Maghami maintains sole lead;
Tania holds Liem BY Gopakumar, International Arbiter
New Delhi (18 Jan 2010) :- Overnight sole leader Grandmaster
Maghami Ehsan Ghaem of Iran maintained his slender half point
lead in the ongoing 8th Parsvnath International Open Chess
Tournament after settling for quick draw against Russian
Grandmaster Maxim Turov in the seventh round encounter at Modern
School here on Monday. Playing safely with white pieces, Maghami
offered draw on the fourteenth move and his Russian rival
gleefully accepted the offer for peace treaty. A pack of seven
players including second seed Grandmaster Lenic Luka of Slovena
and young Indian International Master M R Lalith Babu, who split
the point with Richard Bitton of Philippines in the seventh
round game, are in second spot with 6 points in this 12.5 lakh
prize money tournament.
Playing white side of King’s Indian Defence, Lenic overcame his
Indian rival Swapnil Dhopade in 46 moves. Meanwhile, local hope
and former National Women Champion Tania Sachdev occupying the
joint third spot after holding top seed Le Quang Liem of Vietnam
in the seventh round match. In another surprising result,
playing black side of Queens Indian opening, Tamilnadu youngster
Arun Karthik held Russian Grandmaster Dmitry Kryakvin to
creditable draw.
Important Results (Indians otherwise stated)
Round-6 :- Maghami Ehsan Ghaem of Iran (6.5) drew with GM Maxim
Turov of Russia (6); IM Richard Bitoon of Philippines (6) drew
with IM MR Lalith Babu (6); GM Lenic Luka of Slovenia (6) beat
IM Swapnil D Dhopade (5); GM Saidali Iuldachev of Uzbekistan
(5.5) drew with IM Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury (5.5); IM PDS
Girinath (5) lost to Marat Dzhumaev of Uzbekistan (6); IM
Nikolay Tolstikh of Russia (6) beat IM Sahaj Grover (5); WIM
Nafisa Muminova of Uzbekistan (5) lost to IM Oliver Dimakiling
of Philippines (6); GM Le Qunag Liem of Vietnam (5) drew with IM
Tania Sachdev (5.5); GM Dmitry Kryakvin of Russia (5) drew with
R Arun Karthik (5); IM Vikramaditya Kamble (4.5) lost to GM
Pavel Kotsur of Kazakhstan (5.5); GM Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh
(5.5) beat IM K Priyadharshan (4.5); IM Suvrajit Saha (4.5) lost
to GM Martyn Kravtsiv of Ukraine (5.5); Swayams Mishra (4.5)
lost to GM Rinat Jumabayev of Kazakhstan (4.5); GM RR Laxman
(5.5) beat Akash Thakur (4.5); IM Deep Sengupta (5.5) beat
Vaibhav Suri (4.5).
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