Saturday, August 17, 2013

Chess News

At FIDE World Cup 2013, Tromsø, Norway

Round Two - Rapid games
[RG1] Sergey Karjakin (RUS,2772) 1-0 K. Sasikiran (IND,2660)
[RG2] K. Sasikiran (IND,2660) ½-½ Sergey Karjakin (RUS,2772) 1½-2½

Round Three
[G1] B. Adhiban (IND,2567) vs Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2772)

In the first rapid game Sergey Karjakin outplayed Sasi in Ruy Lopez opening and completed victory in 42 moves playing with White ... In the second rapid game Sasi needed victory with White but Sergey comfortably hold after 33 moves in Nimzo-Indian opening ... So Sergey Karjakin completed victory after two rapid games.

In the third round Adhiban is facing tough challenge of American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura.

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