AlaskanKnights, on the other hand, needed a win to secure a place in the third-place playoff and came out strong.World champion D Gukesh capitalised on a mistake by Fabiano Caruana, while Arjun Erigaisi beat Anish Giri with the black pieces.
1 Anish Giri, however, feels the number of Indians could've been much greater.“Yeah, I think it's a really cool lineup,' he said ... “Two of the players I considered, they now qualified themselves,” Giri revealed with a laugh.
1, Anish Giri, recently opened up about this duality during an exclusive conversation with TimesofIndia.com.Among the many anecdotes he shared during this conversation, one stood out.
Anish Giri weighed in on Divya Deshmukh and Javokhir Sindarov's Chess World Cup victories. Weighing in on both World Cups this year, Dutch GM Anish Giri pointed out that the tournament's format makes it possible for upsets.
DutchGrandmaster (GM) Anish Giri has addressed recent criticism of the FIDE World Cup conditions in Goa, dismissing certain claims as exaggerated and unfounded.The controversy began when Ian ...
Anish Giri defended the Chess World Cup organisers.(Instagram) ...Dutch GM Anish Giri also labelled the complaints as 'funny', and also slammed Caruana's claim ... News / Sports / Other Sports / Anish Giri ...
GM Arjun Erigaisi and World JuniorChampion GM Pranav V also advanced after securing draws with black pieces.Top-seeded foreign player Anish Giri was eliminated after losing to GM Alexander Donchenko ...
Meanwhile, Anish Giri, the highest-ranked foreign player in the tournament, said, "The World Cup is a great event, and I am going to play it regardless ... Anish Giri wary of ‘tricky qualification path’.
While Nakamura's celebration has courted controversy with some players expressing their disappointment with it, Giri did not have any such qualms over the American's show ... .