Chennai
Only four of the 12 Indian players who made the quarterfinals stage in various categories managed to reach the last four.
The highly-rated Sarin (Elo rating 2620) was in impressive form as he beat Justin Wang (USA) 1.5-0.5 in the last eight clash of the open under-18 section.
Grandmaster P Iniyan, the other Indian in the last eight of the under-18 event, lost to Armenian GM Shant Sarysyan 1-2, going down in the Armageddon (sudden death tie-break).
The Tamil Nadu player won the first game and appeared to have the advantage before his opponent capitalised on a blunder to draw level. In the Armageddon that followed, Iniyan's mistake on the 56th move cost him dear.
Russia's Andrey Esipenko, the top-ranked player in the fray, lost to Iran's Mahdi Gholami Orimi 0.5-1.5.
In the under-14 section, Gukesh eliminated compatriot V Pravav 2-1 via the Armageddon. He won the first game and lost the second before pipping Pranav to book a semifinal spot.
The two other Indians to book berths in the last four were Rakshitta Ravi (girls under-16) and Mrinmoy Rajkhowa (open under-10).
Rakshitta got the better of Ineymig Hernandez Gil of Cuba 2-1 while Mrinmoy made short work of America's Ryo Chen 2-0.
The Indians who lost on Monday include Priyanka Nutakki (girls under-18), L Jyothsna (girls u-16), Aditya Mittal (open u-14), B Savitha Shri (girls u-14), Anupam M Sreekumar (girls u-12) and Shreya Hipparagi (girls u-10).
Games are played in best of two Rapid 15 mins + 10 seconds increment in the tournament where a 1-1 tie will result in Armageddon (sudden death tie-break games).
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