Online World Cadets & Youth Rapid Meet: Nihal Sarin, Gukesh advance to semifinals
December 22, 2020
Four Indians, including Grand Masters (GMs), Nihal Sarin and D. Gukesh, advanced to the semifinals of the FIDE Online World Cadets and Youth Rapid Chess Championships in their respective categories yesterday.
Only four of the 12 Indian players who made the quarterfinals stage in various categories managed to reach the last four.
The highly-rated Sarin (Elo rating 2620) was in impressive form as he beat Justin Wang (USA) 1.5-0.5 in the last eight clash of the Open U-18 section.
In the U-14 section, Gukesh eliminated compatriot V. Pravav 2-1 via the Armageddon (sudden death tie-break).