India’s star participant Koneru Humpy gained three video games in 4 rounds to share the joint second place with 4 others within the girls’s occasion of the FIDE World Rapid Chess Championships which kicked off right here on Monday.
In the open part, younger Indian GM Arjun Erigaisi is in joint lead with 4.5 factors from 5 rounds together with world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Fedoseev after holding the Norwegian celebrity in spherical 5.
The 35-year-old Humpy, a former world Rapid champion, posted wins over Enkhtuul Altan-Ulzii (Mongolia), Armenia’s Mariam Mkrtchyan and Singaporean Gong Qianyun in spherical one, two and 4 respectively. The seventh-seed drew in opposition to Kazakhstan’s Meruert Kamalidenova within the third spherical to safe 3.5 factors after 4 rounds.
Two different Indian gamers – D Harika (seeded six) and B Savitha Shri – with 2.5 factors are positioned thirty second and thirty third respectively after 4 rounds.
Tania Sachdev and Padmini with 2 factors lie in forty third and 59th locations.
In the Open part, the fast-improving Indian GM Arjun Erigaisi (seeded 38) gained his first 4 video games whereas compatriot Nihal Sarin drew his fifth spherical match in opposition to Yangyi Yu (China) to take his rating to 4 factors after 5 rounds.
Erigaisi and Carlsen, each got here into their fifth spherical sport on the again of 4 straight wins, and settled for a attract 44 strikes.
Erigaisi’s wins came visiting Nderim Saraci, compatriot Raunak Sadhwani, Vahap Sanal and the highly-rated RIchard Rapport.
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (seeded 22) is in sixteenth spot with 3 factors whereas Sarin is in seventh place.
A complete of 15 Indians are within the fray within the Open occasion whereas 5 are participating within the girls’s occasion.
The world Blitz championship shall be held from December 30 after the 13-round Rapid event concludes on December 29.
