Continuing his impressive display, R. Praggnanandhaa knocked out higher-rated Armenian Grandmaster Gabriel Sargissian 2-0 for a place in the third round of World Cup chess in Sochi on Friday.
On a day when an indisposed Armenia’s Levon Aronian withdrew, P. Harikrishna, B. Adhiban, Nihal Sarin and D. Harika advanced, Aravindh Chithambaram, P. Iniyan, Praggnanandhaa’s sister R. Vaishali and Bhakti Kulkarni made an exit. D. Gukesh took fancied Daniil Dubov to the tie-breaker games after a second straight draw.
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Women: Natalia Pogonina (Rus) bt Bhakti Kulkarni (Pogonina wins 1.5-0.5); D. Harika w.o. Medina Warda Aulia (Ina) (Harika wins 2-0); Padmini Rout drew with Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (Iri); R. Vaishnavi lost to Bela Khotenashvili (Geo) (Bela wins 2-0).
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