Major upset at Tetrasoft Hyderabad Marriott GM tournament -2019

Hyderabad: Untitled Tamil Nadu teenager Pranav V (2316) on top board pulled off a major upset by beating second seed GM Smirnov Pavel Of Russia with Nimzovich opening later transpose to Rossilommo variation ,at 43rd move N -e7 Pranav gained exchange up and won eventually at 59th move. On 2nd Board Shantanu Bhambure (2288) of Maharashtra was beaten by Russian IM Triapishko Alexandr(2519) Nimzoindian opening later converted to Ragozin Variation In 49 moves.

On third Board Indian IM elect Sahoo Utkal Ranjan with black pieces brilliantly shared point with aggressive Iran Grandmaster Mosadeghpour Masoud played Berlin defence after 19th move it was looking like nothing for Iran GM to take full point.

On fourth Board our local talent 14-year-old Kushagra Mohan (2252) missed several opportunities to equal the game with Tajikistan IM Khusenkhojaev Muhammad(2442) In Nimzo-Indian opening in the end game experienced IM outplayed local lad in knight pawn ending.

On 5th Board Delhi kid Aryan Varshney (2272) stopped experienced GM RR Laxman with Queen Gambit Declined opening.