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Atul holds Fominyh

MUMBAI: Atul Dahale (rating 2116) matched wits with Grandmaster Alexander Fominyh (2485) before both agreed for a draw on the 76th move in the 2nd Mayor’s Cup International Open chess tournament second round encounter.

The second day saw engrossing contests, Grandmasters Dibyendu Barua and Niaz Murshed forced to share points with lower-ranked players at the Goregaon Sports Club. Barua split a point after 48 moves with Shalmali Gagare, Murshed drew with Dilip Das.

Dahale, from Parbhani district in Maharashtra, is familiar with Fominyh’s game. He had lost to the Russian GM five years ago at the Saharanpur International.

“This time I was mentally better prepared, again playing my first match against him. Fominyh had a chance early but may have overlooked it. From then on, my confidence grew as the game progressed,” said Atul.

The results (second round, Indian unless mentioned): Evgeni Miroshnichenko (Ukr) bt Saheli Dhar-Barua; Alexander Areshchenko (Ukr) bt R. Preethi; Vladimir Belov (Rus) bt Arun Pandit; Koneru Humpy bt Ajay Srikanth; Abhijeet Gupta bt Malleswara Rao; Andrei Deviatkin (Rus) bt Ch. Divyasri; Alexander Zubarev (Ukr) bt Saeer Kathmale; Georgy Timoshenko (Ukr) bt Dushant Das; Zia-ur-Rehman (Ban) bt Ravi Hegde; Neelotpal Das bt Sushant Banerjee; Saidali Iuldachev (Uzb) drew with Anupama Gokhale; Petr Kostenko (Kaz) bt Abhilash Reddy; Alexander Fominyh (Rus) drew with Atul Dahale; Dibyendu Barua drew with Shalmali Gagare; Deepan Chakravarthy bt Akash G; Harika Dronavalli bt Deepthamsh Reddy; Magesh Chandran bt V. Raghavendra; Serikbay Temirbayev (Kaz) bt V.S. Negi; GM Tejas Bakre bt Karma Pandya; P. Konguvel bt M. Paramasivam; Niaz Murshed (Ban) drew with Dilip Das. — Special Correspondent

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