Deepak Jain Sat, Jan 16 10 05:23 PM
New Delhi, Jan 16 (PTI) Seven players including third seed Iranian Grandmaster Ghaem Maghami Ehsan are sharing the lead at the end of fourth round of the 8th Parsvnath International Open Chess tournament here today. Playing black side of Sicilian Defence, Maghami overcame Indian International Master K Rathnakaran in 58 moves. The top Grandmasters in the fray are finding it difficult to get decisive results in their favour as five of them signed peace treaty against lower rated opponents in the fourth round. Russian Grandmaster Dmitry Kryakvin had to spilt point with Vikramaditya Kamble while Dibyendu Barua shook the hands with young K Priyadharshan in 15 moves. Third round hero Jharkhand youngster Abhishek Das had another fruitful day in the office as he held Indian Grandmaster Deepan Chakkravarthy to a creditable draw with black pieces. Tenth seed Grandmaster Alexander Zubarev of Ukraine tried hard to get a favourable result but forced to split the point against Chandra Shekhar Gokhale after a marathon match that last 87 moves arrived out of Kings Indian Attack. Veteran Indian Grandmaster Praveen Thipsay settled for his third consecutive draw in the tournament. In another surprising result, Indian International Master Deep Sengupta had a shock defeat at the hands of young Swayams Mishra of Orissa.
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