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Tiviakov bounces back to beat Lutfi
The second round of the Japfa Grandmaster Tournament saw tight rivalries among the participants with the game between defending champion Sergei Tiviakov and Indonesian young player Muhammad Lutfi Ali lasting the longest time
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he second round of the Japfa Grandmaster Tournament saw tight rivalries among the participants with the game between defending champion Sergei Tiviakov and Indonesian young player Muhammad Lutfi Ali lasting the longest time.
Tiviakov of the Netherlands had seemingly found himself in an inferior position after a massive swap of pieces before turning things around to achieve victory on Thursday. The game was completed in 72 moves, ending last among six boards.
Several minutes before, Irine Kharisma Sukandar and Sophie Milliet of France fought it out for 63 moves in a Pirc Defense game only to settle for a draw with the players just leaving the opposing kings on the board.
Draws were also inevitable in other three pairings: Medina Warda Aulia against Geetha Narayanan Gopal of India, Winshand Cuhendi Sean against Alina l'Ami of Romania and Farid Firmansyah against Rogelio Antonio Jr of the Philippines.
Meanwhile, Nguyen Ahn Dung continued his winning streak over local players with his latest victim being Tirta Chandra Purnama. The Vietnamese grandmaster, who had defeated Irine on the opening day, stopped Tirta after 29 moves in a Slav Defense game.
In his first meeting with Antonio at the Asian zonal competition in 2013, Farid emerged the winner, but this time the 22-year-old failed to avoid a draw.
'I had expected him to play a King's Indian [Defense] as he does quite often, but today, to my surprise, he opted for a Benoni [Defense] line,' Farid said.
Sean missed his chance to score a second win as he fell short of discovering a winning formula while he was on the offensive. Several moves later, he was almost in the losing end with l'Ami posing a counterattack with a marching pawn and well placed knight.
However, l'Ami could not find a hiding place for her king from Sean's queen chase and a repeated move was unavoidable.
After completing the second round matches in the morning, the players were back in the playing hall in the afternoon for the third round games.
Anh Dung's winning run was halted by Medina as both players agreed to a draw. Sean also drew with Lutfi.
Irine and Gopal scored their first wins, over Antonio and l'Ami respectively. The game between Tiviakov and Farid was still underway by press time.
