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Lalith Babu shares the lead
By R.Anantharam, International
Arbiter and Media Incharge
M.R. Lalith Babu of Andra Pradesh joined the overnight leader GM
Maxim Turov of Russia at the top with 6.5 points at the end of
the seventh round of the LIC & ONGC sponsored Chennai Open 2010
Chess international tournament, organized by Sports Promotion
Foundation at the Multipurpose Indoor Stadium, Chennai, today.
Russian GM Dmitry Kryakvin, Uzbek GM Marat Dzhumaev, Slovekian
GM Manik Mikulas, Ukraine GM Martyn Kravtsiv, IM VIkramaditya
Kamble of Railways and Anwesh Upadyaya of Orissa are on the
second spot with 6 points each.
Lalith Babu subdued former Asian Junior champion Deepan
Chakkaravarthy of PSPB in a Grunfeld defence. Deepan lost a pawn
on the 13th move and both exchanged the pieces in a fast pace.
Both had a pawn at the centre each, but Lalith babu effectively
controlled the back rank. Deepan resigned when his d- pawn was
almost trapped on the 30th move. On the top board, Turov Maxim
of Russia dropped half a point for the first time in the
tournament to his compatriot Dmitry Kryakvin in a Ruy Lopez game
lasting just 12 moves.
In another Ruy Lopez game followed by the Asian Junior champion
Ashwin Jyaram of Tamil Nadu, his opponent Martyn Kravtsiv
grabbed a knight in exchange for a seventh rank pawn and won
easily. Orissa youngsters were on the rampage today, as Swayam
Mishra outwitted GM Saidali Iuldachev of Uzbekistan in 75 moves.
After exchanging the queens on the 57th move, Swayams was in a
good position with connected pawns on the c- and d- files. His
additional g- pawn threatened promotion with the support of the
king and Saidali gave up the fight.
Anwesh played a swashbuckling game, offering sacrifices at will
to demolish IM Bitoon Richard of Philippines in 28 moves of a
Sicilian Keres attack. Former bronze medalist in the world under
10 championship M.R. Venkatesh of PSPB drew with GM Ziaur rahman
of Bangladesh R. Siddharth, the erstwhile leader from Tamil Nadu
also forced a draw against Rinat Jumabaev. Fenil Sha, the
Gujarat youngster had a good day defeating Saptarshi Roy of
Railways.
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