Tromso (Norway): India's Parimarjan Negi lost to Ukraine's Yuri Kryvoruchko in the second game of the chess World Cup's opening round here on Monday. Meanwhile, G Akash managed to hold world number three Caruana to a creditable draw with black pieces.
However, having lost the first game of the match, the draw only helped Akash to gain some rating as he exited from the tournament.
Meanwhile, B Adhiban played out his second draw with Evgeny Alekseev of Russia while Krishnan Sasikiran achieved the same result against Constantin Lupulescu of Romania.
Important results round 1: (Indians unless stated): Levon Aronian (Arm) beat Mikhail Markov (Kgz) 2-0; Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Aze) beat Samy Shoker (Egy) 1.5-0.5; Wei Yi (Chn) beat Ian Nepomniachtchi (Rus) 1.5-0.5; Alexei Shirov (Lat) drew with Yifan Hou (Chn) 1-1 goes to tiebreak; Igor Bjelobrk (Aus) lost to Alexander Grischuk 0-2; Peter Svidler (Rus) lost to Anna Ushenina (Ukr) 1-1 goes to tiebreak; K Sasikiran drew with Constantin Lupulescu (Rou) 1-1 goes to tiebreak; G Akash drew with Fabiano Caruana (Ita) 0.5-1.5; Ziaur Rahman (Ban) drew with Boris Gelfand (Isr) 0.5-1.5; Vladimir Kramnik (Rus) beat Gillian Bwalya (Zam) 2-0; Parimarjan Negi lost to Yuri Kryvoruchko (Ukr) 1-1 goes to tiebreak; B Adhiban drew with Evgeny Alekseev (Rus) 1-1 goes to tiebreak.