Mumbai Movers Storm Past Volga Stormbringers
Led by GM Viswanathan Anand, the Mumbai Movers took down the Volga Stormbringers 9-7. This was an interesting match that paired the 48-year-old World Rapid Champion against Volga's 13-year-old phenom GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov in a game that lasted only two moves more than their difference in age. Anand won the game quite handily despite playing what looked like a dubious knight and bishop for rook trade on f7. In reality, Anand had other ideas that justified the sacrifice, which led to some interesting trades and a solid win.
Meanwhile, GM Vidit Gujrathi played an excellent match, winning 3.5/4 and taking down Volga's board-one GM Dmitry Andreikin in a third round "Clash Of The Titans." Gujrathi blew open Andreikin's kingside on move 17 and wasted no time storming the castle to go up a clean piece for a great victory. While Mumbai sits atop the Eastern Division, Volga is flirting with relegation.
2018 PRO Chess League | Week 6 | Mumbai Movers vs Volga Stormbringers
| Movers | Stormbringers | Dmitry Andreikin | Mikhail Demidov | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | Aleksey Ivlev | 7 |
| Viswanathan Anand | 3.5 | |||||
| Vidit Gujrathi | 3.5 | |||||
| Kulkarni Rakesh | 1.5 | |||||
| Kathmale Sameer | 0.5 | |||||
| 9 | 2 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1 | ||
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