Laltu, Saravana script upset wins in Gurgaon Open chess tourney

Playing the Tarrasch variation in the white side of the French defence, Saravana overcame his Russian rival in 46 moves while Laltu got better of Kostenko in 44 moves with black pieces in a Spanish game. At the top of the table, top-seed Grandmaster Alexander Areshchenko of Ukraine had it easy against Matta Vinay Kumar while Mehar Chinna Reddy was no match for second-seed GM Yuriy Kuzubov of Ukraine. Important Round 2 Results (Indians unless stated) GM Alexander Areshchenko of Ukraine (2) bt Matta Vinay Kumar (1); Mehar Chinna Reddy (1) lost to GM Yuriy Kuzubov of Ukraine (2); GM Yuri Solodovnichenko of Ukraine (2) bt Saurabh Kherdekar (1); P Saravana Krishanan (2) bt GM Evgeny Gleizerov of Russia (1); GM Abhijit Kunte (2) bt Mohammad Ali of Bangladesh (1); Puneet Jaiswal (1) lost to GM Anua Ismagambetov of Kazakhstan (2); GM Saidali Iuldachev of Uzbekistan (2) bt Pritam Singh (1); FM Sayantan Das (1.5) drew with GM Safin Shukhrat of Uzbekistan (1.5); GM Mikhail Ulibin of Russia (2) bt Debaraj Chatterjee of Bangladesh (1); Muminova Nafisa of Uzbekistan (1) lost to IM B Adhiban (2); GM Petr Kostenko of Kazakhstan (1) lost to Laltu Chattarjee (2); IM Hegde Ravi Gopal (1) lost to GM Neelotpal Das (2); GM Magesh Chandran (2) bt Pradip Ghosh (1); Yusup Atabayev (1) lost to IM RR Laxamn (2); MR Lalith Babu (2) bt OT Anilkumar (1), Kazinform has learnt from the Hindu.