World Champion D Gukesh was detained to draw a 14 -year -old Turkish Miracle of Yagiz Khan Erdogmus, while on Friday he defended the champion R Vaishali’s impression of a gentle victory over Eline Roebers of the Netherlands.
After opening it turned out to be a conversion of wealth to the Indians. Gukesh, who launched his campaign with a commanding victory over the French GM Etienne Bacrot, wasted the winning position against Erdogmus and was forced to divide a point in a dramatic, time -consuming meeting. A 19 -year -old man appeared for most of the game, but his decision to exchange dark quadrate bishops on 40. The move allowed his opponent to defend himself and escape with half a point.
It was a different story for r Pragggnanandhaa. The best seed was ensured by its first victory of the event by defeating Ivan Zemlyanskia, who because of the ban on Russian competitions under the Fide Flag. Indian No. 1, who played with white pieces, capitalized on the error of Rook (30. RC7) and packed the competition in 33 movements. Pragggnanandhaa, who was an artist Indian this year, focuses on bed in the next year’s tournament, with two qualifying sites on offer from the Great Switzerland.
Arjun Erigaisi also opened his account by victory. After drawing his first round of meeting with Russian-Spanish GM Maksim Chigaev, 22-year-old Armenian GM Haik Martirosyan in Topsy-Turvy Battle, which ended up resigning to move 54.
Meanwhile, Vaisali transferred her sparkling form to the female section. After winning her victory in the opening round, the 23 -year -old victory in his back to move to two points out of two and join Olga Betelec, Austria, at the top of the ranking. With its superior rating and the past success in the event, Vaisali looks good to take a single lead.
The Grand Swiss bears a total price of $ 855,000, divided between open ($ 625,000, $ 90,000 for winners) and female (230,000) sections. Open has 116 players concerning the leading Indian Trio Pragggnanandha, Arjun and Gukesh. The two best finishers in both sections qualify for 2026 candidates that determine the next challenge of the World Championship.
Elsewhere on the open, Alireza Firouzja from France, Parham Maghsoodloo of Iran and Anton Demchenko from Slovenia leads a position with two points per piece.
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Published:
Saurabh Kumar
Published on:
September 6, 2025
