Kostenko in top form, downs Negi

New Delhi (16 Jan 09 ) : Continuing his dream run in the ongoing 7th Parsvnath International Chess Tournament, Kazakh Grandmaster Petr Kostenko defeated Indian hopeful Parimarjan Negi in the seventh round and maintaining his sole lead with seven points from as many rounds.

Playing black side of French Defence Winawer variation, Kostenko displayed a fine tactical game to overcome Negi in 53 moves. A pack of ten players, including national champion Surya Sekhar Ganguly, Abhijit Kunte and Dibeyandu Barua trailing behind the leader with a drift of full point.

In the second board, International Master SP Sethuraman and Russian Granadmaster Mikhail Ulibin signed the peace treaty after 34 moves while Indian International Masters Roktim Bandyopadhyay and Karthikeyan shook hands within an hour of the start, signaling a drawn result. Ganguly defeated Deep Sengupta and Abhijit got better of young International master Shyam Sundar in the seventh round.

There is no stopping for the upset galore in this edition of the tournament, as experienced Praveen Thipsay joined the casualty list as he lost his seventh round game against young Vishnu Prasanna while Shashikant Kutwal stunned highly rated Uzbek grandmaster Safin Shukhrat.

Important Results of Round 7 (Indians otherwise stated):

GM Parimarjan Negi (5.5) lost to GM Petr Kostenko of Kazakhstan (7) ; IM S P Sethuraman (6) drew with GM Mikhail Ulibin of Russia (6) ; IM Roktim Bandyopadhyay (6) drew with IM P Karthikeyan (6) ; IM Deep Sengupta (5) lost to GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly (6) ; GM Abhijit Kunte (6) beat IM Shyam Sundar (5) ; IM Sriram Jha (5.5) drew with GM Saidali Iuldachev of Uzbekistan (5.5) ; GM Safin Shukhrat of Uzbekistan (5) lost to Shashikant Kutwal (6) ; GM Dibyendu Barua (6) beat Matta Vinay Kumar (5) ; IM GB Prakash (5.5) drew with GM Neelotpal Das (5.5) ; Vinoth Kumar (5) lost to IM RR Laxman (6) ; GM Praveen Thipsay (5) lost to Vishnu Prasanna (6) ; GM Alexander Areshchenko (5.5) beat FM Nitin S (4.5) ; GM Yuriy Kuzubov (5.5) beat IM Neeraj Kumar Mishra (4.5) GM Anuar Ismagambetov of Kazakhstan (5) drew with IM Sudhakar Babu (5).

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