Upset win for Gokhale

DUBAI, MAY 1FIDE master Chandrasekar Gokhale scored an upset victory over Russian grandmaster Valeri Filippov in 55 moves in the second round of the Dubai Open chess championships here.

Visweswaran drew his game with grandmaster Modhaki Mohamed of Qatar after squandering away a winning advantage.

Gokhale introduced a novelty in the opening on the 12th move in a Nimzo Indian defence. The Russian GM was totally surprised and drifted into an inferior middle game. Gokhale won his opponent's queen for two rooks and clinched the issue with fine technique in the end.

IM Taleb Moussa scored his second successive victory over GM Alexander Sorokin of Argentina. Taleb playing black, outwitted the grandmaster in classic positional style. He opened up the queenside and came up with an intuitive tactical sequence, which led to an instant finish. Taleb is the only player from the host country with two points. Twelve titled players are at the top with two points.

Visweswaran takes on GM Validimirov Evegency of Russai, while Gokhale will play GM Asrian Karen of Armenia. Grandmaster Konstrantin Sakaev of Russia, is in awesome form. His victories in the initial rounds are impressive and are technically sound. He opts for simple positions in the middle game where he excels to outplay his opponents. In the second round, he defeated Guseinov in a queen's Indian defence. His superior pawn structure gave him an undisputed advantage. He won a pawn and later converted his advantage to victory.

- UNI.

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