The results (first round, involving Indians): Hemant Sharma drew with P. Hari Krishna; Le Quang Liem (Vie) drew with Prithu Gupta; David Guijarro (Esp) bt Padmini Rout. Raunak Sadhwani drew with Varuzhan Akobian (USA); Mulet Inigo Lopez (Esp); Klaus de Francesco (Ger) lost to Abhijeet Gupta; Nisha Mohota drew with G.N. Gopal; Sandipan Chanda drew with Michal Lercel (Pol);Oskar Oglaza (Pol) lost to S. L. Narayanan; P. V. Nandhidhaa lost to Jules Moussard (Fra); Caracuel Barraza (Esp) lost to M.R. Tejaswini Sagar drew with Pablo Almagro Llamas (Esp); Brian Hewson (Eng) lost to Prasanna Rao; Alik Safarian (Aus) lost to M.R. Venkatesh; Ralf Akesson (Swe) drew with Shalmali Gagare; Jose Vilamovo Caamano (Esp) lost to Swayams Mishra; Dev Shah drew with Lance Henderson (Esp); Mayank Pal drew with Martin David Martinez (Esp).

Source: The Hindu January 24, 2018 16:52 UTC