Top seeds struggle at Thai Open
Top Seeds Struggle at Thai Open
seeds, have survived the first three rounds of the 2011
ThaiOpen in Pattaya unscathed.
Following a smooth ride in the first round, the 10
participating Grandmasters found life much tougher in
Tuesday's second and third rounds.
In round 2 the fourth fifth and sixth seeds all failed to win.
Defending 2010 Thai Open Champion Sune Berg Hansen
from Denmark was held to a draw by unfancied Singapore
teenager Jarred Neubronner, while Indian GMs Abhijit
Kunte and Tejas Bakre were also held to draws.
In the third round, third seed Jan Gustafsson of Germany
struggled to draw with Indian International Master Atanu
Lahiri while his countryman, Gerhand Schebler was also
held, by Australia's Max Illingworth.
Tournament favourites Paco Vallejo and Nigel Short both
achieved maximum 3/3 scores with fine attacking wins in
the third round. They are joined in the lead by two Woman
Grandmasters, Swathi Ghane of India and Alina l'Ami of
Romania, who scored a upset wins over IMs Yang Kaiqi and
Roy Saptarshi respectively, as well as Burmese
Grandmaster Zaw Win Lay.
The Thai Open, with a first prize of 100,000 Baht, is being
played at the luxurious Dusit Thani Resort and continues
until Sunday, with admission for spectators gratis. Games
may be followed live via with results at
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