Bengaluru, Nov. 13 -- The second round of the group stage didn't get off to a great start for the Indians. Praggnanandhaa lost to world No 3 Fabiano Caruana after inviting a piece sacrifice. Hans Niemann avenged his blitz loss to Vaishali with a win in the fast classic format. Bibisara Assaubayeva pulled off the biggest win of her career, beating Arjun Erigaisi, who is rated almost 200 points above her, in the Total Chess Pilot in Budapest. "My first impression of fast classic is that it's very exciting. I had so much fun playing it," Arjun said during his visit to the confessional booth. The fast classic group stage is crucial, since only the winners of each of the four groups will advance. Seventeen-year-old Abhimanyu Mishra, who broke Sergey Karjakin's record to become the world's youngest GM at 12 years, four months and 25 days in 2021, managed to hold world No 1 Magnus Carlsen to a draw in Round 2. After the first game of Round 2, Firouzja, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Caruana, Liem Le, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Anish Giri and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave were leading their respective groups.HTC...