She was on 9/9 in Chennai. Just three months later, in one other Indian metropolis, Poland’s Oliwia Kiolbasa is on 0/3. Sport is like that, after all, because the footballers of Argentina and Germany would additionally testify.
If the lady who surprised the world on the Chess Olympiad in August misplaced all her video games on the opening day of the Tata Steel Chess India event, one other received all hers.
Nana Dzagnidze of Georgia thus emerged because the early chief within the inaugural version of the ladies’s occasion right here on Tuesday.
Kiolbasa was, the truth is, one in all her victims. Her different wins got here in opposition to Indians B. Savitha Shri and R. Vaishali. The host’s finest wager, Koneru Humpy, had a reasonably good day, on which she confronted a Ukrainian in each sport.
The rating learn Humpy 2 Ukraine 1.
Important win
The former World speedy champion scored an vital win in opposition to Anna Muzychuk, drew along with her youthful sister Mariya and Anna Ushenina. With two factors, she is among the many 4 gamers within the second place.
The open occasion additionally has a frontrunner with an ideal rating in Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan.
Following him a degree behind is the Indian duo of Arjun Erigaisi, the defending champion, and Nihal Sarin.
The outcomes (third spherical):
Open: Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzb) 1.5 bt Hikaru Nakamura (US) 0.5; Vidit Gujrathi 1 misplaced to Nihal Sarin 2; D. Gukesh 1.5 drew with Arjun Erigaisi 2. S.P. Sethuraman 0.5 misplaced to Parham Maghsoodloo (Ira) 1.5; Wesley So (US) 1.5 misplaced to Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Aze) 3.
Women: Mariya Muzychuk (Ukr) 2 drew with Koneru Humpy 2; B. Savitha Shri 0.5 drew with Anna Muzychuk (Ukr) 1; R. Vaishali 1.5 bt Vantika Agrawal 1.
Oliwia Kiolbasa (Pol) 0 misplaced to Nana Dzagnidze (Geo) 3; Anna Ushenina (Ukraine) 2 drew with Dronavalli Harika 2.
Source: www.thehindu.com