Maghami back to sole lead; Deep
Sengupta shocks Turov
Maghami back to sole lead; Deep
Sengupta shocks Turov BY Gopakumar, International Arbiter
New Delhi (20 Jan 2010) :- Third seed Iranian Grandmaster
Maghami Ehsan Ghaem with eight points back in sole lead after
defeating overnight joint leader Grandmaster Marat Dzhumaev of
Uzbekistan in the ninth round of ongoing 8th Parsvnath
International Open Chess Tournament at Modern School here on
Wednesday. Playing white side of Sicilian Defence, Dzhumaev
pressed hard for a win but eventually miscalculated a sacrifice
to hand over full point to his Iranian counterpart. Other
overnight joint leader Russian International Master Nikolay
Tolstikh signed the peace treaty against Grandmaster Ziaur
Rahman of Bangladesh after 35 moves.
Young Indian International Master Deep Sengupta pulled off the
biggest upset of the day at the expense of fourth seed Russian
Grandmaster Maxim Turov after 56 moves in Caro-Kann Defence.
Sengupta along with second seed Slovenian Grandmaster Lenic Luka,
Kazakh Grandmaster Pavel Kotsur and Tolstikh are occupies the
second spot with seven and half points. Lenic and Kotsur
overcame Indian International Masters Sapatarshi Roy Chowdhury
and Lalith Babu respectively in the ninth round game. In another
surprising result, International Master Arghyadip Das held
Ukrainian Grandmaster Martyn Kravtsiv to a creditable draw.
Meanwhile, Swayams Mishra and Aniruddha Deshpande narrowly
missed a nine game International Master norm as they lost their
ninth round encounter against Grandmaster Arun Prasad and
Russian Grandmaster Dmitry Kryakvin respectively.
Important Results (Indians otherwise stated)
Round-9 :- GM Marat Dzhumaev of Uzbekistan (7) lost to Maghami
Ehsan Ghaem of Iran (8); GM Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh (7) drew
with IM Nikolay Tolstikh of Russia (7.5); GM Lenic Luka of
Slovenia (7.5) beat IM Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury (6.5); IM Deep
Sengupta (7.5) beat GM Maxim Turov of Russia (6.5); IM MR Lalith
Babu (6.5) lost to GM Pavel Kotsur of Kazakhstan (7.5); IM
Arghyadip Das (7) drew with GM Martyn Kravtsiv of Ukraine (7);
IM Richard Bitoon of Philippines (7) drew with IM Saptarshi Roy
(7); GM Le Quang Liem of Vietnam (7) beat B S Shivananda (6); GM
Dmitry Kryakvin of Russia (7) beat Anriuddha Deshpande (6); IM P
Karthikeyan (7) beat IM Sahaj Grover (6); GM Andrey Gutov of
Russia (7) beat R Arun Karthik (6); IM Oliver Dimakiling of
Philippines (6) lost to IM Ravi Gopal Hegde (7); IM PDS Girinath
(6.5) drew with IM Swapnil D Dhopade (6.5); IM N Sudhakar Babu
(6) lost to IM P Konguvel (7); Swayams Mishra (5.5) lost to GM
Arun Prasad (6.5).
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