a draw.

The only two losses for India came in the form of GM Sethuraman P’s loss over GM Elina Danielian of Armenia who maintained the edge throughout a complicated struggle and GM Nihal Sarin’s loss to the Israeli legend GM Boris Gelfand who showed impressive endgame technique to clinch the full point.

Results of Indian players from round two

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
2	8	70	GM	Bluebaum Matthias	2643	1	½ – ½	1	GM	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	2718	17
2	9	20	GM	Xiong Jeffery	2708	1	0 – 1	1	GM	Adhiban B.	2639	73
2	16	6	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2760	½	½ – ½	1	IM	Sadhwani Raunak	2479	129
2	20	96	GM	Van Foreest Jorden	2621	½	½ – ½	½	GM	Harikrishna Pentala	2748	9
2	28	104	GM	Narayanan.S.L	2611	½	½ – ½	½	GM	Vallejo Pons Francisco	2694	25
2	32	30	GM	Gelfand Boris	2686	½	1 – 0	½	GM	Nihal Sarin	2610	105
2	37	114	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2571	½	0 – 1	½	GM	Korobov Anton	2679	35
2	39	120	IM	Bjerre Jonas Buhl	2506	½	½ – ½	½	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2675	37
2	43	122	GM	Harika Dronavalli	2495	½	½ – ½	½	GM	Robson Ray	2670	43
2	44	44	GM	Kryvoruchko Yuriy	2669	½	½ – ½	½	GM	Gukesh D	2520	119
2	50	54	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2658	½	1 – 0	½	IM	Saduakassova Dinara	2481	127
2	59	74	GM	Hovhannisyan Robert	2639	½	½ – ½	½	WGM	Soumya Swaminathan	2365	149
2	62	4	GM	Anand Viswanathan	2765	0	1 – 0	0	GM	Baron Tal	2531	118
2	63	124	GM	Prithu Gupta	2493	0	0 – 1	0	GM	Shankland Sam	2705	21
2	74	94	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2624	0	0 – 1	0	GM	Danielian Elina	2385	147

Pairings of all Indian players for round three

Rd.	Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
3	3	73	GM	Adhiban B.	2639	2		1½	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2748	10
3	11	17	GM	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	2718	1½		1½	GM	Chigaev Maksim	2644	68
3	25	129	IM	Sadhwani Raunak	2479	1½		1½	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2658	54
3	27	83	GM	Abasov Nijat	2632	1		1	GM	Anand Viswanathan	2765	4
3	30	9	GM	Harikrishna Pentala	2748	1		1	GM	L’ami Erwin	2619	98
3	34	23	GM	Dubov Daniil	2699	1		1	GM	Narayanan.S.L	2611	104
3	41	37	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2675	1		1	GM	Harika Dronavalli	2495	122
3	47	119	GM	Gukesh D	2520	1		1	GM	Saric Ivan	2667	46
3	56	149	WGM	Soumya Swaminathan	2365	1		1	GM	Kuzubov Yuriy	2636	78
3	61	59	GM	Movsesian Sergei	2654	½		½	GM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2571	114
3	69	105	GM	Nihal Sarin	2610	½		½	WGM	Nebolsina Vera	2252	152
3	73	140	IM	Bulmaga Irina	2442	0		0	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2624	94
3	75	142	IM	Houska Jovanka	2430	0		0	GM	Prithu Gupta	2493	124

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