Final Up to date: November 01, 2022, 22:04 IST
Prime-seeded Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa gained a marathon 137-move recreation towards compatriot Karthikeyan Murali within the seventh spherical to maneuver into joint lead with three others on 5.5 factors within the open part of the Asian Continental Chess Championship on Tuesday.
Grandmaster Harsha Bharathakoti held GM S L Narayanan in an all-Indian battle on the highest board to maneuver to five.5 factors. One other Indian Koustav Chatterjee upset former nationwide champion Aravindh Chithambaram to hitch Praggnanandhaa, Bharathkoti and Shams Vokhidov of Uzbekistan on the prime.
Vokhidov defeated India’s S P Sethuraman to enhance his rating to five.5 factors.
A bunch of six gamers have 5 factors and are in joint second. They’re Saparmyat Atabeyev and Maksat Atabayev (Turkmenistan), S L Narayanan, B Adhiban and Karthik Venkataraman.
Within the girls’s occasion, Indian WGM P V Nandhidhaa is within the lead with six factors after seven rounds, following a drawn recreation towards compatriot Padmini Rout (5 factors).
Nandhidhaa and Rout drew their recreation in 49 strikes as the previous continued her unbeaten run.
Younger Indian WGM Priyanka Nuttaki is in second place, after an outstanding win over higher-rated Nilufar Yakubbaeva (Uzbekistan). She has 5.5 factors from 7 rounds.
Three gamers — Rout, Soumya Swaminathan and Divya Deshmukh – are in joint third spot with 5 factors.
Soumya Swaminathan posted a win over Nisha Mohota whereas Deshmukh beat Rakshitta Ravi.
Prime-seeded Indian Tania Sachdev, not in one of the best of kind, drew with Liya Kurmangalieyva and took her tally to 4 factors to lie in 18th spot.
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