Hindu (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... 2-0 victory while Chanda drew with Mikhail Kobalia to complete a 1.5-0.5 triumph.Sriram Jha, Abhijit Kunte and Abhijeet Gupta lost their games with black pieces in the second game of the opening round and bowed out.The results:Round One: Rapid Game Two: K. Sasikiran (2.5) bt Erwin LAmi (Ned, 1.5); Vadim Milov (Sui, 2.5) bt Parimarjan Negi (1.5); Rapid Game One: LAmi (1.5) drew with...
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... other two are Surya Shekhar Ganguly and Sandipan Chanda.Young GM Parimarjan Negi, Abhijeet Gupta, Abhijit Kunte and Sriram Jha will return home after losing their first round tie-break games.Parimarjan lost 0.5-2.5 to Vadim Milov of Switzerland.It turned out to be an excellent day for Sasikiran and he was relentless after drawing the first game with black pieces.The second game saw...
Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
... chances with a draw against Holland's Erwin L'Ami. International master Sriram Jha and Grandmaster Abhijit Kunte, who held stars like Alexander Grichuk of Russia and Alexei Shirov of Spain to creditable draws, were more than impressive in the tournament. Last year's World Junior champion Abhijeet Gupta also played out a draw with a higher rated Nikita Vitiugov of Russia. However,...
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
... favourable endgame. Seeing that he had no chances, Kobalia proposed the draw on move 40.GM Abhijit Kunte and IM Sriram Jha went out of the World Cup following losses, respectively, against stalwarts Alexei Shirov and Alexander Grischuk.Abhijit was saddled with a bad position out of the middle game and could not recover while unwarranted complications spelt disaster for Jha.GM...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Negi, Chanda and Ganguly post wins NEW DELHI: Grandmasters Parimarjan Negi, Sandipan Chanda and Surya Sekhar Ganguly started their campaigns in the World Cup chess championship with resounding victories at Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, on Saturday.Four other Indians K. Sasikiran, Abhijeet Gupta, Abhijit Kunte and Sriram Jha were involved in drawn encounters on the opening day of this 128-player...
