Maghami and Lenic share lead;
Deep Sengupta held top seed
Maghami and Lenic share lead;
Deep Sengupta held top seed BY Gopakumar, International Arbiter
New Delhi (21 Jan 2010) :- Second seed Slovenian Grandmaster
Lenic Luka defeated International Master Nikolay Tolstikh of
Russia in the penultimate round to catch up with the overnight
sole leader Grandmaster Maghami Ehsan Ghaem with eight and half
points in the ongoing 8th Parsvnath International Open Chess
Tournament at Modern School here on today. Playing black side of
Kings Indian Defence, Lenic outwitted Russian International
Master in 44 moves. Meanwhile Maghami settled for another quick
draw in the tournament as he signed the peace treaty against
Kazakh Grandmaster Pavel Kostur in just nine moves.
Meanwhile continuing his fine run in the tournament, Indian
International Master Deep Sengupta held top seed Grandmaster Le
Quang Liem of Vietnam in the tenth round. Sengupta, opted Dutch
Defence with black pieces against his fancied rival and secured
well deserved half point after 64 moves. Five foreign
Grandmasters Pavel Kostur of Kazakhstan, Dmitry Kryakvin of
Russia, Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh, Martyn Kravtsiv of Ukraine
and Marat Dzhumaev of Uzbekistan giving company to Sengupta in
the joint second spot with eight points. Kryakvin overcame
International Master P Konguvel in the tenth round encounter
while Zia and Kravtsiv got better off P Karthikeyan and Ravi
Hegde respectively. Dzhumaev joined them after defeating another
Indian International Master Saptarshi Roy in the penultimate
round. In other surprising results International Master
Thejkumar and Arghyadip Das held Russian Grandmasters Maxim
Turov and Andrey Gutov in the tenth round games.
Important Results (Indians otherwise stated)
Round-10 :- GM Pavel Kotsur of Kazakhstan (8) drew with Maghami
Ehsan Ghaem of Iran (8.5); IM Nikolay Tolstikh of Russia (7.5)
lost to GM Lenic Luka of Slovenia (8.5); GM Le Quang Liem of
Vietnam (7.5) drew with IM Deep Sengupta (8); IM P Konguvel (7)
lost to GM Dmitry Kryakvin of Russia (8); IM P Karthikeyan (7)
lost to GM Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh (8); GM Martyn Kravtsiv of
Ukraine (8) beat IM Ravi Gopal Hegde (7); IM Saptarshi Roy (7)
lost to GM Marat Dzhumaev of Uzbekistan (8); IM Arghyadip Das
(7.5) drew with GM Andrey Gutov (7.5); GM Maxim Turov (7) drew
with IM MS Thejkumar (7); GM Arun Prasad (7.5) beat IM Lalith
Babu (6.5); IM Swapnil D Dhopade (6.5) lost to GM Alexander
Zubarev (7.5); GM Rinat Jumabayev of Kazakhstan (7.5) beat IM K
Rathnakran (6.5); IM Tania Sachdev (6.5) lost to GM Saidali
Iuldachev (7.5); IM BT Murali Krishanan (7) drew with GM R R
Laxman (7); GM Deepan Chakkravarthy (7) drew with IM PDS
Girinath (7).
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