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Earlier this year, Kimar, the winner of the first Grand Slam held in Germany, continued to impress American star Hikaru Nakamura by stopping a draw with black pieces.
World number four, Arjun Arigasi, was defeated by Ian Napomaniachchi in the opening game of the fifth to the ninth place in the ongoing freestyle chess Grand Slam here.
HRamni’s young Grandmaster Vincent Keyer performed commendable by defeating Napomaniachchi in the first round tiebreaker. Earlier this year, Kimar, the winner of the first Grand Slam held in Germany, continued to impress American star Hikaru Nakamura by stopping a draw with black pieces.
India’s hopes ended in the quarter -finals. But Arjun did some good moves against Napomaniachchi. But the Russian player played quite restrained. Magnus Carlson was stopped by American Fabiano Caruana on a draw while Nakamura distributed points with Kimar.
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