2nd Menorca Open R1-3: Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad defies World no.20 Gukesh - ChessBase India

World no.20 GM D Gukesh took the challenge to defend his Menorca Open title. In the second round, he faced stiff resistance from IM Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad. He held the 44th Olympiad Gold medalist to a draw. Gukesh won his third round game to move to 2.5/3. GM Pranav Venkatesh and GM Aditya Mittal are the two Indians who have made a perfect start 3/3. They are among the eight leaders. 26 players are trailing them at 2.5/3 each. A dozen Indian players are among them. One of the latest GMs of India, Vignesh N R held the second seeded GM Hans Niemann to a draw in the third round.

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