IM Vidit Gujrathi Stuns GM Neelotpal Das and Lead
remains status quo
IM Vidit Gujrathi Stuns GM Neelotpal Das and Lead
remains status quo By Vittal Madhav
Lead remained status quo, as the former world under
16 champion B. Adhiban of PSPB is leading the table with
8.5 points, followed by Sriram Jha of Delhi with 8
points at the end of the eleventh round of the National
Premier Chess Championship, being organized by Venus
Chess Academy hosted by Goregaon Sports Club and
conducted by Bombay Chess Association.
The talking point of the round eleven was the game
between national sub junior champion Vidit Santosh
Gujrathi and the PSPB grandmaster Neelotpal Das from
Kolkata. Vidit has to win the next round against
Sundarrajan Kidambi of PSPB to secure his GM norm. A
24th move blunder by Neelotpal cost him the match in a
Slav defence game chosen by Vidit. With this win, Vidit
is placed on the third position with 7.5 points.
The game between IM S P Sethuraman and GM R R Laxman
started with Nimzo Indian Defense. On 22nd move Laxman
played his rook instead of moving the Knight, which was
a blunder. When Laxman observed that mate is
unavoidable, he accepted his defeat in 28 moves.
Adhiban and Sriram Jha were content with draws against
former world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta and
Prathamesh Mokhal of Maharashtra respectively on the top
two boards.
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