FIDE Grand Swiss: International chess champion D Gukesh denied win via 14-year-old prodigy; R Vaishali stocks lead in girls’s segment | Chess Information

D Gukesh drew with Turkey’s 14-year-old Yagiz Khan Erdogmus (Picture via FIDE)

International chess champion D Gukesh drew with Turkey’s 14-year-old Yagiz Khan Erdogmus in the second one spherical of the FIDE Grand Swiss. Protecting champion R Vaishali secured a win in opposition to Holland’s Eline Roebers.Gukesh had a successful place in opposition to Erdogmus however settled for a attract a dramatic fit marked via time drive.Best-seeded Praggnanandhaa claimed his first event victory via defeating Ivan Zenlyanskiii, who competed below the FIDE flag because of Russia’s ban.Within the open segment, which provides a prize pool of 855,000 USD, 3 avid gamers percentage the lead with two issues each and every: Alireza Firouzja from France, Parham Maghsoodloo from Iran, and Anton Demchenko from Slovenia.15 Indians amongst 116 avid gamers in Open segment

Within the girls’s segment, Vaishali persevered her robust efficiency with consecutive wins, gathering two issues. She now stocks the highest place with Austria’s Olga Bedelka.Vaishali, who received this event two years in the past, is well-positioned to take sole management in keeping with her ranking energy.ALSO READ: From chasing one-rupee cash each day to defeating Divya Deshmukh: Abhimanyu Puranik unearths the state between ‘rage and serenity’This Grand Swiss event, now in its fourth version, will see the highest two avid gamers from each sections qualify for the eight-player 2026 FIDE Applicants Tournaments. Those tournaments decide the following global championship challengers.3 Indians amongst 56 avid gamers in girls’s segment

The Open segment options 116 avid gamers competing for the USD 625,000 prize fund, with first position incomes USD 90,000. Indian grandmasters Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi, and Gukesh lead the sphere.