Nihal Sarin and D. Gukesh scored over lower-ranked rivals while Arjun Erigaisi held sixth seeded Russian Andrey Esipenko in the opening round of the $425,000 FIDE Grand Swiss chess tournament in Riga, Latvia, on Wednesday.  In the women's section, R. Vaishali was the lone Indian to begin her campaign with a win. First-round results (involving Indians):  Open:  Arjun Erigaisi drew with Andrey Esipenko (Rus); […]

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