New Delhi, June 24: India’s Krishnan Sasikiran grinded it out for 72 moves before registering his first win over Viktor Laznicka of the Czech Republic in the third round of the inaugural AAI Grandmasters Chess Championships at the AAI Officer’s Institute on Friday. It also opened the scoring for Sasi.
Top seeded Fabiano Caruana of Italy maintained his winning streak with a third successive win, this one over women’s World champion, Hou Yifan of China, while Parimarjan Negi drew with Filipino Wesley So.
Sasi, who had lost his first two games, played white in a Catalan Opening and for most of the game held an advantage. But Viktor Laznicka put up a spirited defense and hung in there for a long time. Laznicka was passive, but once he opened the position, he seemed to be creating weaknesses. Into the third time control, the Czech finally resigned and gave the Indian a well-deserved win.
Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2714 3
Laznicka, Viktor g CZE 2681 2
Negi, Parimarjan g IND 2622 1½
So, Wesley g PHI 2667 1½
Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2676 1
Hou, Yifan g CHN 2612 0
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Wesley So stops Fabiano's winning streak at 3, but he is still in the lead.
1. Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2714 3½
2. Laznicka, Viktor g CZE 2681 3
3. So, Wesley g PHI 2667 2
4. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2676 2
5. Negi, Parimarjan g IND 2622 1½
6. Hou, Yifan g CHN 2612 0
Standings after 7 rounds
1. Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2714 5½
2-4. So, Wesley g PHI 2667 4
2-4. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2676 4
2-4. Laznicka, Viktor g CZE 2681 4
5. Hou, Yifan g CHN 2612 2
6. Negi, Parimarjan g IND 2622 1½
