Former world champion Viswanathan Anand struggled with his form in the first round of the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss 2019 as he suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Grandmaster Evgeny Najer of Russia.
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It was a highly tactical game in which Najer launched an impressive attack against Anand’s king which was successful since black was unable to find a difficult saving resource.
IM Raunak Sadhwani also caused an upset by beating GM Sanan Sjugirov of Azerbaijan.
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In an India vs India clash on board 17,GM Vidit Gujrathi beat GM Sethuraman S.P with the white pieces while GM Adhiban B beat chinese player Wu Li in an impressive sacrificial game.
The only other loss for an Indian player came in the form of GM Prithu Gupta’s defeat against GM Vladimir Fedoseev of Russia.
All the remaining games by the Indian Players were drawn.
Pairings
Round 2 on 2019/10/11 at 15:00
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 1 | 58 | GM | Sarana Alexey | 2655 | 1 | 1 | GM | Carlsen Magnus | 2876 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 2 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2812 | 1 | 1 | GM | Sevian Samuel | 2654 | 61 | |||
| 3 | 60 | GM | Oparin Grigoriy | 2654 | 1 | 1 | GM | Yu Yangyi | 2763 | 5 | |||
| 4 | 62 | GM | Motylev Alexander | 2651 | 1 | 1 | GM | Artemiev Vladislav | 2746 | 11 | |||
| 5 | 63 | GM | Melkumyan Hrant | 2650 | 1 | 1 | GM | Vitiugov Nikita | 2732 | 13 | |||
| 6 | 65 | GM | Mamedov Rauf | 2645 | 1 | 1 | GM | Wang Hao | 2726 | 15 | |||
| 7 | 16 | GM | Bu Xiangzhi | 2721 | 1 | 1 | GM | Riazantsev Alexander | 2645 | 67 | |||
| 8 | 70 | GM | Bluebaum Matthias | 2643 | 1 | 1 | GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | 2718 | 17 | |||
| 9 | 20 | GM | Xiong Jeffery | 2708 | 1 | 1 | GM | Adhiban B. | 2639 | 73 | |||
| 10 | 76 | GM | Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | 2638 | 1 | 1 | GM | Anton Guijarro David | 2674 | 39 | |||
| 11 | 77 | GM | Adly Ahmed | 2636 | 1 | 1 | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | 2670 | 41 | |||
| 12 | 81 | GM | Najer Evgeniy | 2635 | 1 | 1 | GM | Fedoseev Vladimir | 2664 | 47 | |||
| 13 | 98 | GM | L’ami Erwin | 2619 | 1 | 1 | GM | Shirov Alexei | 2664 | 49 | |||
| 14 | 101 | GM | Jobava Baadur | 2617 | 1 | 1 | GM | Dreev Aleksey | 2662 | 51 | |||
| 15 | 106 | GM | Abdusattorov Nodirbek | 2608 | 1 | 1 | GM | Demchenko Anton | 2655 | 57 | |||
| 16 | 6 | GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2760 | ½ | 1 | IM | Sadhwani Raunak | 2479 | 129 | |||
| 17 | 84 | GM | Jumabayev Rinat | 2630 | ½ | ½ | GM | So Wesley | 2767 | 3 | |||
| 18 | 86 | GM | Alekseev Evgeny | 2629 | ½ | ½ | GM | Grischuk Alexander | 2759 | 7 | |||
| 19 | 8 | GM | Aronian Levon | 2758 | ½ | ½ | GM | Abasov Nijat | 2632 | 83 | |||
| 20 | 96 | GM | Van Foreest Jorden | 2621 | ½ | ½ | GM | Harikrishna Pentala | 2748 | 9 |
Certificate of SNA seminar and exam in Rajahmundry on 30 November & 01 December 2024. 
Final Report of Senior National Arbiter Seminar & Examination in Panjim Goa on 7th and 8th December 2024 
Grandmaster Chess Camp in Aizawl, Mizoram from 09-13 December 2024 
Live Games Link for 37th National Under 13 Open and Girls Chess Championship 2024 
Live Game links: ODISHA OPEN (Category ‘A’) 
Certificate of SNA seminar held in DImapur of 28 & 29 November 2024