Al Ain (UAE), Dec 26:
Grandmaster Sahaj Grover faltered and went down to Alexander Areshchenko of Ukraine in the eighth and penultimate round of Al Ain Classic International Chess tournament to fall out of contention here.
After getting a position that was close to being dynamically balanced out of a Jaenisch opening as black, Grover went for an erroneous plan that saw him first lose a pawn and then his bid to continue the attack did not materialise, as Areshchenko picked up another pawn to force matters in the crucial encounter.
Grandmasters Tigran Petrosian of Armenia and Vladimir Onischuk of Ukraine emerged as the two leaders on 6.5 points each with just one round remaining in the 50000 USD prize money tournament being under FIDE’s Swiss rules. (PTI)
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