Vincent Kemer (special arrangement) New Delhi: German Grand Master Vincent Kemer on Wednesday took a decisive step towards his Grand Masters Chennai Grand Masters, tightening his grip on the ranking and let the Indian hopes hang at the thread with only two wheels.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe!In the seventh rounds with a high share of GM M Karthikeyan, he scored a bold victory over a countryman to see Gujrathi with black pieces, while Keymer produced clinical dismantling the American GM Awonder Liang. The result stretched a German lead to the commanding 1.5 points, which made him stunning favorite.
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Arjun Erigaisi, the closest to Keymer’s closest challenge, saw that his ambition to hit seriously after he was held by the drawing of the Dutch GM Anish Giri. With ticking hours in the tournament, Erigaisi now face Must-Win clash with Gujrathi in the penultimate round-and will still need more results to set out on a journey to any realistic shot of the crown. Liang finds herself in the same difficulty and needs victory against Giri to stay mathematically alive.Elsewhere in the Masters section Nihal Sarin defeated GM Ray Robson, while Jorden Van Forest and settled in Praranav for a balanced draw. Meanwhile, Keymer could have wrapped the title on Thursday if he defeated Van Foreest with white pieces.In the Challengers section, Leon Luke Mendonca and M pranesh remained in a joint lead after they won Diptayan Ghosh and R Vaishali. The Remort of Abhimanyu Puranika with Aryan Chopra left him half a point. Harshavardhan GB defeated Harika Dronavalli while PA Iniyan divided the point with Adhiban Baskaran.
Results Chennai Grand Masters 7.
Masters:See Gujrathi lost with Karthikeyan Murali Arjun Erigaisi Drew Anish GiriAwonder Liang lost with Vincent KemerJordan Van Foreps Drew in PranavRay Robson lost with Nihal SarinChallenges:Harika Dronavalli lost with Harshavardhan GBM pranesh def. Vaisali RameshbabuAryan Chopra Drew Abhimanyu PuranikDiptayan Ghosh lost with Leon Luke MendoncaPA placed Redwan Baska
