Monday, January 18, 2010

Maghami maintains sole lead; Tania holds Liem

Deepak Jain Mon, Jan 18 10 08:56 PM

New Delhi, Jan 18 (PTI) India''s Tania Sachdev held top seed Le Quang Liem of Vietnam while young International Master M R Lalith Babu drew with Richard Bitton of Philippines in the seventh round of the Parsvnath International Open Chess tournament here today. Sachdev was joint third, while Lalith joined a pack of seven players including second seed Grandmaster Lenic Luka of Slovena at the second place. Among other Indians in fray, Tamil Nadu youngster Arun Karthik held Russian Grandmaster Dmitry Kryakvin to a creditable draw after playing with black pieces. Iranian Grandmaster Maghami Ehsan Ghaem settled for a quick draw against Russian Grandmaster Maxim Turov to maintain his slender half point lead. Playing safely with white pieces, Maghami offered to split point on the 14th move and his Russian rival gleefully accepted the offer. Meanwhile, playing white side of King''s Indian Defence, Lenic overcame India''s Swapnil Dhopade in 46 moves.





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