Vidit Gujrathi and S. L. Narayanan received from the black aspect to arrange India’s 3-1 upset victory over France within the first spherical of the World staff chess championship quarterfinals in Jerusalem on Wednesday.
Vidit (rated 2662) surprised Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2775) in 55 strikes, Nihal Sarin (2616) drew with Jules Moussard (2634) in 42 turns, Narayanan (2588) wanted 48 strikes to outwit Laurent Fressinet (2684) earlier than Ok. Sasikiran (2577) held Tigran Gharamian (2637) in 65 strikes.
India now wants to remain undefeated within the day’s second spherical to advance to the semifinals. In case of a tie, blitz video games will resolve the winner.
Within the different quarterfinals, China defeated Poland 2.5-1.5; Spain held Azerbaijan 2-2 and Uzbekistan upstaged Ukraine 3-1.
