Grandmaster and former national champion B Adhiban stormed into the third round of the World Cup Chess. He defeated Brazilian Grandmaster Alexander Fier in the second round at Tromso in Norway.The other Indian left in the fray- Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran – held the Russian world number nine Sergey Karjakin to tie the two games match 1-1 and set up a tie-break contest to start with the rapid games.Chinese teenage sensation Wei Yi continued with his demolition act and ousted highly-regarded Alexei Shirov of Latvia after winning the second game. In the first round, Yi had beaten Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia.
News On AIR | August 16, 2013 2:07 PM
GM Adhiban storms into 3rd round of World Cup Chess at Tromso, Norway