Sandipan Chanda registers second win

However, after Chandaacirc;euro;trade;s 20th move, Dominguez took one hour for his next move and slowly allowed Chanda to gain the upper hand both on time and on position.Chanda created enough counter-play and won a Rook with a mating attack when his opponent decided to give up on the 39th move.

Visweswaran won comfortably with white pieces against partially blind Sanz Bose of Spain. It was a Center-Counter variation and Visweswaran exchanged the Queens early and obtained a dangerous passed pawn on the acirc;euro;tilde;C5acirc;euro;trade; square.With accurate play he managed to Queen the pawn after winning a piece. Bose resigned on the 30th move.

Shetty played a theoretical game against unrated Jimenezndez of Spain. It was a Sicilian Dragon variation and Shetty won an exchange early and with correct play converted the material advantage into a win in 35 moves.

Sharma held another highly rated GM V Yendemirov of Russia with whilte pieces in a Ruy Lopez Steinitz variation.

Jha put up a creditable performance holding GM Zilberman of Israel to a draw from the white side of an Alekhine defence.

Aarthie held experienced IM Ivanov Jordan of Bulgaria to a draw from the white side of a Center-Counter variation. Aarthie put some pressure on the blackacirc;euro;trade;s isolated acirc;euro;tilde;D5acirc;euro;trade; pawn.