Arjun Kalyan stuns Praggnanandhaa

Arjun Kalyan stunned R. Praggnanandhaa to join D. Gukesh, S. L. Narayanan and Arjun Erigaisi in the nine-player leaders’ group at five points after six rounds of the RTU Open chess tournament in Riga,

Arjun Kalyan stunned R. Praggnanandhaa to join D. Gukesh, S. L. Narayanan and Arjun Erigaisi in the nine-player leaders’ group at five points after six rounds of the RTU Open chess tournament in Riga, Latvia, on Thursday. Arjun Erigaisi (5) drew with S.L. Narayanan (5); D. Gukesh (5) drew with Ilia Smirin (Isr, 5); Paulius Pultinevicius (Ltu, 5) drew with Nihal Sarin (5); Aravindh Chithambaram (5) drew with Vahap Sanal (Tur, 5); R. Praggnanandhaa (4) lost to Arjun Kalyan (5). Nihal drew with Aram Hakobyan (Arm); Narayanan bt Kaido Kulaots (Est, 3.5); Gergely Kantor (Hun, 4) drew with Praggnanandhaa (4); N. R. Vishakh (3.5) lost to Arjun Erigaisi (4.5); Aras Vardanyan (Ltu, 3.5) lost to Gukesh (4.5).