
The man of the hour, Arjun Erigaisi, has won all 6 of his games so far in Budapest. In round 3, playing white against Peter Prohaszka (Hungary 2), the 21-year-old had all his pieces pointing at the black king - and got to end the game in style.
Arjun Erigaisi | Photo: FIDE / Michal Walusza
In round 6, the last one before the rest day, Austria (seeded 31st) drew Poland (11th) on all four boards to collect a valuable match point. Vladimir Dragnev had the tough task of playing black against elite-GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda on the top board. In a late middlegame position with a queen, a rook and two minor pieces per side, the Polish grandmaster had an extra pawn and a clear advantage.
But Dragnev never stopped looking for ways to create complications - and a single mistake by Duda allowed him to force a draw by giving up his queen!
Vladimir Dragnev has a 4/6 score so far in the event - in round 3, he held a draw against another super-GM, Hungary's Richard Rapport | Photo: FIDE / Maria Emelianova
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