The Indian problem on the FIDE Chess World Cup got here to an finish on Thursday when Grandmaster Vidit Santosh Gujrathi misplaced the second recreation of the boys’s quarterfinals to Jan-Krzysztof Duda right here.
India’s 26-year-old No. 3 stumbled towards his Polish rival in a 50-move bout after drawing the primary recreation of the two-match mini-match on Wednesday.
Playing Black within the essential recreation, the Gujaratis misplaced as Duda dealt with the unbalanced finish higher and created alternatives. He cashed in when the Indian participant slipped and completed the sport with an correct depend.
Jan-Krzysztof Duda defeated Gujarati Vidit within the second recreation of their match and superior to the semi-finals, the place he would combat towards world champion Magnus Carlsen. #FIDEWorldCup pic.twitter.com/n4wezGmCZL
— International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) July 29, 2021
This was the primary time a Gujarati had reached the quarter-finals of a World Cup.
Duda’s reward for defeating India GM is his semi-final conflict towards world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen.
The Norwegian world champion superior to the final 4 with a complete 2–0 victory over Frenchman Etienne Baccarat.
In one other quarter-final match, Sergei Karjakin (Russia) got here again strongly to win the second recreation towards Sam Shankland (USA) to stage the rating at 1–1 and drive a tie-break.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
