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In-form Nihal Sarin maintained his joint second position following a draw with Russia’s Pavel Ponkratov to reach three points after four rounds of the $425,000 FIDE Grand Swiss chess tournament in Riga, Latvia, on Saturday. Spearhead P. Harikrishna posted his second straight victory, S. P. Sethuraman drew with former World championship finalist Boris Gelfand while D. Gukesh and K. Sasikiran …

Biel Chess festival: Nihal Sarin holds Boris Gelfand to draw

Indian Grandmaster Nihal Sarin held veteran GM Boris Gelfand to a draw in the second round of the classical section of the Biel International Chess Festival, here on Wednesday. READ: Biel Chess festival: Indian GM Nihal Sarin takes second spot in rapid event Veteran American GM Gata Kamsky is in the lead with 16.5 points so far after the rapid …

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India's young Grandmaster Nihal Sarin posted four wins and two draws to finish second in the Rapid section of the Biel International Chess Festival. The 17-year-old Sarin held GM Gata Kamsky to a creditable draw, ending the American player's five-match winning run. The Indian GM posted wins over Kiril Alekseenko, veteran Israeli GM Boris Gelfand, Vincent Keymer and Maxime Lagarde. …

Gelfand Challenge: Praggnanandhaa wins five in a row, shares lead

Making up for a slow start, a determined R. Praggnanandhaa won all five rounds on Friday to share the lead after 10 rounds of Gelfand Challenge online rapid chess tournament. He went on to account for Zhu Jiner, teammate Leon Mendonca, Vincent Keymer and Jonas Buhl Bjerre for a share of the lead with top seeded Uzbek Nodirbek Abdusattarov at …

Gelfand Challenge: Praggnanandhaa, Nihal, Gukesh in the hunt

R. Praggnanandhaa will look to stave off strong challenges from top seed Nodirbek Abdusattorov, second seed Nihal Sarin and D. Gukesh when the Gelfand Challenge online rapid chess tournament begins on Thursday. Winner of the Polgar Challenge - the first leg of the Julius Bar Challenge Tour – third seed Praggnanandhaa gained an opportunity to play in the elite New …