Erigaisi beats Pragg, Gukesh draws in opening round

Top seed Arjun Erigaisi opened his campaign at the Tata Steel Chess Masters with a commanding victory over compatriot R Praggnanandhaa, while reigning…

After a delayed start caused by a protest from environmental activists, the world’s oldest running super tournament finally got underway, and the opening round provided enough drama to keep chess fans engrossed for nearly five hours

Results after round 1: Javokhir Sindarov (UZB) drew with D Gukesh (IND); Arjun Erigaisi (IND) beat R Praggnanandhaa (IND); Aravindh Chithambaram (IND) drew with Matthias Bluebaum (GER); Hans Moke Niemann (USA) beat Vladimir Fedoseev (SLO); Vincent Keymer (GER) beat Anish Giri (NED); Jorden van Foreest (NED) drew with Thai Dai Van Nguyen (CZE); Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (TUR) drew with Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB).