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India’s star chess player Raunak Sadhwani continued his brilliant run in the Fide Chess.com Grand Swiss tournament as he drew the match against Russian Grandmaster Sergey Karjakin in 31 moves. The next round would see Raunak defending with black pieces against 46th seeded Croatian GM Saric Ivan.

India’s Candidate Master Aronyak Ghosh registered a thrilling victory against top seed Hans Niemann of the USA in the Under-16 Open category of the World Youth Chess Championship in Mumbai on Thursday. With the win, Aronyak joins Hans and Russian IM Rudik Makarian at the top with seven points.

The Indians continued their dominance in the Under-14 categories of the World Youth Chess Championship (WYCC) with Pranav Anand and Rakshitta Ravi registering swift victories in Mumbai on Saturday. Pranav is tied for the lead with two others in the U-14 Open category while Rakshitta is in sole lead.

India’s top players enjoyed mixed luck in round four of the World Youth Chess Championship (WYCC) in Mumbai on Friday with top-seed in the Girls U14, Divya Deshmukh, suffering an upset defeat. GMs Iniyan and Praggnanandhaa topped the points table in the Open Under-18 category with 3.5 points each.