Meanwhile, the other Indian in the event, defending champion Arvind Chidambaram played out a draw with Uzbekistan’s Nodyrbek Yakubov and is at fifty per cent after seven games. The lone winner of the day was Germany’s Vincent Keimer, who defeated Spain’s David Anton Guijarro, leaving Dutchman Jordan van Foreest half a point ahead of his nearest competitors David Navara of the Czech Republic and Nodribek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan. Gukesh used the Berlin Defense and gained a strong position against Maghsudlu with his black pieces. The Iranian was happy to hold his position for a long time and once Black’s queenside pieces were mobilized White was never far from taking adequate measures in the centre. The game was drawn after 49 moves. In the Challengers section, Grandmaster Divya Deshmukh achieved another good result as she held Denmark’s Jonas Buhl Bjerre to a draw while Grandmaster Surya Shekhar Ganguly finally got his first win at the expense of Jiner Zhu of China. RESULTS: Round 7 Masters: Param Maghsoodloo (IRI, 3.5) drew with D Gukesh (IND, 2); Aravind Chitambaram (Ind, 3) played a draw with Nodirbek Yakubboev (Uzbek, 3) Nodirbek Abdusatorov (Uzbek, 4.5) played a draw with Jordan van Foreest (Ned, 5); David Navara (Czech Republic, 4.5) played out a draw with Hans Mocke Niemann (USA, 2.5). Challengers: Thomas Beardsen (Ned, 3.5) lost to Daniel Yuffa (Asp, 4); Surya Shekhar Ganguly (Indian, 2.5) beat Jiner Zhu (China, 2); Finnek Vanclav (Czech Republic, 5) drew with Benjamin Gladura (Hungary, 3.5); Nemec Jachym (Czech Republic, 4) defeated Hrbek Stefan (Czech Republic, 3.5); Jonas Bijre Buhl (Denmark, 3.5) played out a draw with Divya Deshmukh (Indian, 3.5).
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