Negi beat Vidit

New Delhi (14 Jan 09 ) : Grandmaster and local hopeful Parimarjan Negi continued with his winning ways and defeated talented youngster Vidit Santosh Gujarathi in the fifth round of the 7th Parsvnath International Chess Tournament here at Modern School on Wednesday.

At the halfway stage of the tournament, Negi with five points from as many rounds now share the lead along with Uzbek Grandmaster Safin Shukhrat, Grandmaster Petr Kostenko of Kazakhstan and Boris Katalymov of Kazakhstan. Safin beat Prathamesh Mokal while Kostenko got better of C Praveen Kumar. Displaying a fine tactical game Veteran International Master Katalymov defeated Grandmaster Mikhail Ulibin of Russia in the fifth round.

The day had its normal share of upsets with top one being Sethuraman's victory over Grandmaster Evgeny Gleizerov of Russia in just 31 moves. Meanwhile, another grandmaster in the fray Magesh Chandran also tasted his first defeat in the tournament from the hands of Roktim Bandyopadhyay. Delhi based International Master Sriram Jha held National Champion and Grandmaster Surya Sekhar Ganguly to a creditable draw while former National Champion Dibeyandu Barua also satisfied with half point against Djuraev Sokhib of Tajikistan.

Important Results of Round 5 (Indians otherwise stated):

GM Parimarjan Negi (5) beat FM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (4); GM Safin Shukhrat of Uzbekistan (5) beat IM Prathamesh Mokal (4); IM Boris Katalymov of Kazakhstan (5) beat GM Mikhail Ulibin of Russia (4) ; GM Petr Kostenko of Kazakhstan (5) beat C Praveen Kumar (4) ; GM Yuriy Kuzubov of Ukraine (4.5) beat IM Himanshu Sharma (3.5); IM Sriram Jha (4) drew with GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly (4) ; GM Evgeny Gleizerov of Russia (3.5) lost to IM Sethuraman S P (4.5) ; GM Dibyendu Barua (4) drew with FM Djuraev Sokhib of Tajikistan (4) ; IM Arghyadip Das (4) drew with GM Neelotpal Das (4) ; IM Roktim Bandyopadhyay (4.5) beat GM P Magesh Chandran (3.5) ; M R Lalith Babu (3.5) lost to IM Atanu Lahiri (4.5) ; Debashis Das (4) drew with IM M R Venkatesh (4) ; Joshi G B (3.5) lost to Justin Sarkar of USA (4.5) , GM Praveen Thipsay (4) drew with Matta Vinay Kumar (4) , Jain Shreyansh Daklia (3.5) lost to IM P Karthikeyan (4.5).

 

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