Vidit Gujrathi enters third round; Sarin, Chithambaram ousted

Vidit Gujrathi

GM Vidit Gujrathi finally triumphed over 12-year-old Oro Faustino of Argentina while Nihal Sarin was ousted from the FIDE World Cup after missing several opportunities against Greece's Kourkoulos-Arditis Stamatis in the first set of tie-break games, here on Thursday.

Gujrathi made it to the last-64 stage after some hiccups, defeating Faustino in a match that went into the rapid section. Gujrathi drew the first game and won the second with black to show his class. India's second major casualty was Aravindh Chithambaram who lost to compatriot K Venkatramanan.

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