Chessable Masters tournament: Adhiban and Harikrishna keep qualification chances alive; Humpy struggles

After five rounds of the round-robin phase in the 16-player field, Adhiban (3 points), Harikrishna (2.5) and Humpy (1) had their task cut out for the remaining 10 rounds.

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: After five rounds of play, Adhiban (3 points), Harikrishna (2.5) and Humpy (1) has a difficult task ahead of them for the remaining 10 rounds.

B. Adhiban and P. Harikrishna kept alive their chances of qualifying to the quarterfinals but K. Humpy found the going tough on the opening day of the $100,000 Chessable Masters online rapid chess tournament on Saturday.

After five rounds of the round-robin phase in the 16-player field, Adhiban (3 points), Harikrishna (2.5) and Humpy (1) had their task cut out for the remaining 10 rounds.

The results (involving Indians)