Indians make good use of the Penultimate Round at Negroponte 2010

By Mr.Vijaya Kumar

Indian Chess Players fought their games ifor positive results at the 8th Round of the Negroponte International Chess Championship being played here at the Greek Resort of Chalkida. Grandmaster Surya Sekhar Ganguly beat Armenian Grandmaster Tukhaev Adams in just 31 movers while IM Dronavalli Harika lost to Compatriot Grandmaster Sandeepan Chanda after giving a tough fight to the Bengal tiger. Sandeepan played a much better game and tactfully demolished all her moves and in the end game forced her to surrender.

Tania Sachdev, who had a bad tournament and was under a lot of stress finally won a point against a must lower rated player. She is now on 4.5 points from 8 games. GM Deepan Chakravarthy won his second game in succession. Vishnu Prasanna lost to David Albert, Vaibhav Suri to GM Stelios while Sahej j Grover blundered in the endgame and paid the price.

WGM Somaya Swaminathan, looking tired preferred to play safe and to avoid loss of elo points accepted a draw when offered.

On the Top Board Turkish Grandmaster Suat Atalik had a short draw but on the second table Robert Hess and Armenian Grandmaster Zaven Andriasian fought a tough battle to win a point. In the end Robert Hess prevailed over his opponent and won the game. Both Atalik and Hess are now on 7 points and will have crucial games in the final round. Robert Hess will take on Vladimir Burmakin and Atalik will play against GM Denis Khismatullin. India’s Surya Sekhar Ganguly and Sandeepan Chanda will face the two Iranian Grandmasters Ghaem Meghami and Elshan Moradiabadi respectively.

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