Chennai Grandmasters | Kimar Seal title with a miraculous draw

Vincent Keyer did not look best in her Ceren. His eighth -round game against Dutchman Jordan Van Forest was going for an exciting finish and the German quantbox Chennai Grandmasters was close to face his first defeat in the masters section of the chess tournament.

As the match reached a stressful climax, the 20 -year -old man was a wrong step away from surrendering to his opponent. Kimar’s face turned red and did not look very comfortable in his seat. However, he found that the match-savings move script at the 44th turn to seal the title with a great migration and a round.

On Thursday, a draw meant that Kimar’s tally grew to 6.5 and an unbeaten star could not be stored with his nearest rival Arjun Erigasi, which was on 4 points before the eighth round, settled for a quick draw with Vidit Gujratha.

“It’s just that I remembered the Bishop D1 idea, which is really something you should not remember. I had many ways to force a draw.

Meanwhile, the Arjun-Vedit encounter lasted for just two hours.

All sports of the masters event ended in stamets. Kartikeyan Murali, who could keep the title race alive, did not get his opponent if he had defeated Nihal Sarin.

Higher in the only lead

In the Challengers section, M. Pranesh D. After defeating Harika, entered the last day as the only leader with 6.5 points. Abhimanyu Puranik and Leon Luke Mendonca are in warm chase, each has six digits.

Result: Eighth round: Masters: Kartikeyan Murali (4.5) Nihal Sarin (3.5), V. Pranav (3) attracted with RE Robson (USA, 3), Vincent Kimar (Ger, 6) attracted Jordan Van Fouriest (Ned, 4), Ash Jiri (NED, 4) (4) Erigasi (4.5).

Challengers: GB Harshvardhan (3) b. Lost to Ediban (5), Leon Mendonka (6) attracted with Pa.

Ninth round pair: Masters: Arjuna vs Kartikeyyan, Leiang vs. Widit, Van Forest vs. Giri, Robson vs. Keymer, Nihal vs Pranav.

Challengers: Pranesh vs Harshvardhan, Aryan vs. Harika, Diptayan vs. Verry, Inian vs Abhimanu, Ediban vs Mendonka.