Shardul and Arghyadip closes in on the leaders
Overnight leaders GM Kirill Shevchenko (UKR) and GM Lu Shanglei (CHN) won their respective games to maintain their lead at 6.5/7 each respectively. Among the Indians, both GM Shardul Gagare and IM Arghyadip Das won their respective games against Vladimir Bukar Jr. and Juan Jose Corbalan respectively in round 7. They both are at 6.0/7 each.
Shardul - Bukar, Round 7
Shardul hatched the correct plan on the queen side which eventually became the focal point of the game and allowed him to score the full point without ease.
Arghyadip got the perfect position out of the Sicilian Maroczy Bind opening.
Arghyadip - Corbalan, Round 7
It is evident that white has an advantage after 17...hxg6. Find out what is the correct plan for white here.
GM Swayams Mishra made a short draw with the black pieces against FM Leo Pecnik (CRO, 2357)
IM Ravi Teja S maintained his unbeaten streak in the tournament by salvaging a draw from a momentary difficult position involving the all the major pieces against FM Daniel Barrish (RSA, 2352)
Among the Indian women, IM Padmini Rout won against Yang Xu (CHN, 2047), WGM Soumya Swaminathan lost to CM Artem Pingin (RUS, 2143), WIM Pratyusha Bodda defeated Oscar Saez Gabikagogeaskoa (ESP, 1978), IM Nisha Mohota defeated FM Marlano Romero Garcia (ESP, 1981) and WIM Shalmali Gagare defeated FM Ricardo Montecatine Rios (ESP, 1924)
The nine-round Swiss League tournament XLV Abierto Internacional "Ciudad de Sevilla" takes place from 10th to 18th January 2020, everyday at 5:30 p.m. local time, 9 p.m. IST. Only final round on 18th January 2020 will take place at 9:30 a.m. local time, 1 p.m. IST.
