Published>Thu, Jan 21 10 08:59 PM
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) 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 Thursday.
Playing black side of Kings Indian Defence, Lenic outwitted the 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 for Dutch Defence with black pieces against his fancied rival and secured a 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 are 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 the better of 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.
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