P. Hari Krishna and Nihal Sarin completed 2-0 triumphs while Vidit Gujrathi and B. Adhiban posted 1.5-0.5 victories for a place in the second round of the World Cup chess championship here on Wednesday.
Vidit won and Adhiban drew the second game of Round One to set up the required margin to advance in the knockout competition.
Bouncing back from Tuesday’s defeat, Surya Shekhar Ganguly, S.P. Sethuraman and S.L. Narayanan scored much-needed victories to stay in the hunt. Aravindh Chithambaram and Abhijeet Gupta drew their games once again.
As a result, these five Indians will be in action during Thursday’s tie-break rapid games. If the tie persists, blitz games will also be played. M. Karthikeyan became the first Indian to exit, following a defeat.
The results (round one, game two): P. Hari Krishna (2746) bt Yuri Gonzalez Vidal (Cuba, 2552) 2-0; Surya Shekhar Ganguly (2658) bt Vladimir Fedoseev (Russia, 2664) 1-1; Ernesto Inarkiev (Russia, 2693) bt M. Karthikeyan (2617) 1.5-0.5; Michael Adams (England, 2694) drew with Aravindh Chithambaram (2609) 1-1; S.L. Narayanan (2611) bt David Anton Guijarro (Spain, 2674) 1-1; B. Adhiban (2639) drew with Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli (Venezuela, 2626) 1.5-0.5; Vidit Gujarathi (2718) bt Alan Pichot (Argentina, 2600) 1.5-0.5; Anton Korobov (Ukraine, 2679) drew with Abhijeet Gupta (2609) 1-1; Jorge Cori (Peru, 2676) lost to Nihal Sarin (2610) 0-2; Tamir Nabaty (Israel, 2658) lost to S.P. Sethuraman (2624) 1-1.
Note: The 1-1 games will be decided by tie-break on Thursday .
