Unbeaten Surya Sekhar Wins Fischer Random Event

By Bibhu Ray
(The Quiver): On Tuesday, Indian Grandmaster Surya Sekhar Ganguly emerged winner in the Fischer Random event at Biel Chess Festival with compatriot SP Sethuraman finishing in second place. The 39-year old Kolkata GM scored 6.5 points from 7 rounds to take the top prize ahead of Sethuraman (5.5 points) and French Women Grandmaster Vera Nebolsina (5.5 points).
Ganguly remain unbeaten through the seven rounds, securing six wins and drawing one game with Alexandra Kosteniuk.
His wins came against Arashavir Musaelyan (Switzerland) Sai Kalluri Hari Charan (India), Robin Angst (Switzerland), Jose Antonio Herrera Reyes (Spain), Sethraman and Konstantinos Ragios (Greece).
Sethraman had to settle for second place as a defeat to Ganguly hurt his chances.
Meanwhile, teenager Indian GM D Gukesh will be in action in the Rapid event as part of the Grandmaster Triathlon and the eight-player classical event for GMs. He finished sixth with 3.5 points in the ACCENTUS Chess 960 event in Sunday.
The eight-player GM field includes Vincent Keymer (Germany), UAE’s Salem Saleh, American veteran Gata Kamsky and China’s Yu Yangi among others.