Abhijeet, Neelotpal and Adhiban on joint second spot
By Neeraj Kumar Mishra

International Master B Adhiban joins Grand Master's Abhijeet Gupta and Neelotpal Das along with other 29 players on joint second spot with 5 points each, half a point behind the three leaders GM Elizber Ubilava, Nidjat Mamedov and Rashad Babaev at the end of the sixth round in the Benasque Open in Spain.

Results of the Indian players were:

1. GM Maxim Rodshtein (5 pts.) Drew with GM Neelotpal Das (5 pts.)
2. IM Cuenca Jimenez (5 pts.) Drew with GM Abhijeet Gupta(5 pts.)
3. Swapnil Dhopade (4 pts.) Lost to GM Magem Badals (5 pts.)
4. Vishnu Prasanna (4 pts.) Lost to FM Pozo Vera (5 pts.)
5. Lalith Babu (4 pts.) Lost to IM Kaplan, Sasha (5 pts.)
6. IM Sethuraman (4.5 pts.) Drew with FM LOpez Garcia (4.5 pts.)
7. WIM Krutikka Nadig (4 pts.) Lost to IM Llorente Zaro (5 pts.)
8. Camacho Collados(4 pts.) Lost to IM B Adhiban (5 pts.)
9. WGM Meenakshi (3.5 pts.) Lost to GM Salgado Lopez (4.5 pts.)
10. IM Shyam Sunder (4 pts.) Drew with GM Gomez Esteban (4 pts.)
11. IM Van Oosterom (4.s pts.) Drew with FM Prasanna Rao (4.5 pts.)
12. GM Ivanov Mikhail M(4.5 pts.) Beat FM S Nitin (3.5 pts.)
13. FM Priyadarshan (4 pts.) Drew with GM Jansa (4 pts.)
14. GM Ramesh (4 pts.) Drew with Senlle Caride (4 pts.)
15.WIM Soumya (4.5 pts.) Beat IM Colovic (3.5 pts.)
16. IM Harika (4.5 pts.) Beat Justin Horton (3.5 pts.)
17. GM Garcia Palaremo (4.5 pts.) Beat WFM Pon. N Krithika (3.5 pts)
18. IM Collas Didier (4.5 pts.) Beat Antonio Viani (3.5 pts.)
19. FM Bruned Yvain (4.5 pts.) Beat Devangi Patankar (3.5 pts.)
20. Jonathan Tan (3.5 pts.) Drew with IM Deep Sengupta (3.5 pts.)
21. Valles Mata (3.5 pts.) Drew WIM Mary Ann Gomes(3.5 pts.)
22. T Abhay (4 pts.) Beat Vinal Gutierez(3 pts.)
23. Menendez Rey (3.5 pts.) Drew with P Uthra (3.5 pts.)
24. Lakunza Plazaola(3 pts.) Lost to R Preethi (4 pts.)
25. Malo Guilen (3.5 pts.) Drew with Niji, A (3.5 pts)
26.WFM Bhakti Kulkarni (4 pts.) Beat Salterain Gonzalez(3 pts.)
27. FM Alvarez (3 pts.) Beat FM G V Saikrishna(3 pts.)
28. Ainsa Claver (2.5 pts) Lost to Shalmali Gagare (3.5 pts.)
29. Sathya Priya (3 pts.) Beat Bazan Solera (2 pts.)
30. Sanchez Ruesga (3 pts.) Beat C P Aatirah (2 pts.)



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