FIDE Grand Swiss chess tournament | K. Sasikiran slips to joint-15
The Hindu
Harikrishna and Nihal join him; Firouzja regains sole lead
The front-runner among Indians, K. Sasikiran lost for the second time in three rounds, this time to Russia’s Andrey Esipenko, to slip down the order after the 10th and penultimate round of the $425,000 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss chess tournament in Riga, Latvia, on Saturday.
The 60-move defeat saw Sasikiran slip to joint 15th spot at six points. P. Harikrishna and Nihal Sarin drew their games to catch up with Sasikiran at six points.
At the top, France’s Alireza Firouzja (7.5) reclaimed the lead with a win over England’s David Howell. The other overnight leader Fabiano Caruana (USA) drew with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) to slip to joint second spot at seven points.
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