Chess: Arjun Erigesi beats Anton Guijarro in FIDE Grand Swiss Chess, Narayanan draws

Playing in his traditional aggressive style, Grandmaster Arjun Erigey defeated Spain’s Anton Guijarro while SL Narayanan played out a draw with Grandmaster Abdusattorov Nodirbek in the FIDE Grand Swiss Chess. Arjun won the game after 40 moves. At the same time, Kerala’s Narayanan, who finished third in Qatar Masters, played a draw after 33 moves.

Raunak Sadhwani continued his excellent form and held Hikaru Nakamura of America to a draw. This match lasted only for 25 moves. In the women’s category, former world champion Zhongyi defeated Divya Deshmukh while B Savita was defeated by former world champion Antonetta Stefanova.