Abhijeet to meet Sokolov in the penultimate Round of Reykjavik Open

Abhijeet Gupta played a technically perfect game to beat WGM Eesha Karvwade in the 7^th Round Game of the Reykjavik Open 2010. With 5.5 points he is just half a point Behind Ivan Sokolov who finished his 7^th Round with a victory over  Grandmaster Yuriy Kuzubov. French Grandmaster Igor Nataf, Whi is playing his first tournament. After a break of almost 8 months defeated  Nils Grandelius and has joined  Abhijeet Gupta and Hannes Stefansson on 5.5 points. He will now play Stefansson  while Abhijeet is pitted against Sokolov in the 8^th Round.

 

Tania Sachdev could on bear the onslaught  of Irina Krush’s tactically better moves and lost  the match. IM Dronnavalli Harika  and Sahej Grover also lost their games

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