Sahaj Grover, S Arun Prasad, S Kidambi and Murali Karthikeyan were the other Indian Grandmasters who did a similar act, but former Commonwealth Champion R R Laxman was surprisingly held to a draw by unheralded Mayed Alrashedi of UAE.
Playing white in the first round, Gupta, a winner here in 2011, played a fine positional game to beat Gevoryan, who proved no match to the wily Indian.
While Grover defeated compatriot Inacio Rodrigues, Arun Prasad accounted for Wang Shanshan of China, Kidambi outwitted Sri Lankan Vasanta Wettasinha and Karthikeyan had it easy against Elie Asmar of Libya.
The opening round had its share of upsets in the $50000 prize money tournament and stealing the limelight was local hopeful Saeed Ishaq, who crashed through the defences of higher ranked Grandmaster Eltaj Safarli of Azerbaijan.
Philippines' Jobannie Tabada was the other big gainer of the day, defeating Grandmaster Yuriy Kuzubov of Ukraine.
It turned out to be an easy outing for Gupta, who starts this year as the highest rated Indian and 12th seed overall in a strong line-up. Gevoryan went for the Queen's Gambit accepted as black and Gupta chose an early queen exchange variation favoured by former world champion Vladimir Kramnik of Russia.
After the trade of Queens, Gevoryan found the going tough early on as she could not find the right placement for her pieces. As a result, Gupta won a rook for a Bishop and won in a mere 25 moves to start his campaign on a high.
The other higher ranked Indians also had a good day. GM norm holder Sagar Shah used his white pieces to perfection to outplay Alattar Ghayda of Jordan, while International Masters Sayanatan Das and K Rathanakaran scored wins over Akshay V Halagannavar and Ahmad Al Romaithi of UAE, respectively.
The tournament is a nine-round Swiss with 150 players in all. There are 39 Grandmasters and 22 International Masters in the fray, making it one of the strongest open of the continent. The winner's purse is $12000.
Important and Indian results round 1 (Indians unless stated): Abdulla Khayala (Aze) lost to David Howell (Eng); Vladimir Fedoseev (Rus) beat Fawzy Adham (Egy); Aniruddha Deshpande lost to Igor Kovalenko (Lat); Jobannie Tabada (Phi) beat Yuriy Kuzubov; Saeed Ishaq (Uae) beat Eltaj Safarli (Aze); Abhijeet Gupta beat Maria Gevorgyan (Arm); Sergey Volkov (Rus) beat LN Ram Aravind; Daniele Vocaturo (Ita) beat Amruta Mokal; Siva Mahadevan lost to Papp Gabor (Hun); Inacio Rodrigues lost to Sahaj Grover; S Arun Prasad beat Wang Shanshan (Chn); Elie Asmar (Lib) lost to Murali Karthikeyan; Sagar Shah beat Alattar Ghayda (Jor); Sayantan Das beat Akshay V Halagannavar; K Rathnakaran beat Ahmad Al Romaithi (Uae); Vasanta Wettasinha (Sri) lost to S Kidambi; Mayed Alrashedi (Uae) drew with R R Laxman; Eesha Karavade beat Alshaeby Razan (Jor); Nr Vignesh beat Ali Abdulaziz (Uae); Tamara Khateeb (Jor) lost to Nr Visakh; Abhishek Kelkar beat Raya Alnaimat (Jor); Aseel Odeh (Jor) lost to S Vijayalakshmi; Mehar Chinna Reddy beat Mohamed Marshool (Uae); Bashaer Khalil (Uae) lost to Rakesh Kulkarni; Ahmed Mohamed Qayed (Uae) lost to Sameer Kathmale; Harikrishnan Samyuktha beat Mridul Thaivalappil.
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