Russian grandmaster escapes with a draw
By Thirukalathy
Ram.S.Krishnan of BSNL had a 29 move draw with Russian GM GrachevBoris in the second round of Sakthi Group sponsored 8th Chennai open Grand Masters open chess tournament for Dr.N.Mahalingam Trophy, organized by Tamilnadu state chess association held at Jawaharlal Nehru stadium,Chennai today.
Ram.S.Krishnan opened his game with English opening then converted into grunfeld.On 20th move he cleverly captured a pawn of Boris. Having doubled pawn structure, less by one pawn and only one minute on his clock the Russian GM Boris immediately accepted the draw offered by Ram.S.Krishnan.
Some Important results of Round 2:
| Bo. | Name | FED | Pts | Res. | Pts | Name | FED | |||
| 1 | Ram S. Krishnan | IND | 1.5 | Drew with | 1.5 | GM | Grachev Boris | RUS | ||
| 2 | GM | Popov Ivan | RUS | 2 | beat | 1 | Shreyansh Daklia | IND | ||
| 3 | GM | Demchenko Anton | RUS | 2 | Beat | 1 | Phoobalan P. | IND | ||
| 4 | IM | Hegde Ravi Gopal | IND | 1 | Lost to | 2 | GM | Solodovnichenko Yuri | UKR | |
| 5 | GM | Sivuk Vitaly | UKR | 2 | Beat | 1 | Sekar B | IND | ||
| 6 | Hirthickkesh Pr | IND | 1 | Lost to | 2 | GM | Mozharov Mikhail | RUS | ||
| 7 | IM | Ramnathan Balasubramaniam | IND | 1 | Lost to | 2 | GM | Tukhaev Adam | UKR | |
| 8 | GM | Bernadskiy Vitaliy | UKR | 2 | beat | 1 | Surendran N | IND | ||
| 9 | IM | Chakravarthi Reddy M | IND | 1 | Lost to | 2 | GM | Gabrielian Artur | RUS | |
| 10 | GM | Ernst Sipke | NED | 2 | beat | 1 | Vignesh B | IND | ||
| 11 | FM | Praggnanandhaa R | IND | 1 | Lost to | 2 | GM | Neverov Valeriy | UKR |
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