Kiran Mohanty is the only Indian player who crashed out of the tournament. Mohanty, who lost her opening match, settled for a stalemate against China’s Song Yuxin.
While the withdrawal of Viswanathan Anand from the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour came as a surprise for the fans, it was a foregone conclusion since he held an official position in FIDE.
Magnus Carlsen remarked that his talks with Viswanathan Anand were unproductive before stating that he is not ready to handle the responsibility of the FIDE job.
After some backroom discussion with FIDE regarding the dress code rule, Magnus Carlsen got the officials to relax the prior ruling, which made him participate in the World Blitz Championship after initially giving it a miss.
Koneru Humpy is in joint-third place, while Divya Deshmukh is in sixth place, separated by half a point in the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix Shymkent.
AICF was forced to file a complaint and seek police help in locating the coveted Gaprindashvili Trophy.
FIDE made the changes in the tie-breaker rules after consulting with both Ding Liren and Dommaraju Gukesh.