Controversy in Uzbekistan as Vantika Agrawal’s draw turns to loss because of ‘arbiter’s fault’ and bizarre FIDE rule

Vantika Agrawal protested connected societal media however her gully successful circular 3 had unfairly been changed into a decision and due to the fact that of bizarre rules, determination was nary mode to get it changed. Vantika was taking connected Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov of Uzbekistan.

“My crippled successful 3rd circular of President’s Cup successful Uzbekistan ended arsenic a draw. I submitted the scoresheet with the close result. Then erstwhile I checked the pairing (for circular 4) it was published arsenic a nonaccomplishment for me. I instantly mailed them and informed them but they said that it’s FIDE’s regularisation that they can’t bash anything,” Vantika Agrawal lamented successful a societal media post.

“So I privation to inquire FIDE wherefore they made specified a rule. If it’s arbiter’s mistake wherefore should I endure I person spent tons of wealth to play this tournament,” she added.

ChessBase India reported that it is apt that Vantika could get her constituent backmost aft the 4th round, which is happening connected Sunday.

Vantika Agrawal was 1 of the apical stars for the Indian women’s chess team arsenic it won a golden medal astatine the caller Chess Olympiad. Vantika Agrawal was, successful fact, 1 of India’s standout stars successful 2024. She won the idiosyncratic golden medal astatine the Olympiad successful Budapest connected committee 4. At the precocious concluded Tata Steel Chess India tourney successful Kolkata she ended associated 3rd successful the 10-player tract successful blitz and 3rd successful the accelerated section, finishing supra much-vaunted compatriots similar the grandmaster trio of Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli and Vaishali too Divya Deshmukh.