Vidit Gujrathi rallied to force four draws after slipping to defeat against Sergey Karjakin on the second day of the Skilling Open online chess tournament on Monday.
After being in a promising position in the sixth round, Vidit (3.5 points) lost his way and the game against Karjakin. Thereafter, Vidit proved equal to Hikaru Nakamura, Quang Liem Le, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Wesley So.
With five rounds to go, Vidit is placed 15th in the 16-player field. He faces an uphill task of breaking into the top-eight for a place in the knockout phase.
Half-point lead for Giri
Overnight leader Anish Giri held on to his half-point lead after drawing all five games on Monday. Magnus Carlsen, half-a-point behind Giri, got his queen trapped against Sergey Karjakin in the day’s final round and lost.
- 10th round : Vidit Gujrathi (3.5) drew with Wesley So (USA, 6); Anish Giri (Ned, 6.5) drew with Teimour Radjabov (Aze, 5); Sergey Karjakin (Rus, 4.5) bt Magnus Carlsen (Nor, 6); Hikaru Nakamura (USA, 5.5) bt Ian Nepomniachtchi (Rus, 5.5) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Fra, 5.5) drew with Levon Aronian (Arm, 4.5); Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Pol, 3) bt Alireza Firouzja (FIDE, 5); Ding Liren (Chn, 6) bt David Anton (Esp, 5); Quang Liem Le (Vie, 4.5) bt Peter Svidler (Rus, 4).
- Ninth round : Vidit drew with Vachier; Carlsen drew with Giri; So bt Quang; Nepomniachtchi drew with Karjakin; Radjabov lost to Ding; Anton bt Duda; Svidler drew with Nakamura; Firouzja bt Aronian.
- Eighth round : Quang drew with Vidit; Giri drew with Nepomniachtchi; Ding drew with Carlsen; Aronian drew with Anton; Vachier drew with Friouzja; Nakamura drew with So; Duda lost to Radjabov; Karjakin drew with Svidler.
- Seventh round : Vidit drew with Nakamura; Svidler drew with Giri; Carlsen bt Duda; Radjabov bt Aronian; Anton lost to Firouzja; So drew with Karjakin; Quang lost to Vachier; Nepomniachtchi drew with Ding.
- Sixth round : Karjakin bt Vidit; Giri drew with So; Aronian drew with Carlsen; Vachier bt Anton; Firouzja lost to Radjabov; Ding drew with Svidler; Nakamura lost to Quang. Duda lost to Nepomniachtchi.
- 1. Giri,
- 2-4. Ding, Carlsen, So,
- 5-7. Nakamura, Vachier, Nepomniachchi,
- 8-10. Radjabov, Anton, Friouzja,
- 11-13. Quang, Aronian, Karjakin,
- 14. Svidler,
- 15. Vidit,
- 16. Duda.
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