Dec 28, 2024 09:36 PM IST
The 21-year-old, trying to high the Fide circuit and qualify for the Candidates, is in joint lead heading into ultimate day in fast; Harika, Humpy amongst leaders in girls
Bengaluru: Arjun Erigaisi arrived in New York with one pretty difficult job at hand – win the fast occasion to high the Fide circuit and qualify for the Candidates match. After Day 2 and 9 rounds of play within the fast occasion of the World Speedy and Blitz match, the 21-year-old Indian finds himself among the many leaders. He’s now at 7/9 factors, sharing the lead with Volodar Murzin, Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Alexander Grischuk. 4 extra rounds stay to be performed. After Sunday’s relaxation day, the blitz occasion will happen over the remaining two days.
Indian GM Arjun Erigaisi is in joint lead going into the ultimate day of the fast occasion on the World Speedy and Blitz Chess match in New York. (HT Picture)
Within the 4 rounds performed on Friday, Arjun gained two video games and drew the opposite two. His sport towards Duda, who was a part of newly-crowned world champion Gukesh’s group within the run-up to the Candidates, turned out to be a tense affair and led to a draw.
Defending champion and world No.1 Magnus Carlsen withdrew from the match. He introduced his determination to take action after he was fined for breaching the match costume code and requested to alter out of his denims for Friday’s remaining rounds. He refused to adjust to the request and in response, Fide didn’t pair him for Spherical 9.
Carlsen had a forgettable begin to the match, ending day one with a 50% rating. On Day 2, he had wins towards Aryan Tari and Brewington Hardaway, and drew GM Daniel Dardha and completed his marketing campaign within the fast occasion with 5/8, earlier than deciding to withdraw.
Among the many brightest performers thus far has been 18-year-old Murzin, who’s been on a terrific run within the match. On Friday, he drew towards Arjun, Anish Giri and Leinier Dominguez Perez earlier than upsetting Hikaru Nakamura within the ultimate spherical on Day 2.
The youngest participant of the match – Argentinian Worldwide Grasp, 10-year-old Faustino Oro, had a tough begin and is positioned at 4.5/9.
Within the girls’s part, it’s a three-way tie on the high after eight rounds with reigning classical world champion Ju Wenjun and India’s Harika Dronavalli and Koneru Humpy at 6.5/8 factors. Harika had two wins on Friday whereas Humpy staged a outstanding comeback, profitable all 4 video games on Friday after beginning out with 2.5/4 factors on day one.
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