GM Bardiya Daneshvar of Iran (left) crushed the French defense of GM Abhimanyu Puranik of India in 83 moves to near the title after the penultimate 8th round of the Asian Individual Chess Championship at the Danat Resort Hotel in Al Ain, UAE.
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The top ten men shall qualify into the FIDE World Cup slated October-November this year. Here are leaders after eight rounds
In the women’s division, Bat-Erdene Mungunzul of Mongolia (left) smashed the Queen’s Gambit Declined of WGM Seshadri Srija of India in 81 moves of a King and pawn endgame.
The top two women shall qualify into the FIDE Women’s World Cup this July in Batumi, Georgia. Here are women leaders after eight rounds
Daneshvar and Mungunzul are a full point ahead of the second running rivals in their respective divisions.