With three decisive games, the event is already heating up
The decisive results are the clear proof that all the players are showing their fighting spirit, and we are going to witness some wonderful chess over the next 7 days in Chennai.
Aronyak Ghosh vs Boyer Mahel (1-0)
White to play, find the best move
The game between Aronyak Ghosh and Boyer Mahel was pretty much equal before this moment, where Boyer decided to capture the pawn on c5, and he missed a simple winning 'Pin' here from the white side. Aronyak played 52.Rb7 pinned the knight and eventually converted the game with the extra pawns on the king's side.
Ameya Audi vs Vaz Ethan (0-1)
Black to play, find the best move
The game between Ameya Audi and Vaz Ethan turned out to be in favour of Ethan as he scored his first win of the tournament against Audi Ameya with the black pieces. The above position was already bad for white and he played 47.R7e2. Can you find the winning move from the black side? Check the game below to see the move that Ethan played.
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Replay Round 2 Games
Round 2 Results
Bo. | FED | Rtg |
| White | Result | Black |
| FED | Rtg | PGN | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | IND | 2443 | IM | ½ - ½ | IM | IND | 2381 | |||||
2 | IND | 2418 | IM | 0 - 1 | IM | IND | 2518 | |||||
3 | IND | 2533 | IM | 1 - 0 | GM | FRA | 2486 | |||||
4 | IND | 2473 | IM | 0 - 1 | GM | KAZ | 2500 | |||||
5 | FRA | 2499 | GM | ½ - ½ | GM | PAR | 2511 |
Rankings after Round 2
Rk. | SNo |
| Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3 | GM | KAZ | 2500 | 1,5 | 1 | 1,25 | 1 | 1 | |||
2 | 8 | IM | IND | 2533 | 1,5 | 1 | 0,75 | 1 | 0 | |||
3 | 5 | IM | IND | 2518 | 1,5 | 3 | 1,5 | 1 | 1 | |||
4 | 1 | GM | FRA | 2499 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
10 | IM | IND | 2443 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
6 | 6 | IM | IND | 2381 | 1 | 3 | 1,25 | 0 | 0 | |||
7 | 2 | GM | PAR | 2511 | 1 | 3 | 0,75 | 0 | 0 | |||
8 | 7 | IM | IND | 2418 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
9 | 9 | IM | IND | 2473 | 0,5 | 0 | 0,5 | 0 | 0 | |||
10 | 4 | GM | FRA | 2486 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Round 3 Pairings
Bo. | FED | Rtg |
| White | Result | Black |
| FED | Rtg | PGN | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | PAR | 2511 | GM | IM | IND | 2443 | ||||||
2 | KAZ | 2500 | GM | GM | FRA | 2499 | ||||||
3 | FRA | 2486 | GM | IM | IND | 2473 | ||||||
4 | IND | 2518 | IM | IM | IND | 2533 | ||||||
5 | IND | 2381 | IM | IM | IND | 2418 |
