
Hyderabad: India suffered a double blow in the fifth round of the FIDE Grand Swiss as Indian players suffered two shock defeats on Monday. D Gukesh suffered a defeat at the hands of the USA grandmaster Abhimanyu Mishra, while Top seed Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa was stunned by Germany’s Matthias Bluebaum.On a day where Indian players produced a mixed bag of results, Arjun Erigaisi dished out a clinical victory against Russian-turned-Swiss player Nikita Vitiugov. Parham Maghsoodloo of Iran continued his stellar run in the tournament, beating Hungary’s Richard Rapport.Mishra upsets GukeshUSA grandmaster Abhimanyu Mishra beat the youngest-ever world chess champion, Gukesh in 61 moves. Mishra became the youngest player ever to beat a reigning world champion in a game of classical chess at the age of 16.He broke the 33-year-old record set by Grandmaster Gata Kamsky of the USA when he outplayed then-world champion Garry Kasparov at the age of 17 in Dortmund.Mishra has produced another impressive performance in the tournament as he played a draw against another Indian prodigy, R. Praggnanandhaa, who staged a comeback from a losing position with black pieces.Maghsoodloo at the top of the standingsMaghsoodloo is at the top of the standings, bagging 4.5 points out of a possible 5. Arjun, Bluebaum and Mishra are chasing him closely with four points each. Nodirbek Abdusattorov is in contention to join the chasing pack and is still has a chance to earn the title.