Keymer maintains his good file; Arjun and Vidit register creditable wins

German precision was at work on day three of the Quantbox Chennai Grandmasters chess match on Saturday as Vincent Keymer continued his successful run, outclassing India’s Karthikeyan Murali to steer the standings.

The 20-year-old Keymer with three factors is adopted carefully by prime seed Arjun Erigaisi, who vanquished American GM Ray Robson in a 46-move sport.

World junior champion V. Pranav (Elo 2597) shared the purpose with seasoned Dutch GM Anish Giri (2748) in the one drawn sport of the spherical.

Vidit Gujrathi trumped Nihal Sarin in an thrilling all-Indian battle in 61 strikes. Nihal, the youthful of the 2, slipped up after holding the benefit and allowed his opponent to submit his maiden win right here.

In the Keymer-Karthikeyan match, the German GM, taking part in with white items, gained ascendancy in a Sicilian Defence sport by castling to the lengthy aspect earlier than launching an assault down the h-flank.

Keymer later mentioned it was an intuitive transfer and added, “It simply got here to my thoughts. I believed that possibly it’s one thing I had seen, however it’s a very darkish reminiscence, if there was any. The concept is that I usually want to go Queen to g3 in some unspecified time in the future.”

Keymer runs into Anish within the subsequent spherical whereas Arjun will get to sort out Nihal.

Arjun wore down Robson after gaining a bonus on the clock and mounted strain down the center which left the American with no hope.

In the Challengers part, Abhimanyu Puranik and M. Pranesh are within the lead with wins over G.B. Harshavardhan and Pa. Iniyan respectively.

In one other match, Leon Luke Mendonca overcame the problem of R. Vaishali whereas D. Harika drew with B. Adhiban.

The outcomes (third spherical): Masters: Vincent Keymer (Ger, 3) bt Karthikeyan Murali (1), Anish Giri (Ned, 1.5) drew with V. Pranav (1), Vidit Gujrathi (1.5) bt Nihal Sarin (0.5), Arjun Erigaisi (2.5) bt Ray Robson (USA, 1.5), Awonder Liang (USA, 1.5) bt Jorden van Foreest (Ned, 1).

Challengers: Abhimanyu Puranik (2.5) bt G. B. Harshavardhan (0.5), R. Vaishali (1) misplaced to Leon Luke Mendonca (2), D. Harika (0.5) drew with B. Adhiban (1.5), M. Pranesh (2.5) bt Pa. Iniyan (1.5), Aryan Chopra (1) drew with Dipatyan Ghosh (2).

Fourth spherical pairings:Masters: Karthikeyan vs. van Foreest, Robson vs. Liang, Nihal vs. Arjun, Pranav vs. Vidit, Keymer vs. Giri.

Challengers: Harshavardhan vs. Dipatyan, Iniyan vs. Aryan, Adhiban vs. Pranesh, Mendonca vs. Harika, Abhimanyu vs. Vaishali.