Darsh upsets top seed Paras

Darsh Shetty

Sixth seeded Darsh Shetty (ELO 1599) scored an upset win over top seed Paras Bhoir (ELO 1875) in the fourth round of the 360 One Wealth Grand Prix FIDE Rating Chess Series,hosted at the Russian Centre for Science & Culture. This unexpected victory propelled Shetty to the top of the standings, marking a remarkable turn of events in the tournament.

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Choosing the Yugoslav attack as white against Paras's Sicilian Dragon setup, Darsh initiated an aggressive approach right from the start. Paras, demonstrating adept counter-attacking moves, managed to maintain equilibrium in the game.

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