India’s Grandmaster (GM) Diptayan Ghosh pulled off the most important upset of the continuing World Chess Cup, beautiful former world championship challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia within the second sport of their second-round conflict on Wednesday. Enjoying with the black items, the Indian grandmaster capitalised on his opponent’s erratic play and sealed a well-known win. Ghosh took management early within the middlegame after Nepomniachtchi blundered a easy tactic, shedding a pawn — an error that proved decisive. The Indian transformed the benefit flawlessly in a rook-and-pawn endgame, leaving the Russian with no counterplay. “That is definitely the most important victory of my chess profession, beating Nepo in a match,” Ghosh stated after the win.Nonetheless, it was Nepomniachtchi’s response on-line that drew consideration later. In a Telegram submit after the defeat, he wrote in Russian: “I might performed in India earlier than (in 2019 in Kolkata), so I had a common concept of what the situations can be like. However FIDE, to their credit score, managed to shock me. There’s nothing to say in regards to the chess facet. It is a kind of locations you will not remorse leaving.”The remarks sparked a flurry of criticism from followers throughout social media. “I actually predicted this when he was shedding that he would positively complain about one thing,” one person wrote on Reddit. One other added, “Kramnik 2.0 within the works, mark my phrase Ian gonna go full lunatic in 10 years.”Others had been equally scathing: “Complains about ‘situations’ however by no means specifying what,” one remark learn. One other person wrote, “It’s one factor to complain beforehand, however doing this proper after shedding is simply bitterness.”In the meantime, a number of different Indian gamers, together with P Harikrishna, Arjun Erigaisi, and D Gukesh, additionally superior of their respective matches, marking a robust exhibiting for India on the World Cup.