World Champion D Gukesh and Divya Deshmukh performed to a attract a rook-and-knight versus rook endgame that lasted 103 strikes.Grandmaster Nihal Sarin secured a fast draw in opposition to Germany’s Matthias Bluebaum within the eighth spherical of the FIDE Grand Swiss. Each gamers now share the lead with six factors every.R Vaishali misplaced her sole lead within the ladies’s part after a defeat to Kazakhstan’s Bibisara Assaubayeva. In the identical spherical, defending champion Vidit Gujrathi was defeated by Germany’s Vincent Keymer.Go Past The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Russia’s Kateryna Lagno defeated Ukraine’s Mariya Muzychuk with white items. Lagno now leads with 6.5 factors out of eight doable factors.Lagno holds a half-point benefit over Assaubayeva, Vaishali, and China’s Yuxin Music, who all have six factors.Enjoying with black items, Nihal selected the Queen’s Gambit Accepted in opposition to Bluebaum. The sport concluded in a draw after 21 strikes as each gamers repeated their strikes.Vaishali confronted difficulties within the endgame in opposition to Assaubayeva. The Kazakh participant capitalised on Vaishali’s mistake when she left a pawn unprotected.Assaubayeva secured the additional pawn and demonstrated sturdy technical expertise to win the sport.Vaishali’s subsequent problem might be in opposition to Yuxin Music, a vital match that might decide her match standing.FORMATS:Open
- 11-round swiss
- Time management: 100+30, with 50 minutes added after transfer 40 and quarter-hour added after transfer 60
- Factors: 1 level for a win, 0.5 for a draw, and 0 for a loss
Girls
- 11-round swiss
- Time management: 90+30, with half-hour added after transfer 40
- Factors: 1 level for a win, 0.5 for a draw, and 0 for a loss