Eight share lead; upsets continues



New Delhi (13 Jan 09 ) : The 7th edition of Parsvnath International Open Chess Tournament become waterloo for Grandmasters as three more joined the list of causalities after fourth round here at Modern School today. Former National Champion and Grandmaster Abhijit Kunte suffered a shock defeat from the hands of Kazakh International Master Boris Katalymov, while Chennai based C Praveen Kumar got better off 2004 champion Grandmaster Saidali Iuldachev of Uzbekistan. Grandmaster Anuar Ismagambetov of Kasakhstan also tasted the defeat in the fourth round as he went down against International Master Prathmesh Mokal.



As many as eight players including local favourite Parimarjan Negi leading the table with perfect score after four rounds. In the top table Yuriy Kuzubov of Ukraine signed peace treaty against International Master SP Sethuraman in just 15 moves while Arghyadip Das held national champion Surya Sekhar Ganguly for a creditable draw in marathon match that lasted 88 moves. Playing with black pieces Wizkid Parimarjan overcame Olzhas Khamzin of Kazakhstan in just 30 moves without much struggle.



Surprisingly Kazakh Grandmaster Nurlan Ibrayev, who lost his first round match against nine year old Hetul Shah once again, tasted defeat from the hands of low rated Mohammed Irshad.



Important Results of Round 4 (Indians otherwise stated):



S. P. Sethuraman (3.5) drew with Yuriy Kuzubov of Ukraine ( 3.5), Surya Shekhar Ganguly (3.5) drew with Arghyadip Das (3.5), Olzhas Khamzin of Kazakhstan (3) lost to Parimarjan Negi (4), Abhijit Kunte (3) lost to N. Boris Katalymov of Kazakhstan (4), Prathamesh Mokal (4) beat Anuar Ismagambetov of Kazakhstan (3), Saidali Iuldachev of Uzbekistan (3) lost to C Praveen Kumar (4), Suvrajit Saha (3) lost to Shukhrat Safin of Uzbekistan (4), Mikhail Ulibin of Russia (4) beat R. Arun Karthik (3), R. Ashwath (3) lost to Petr Kostenko of Kazakhstan (4), Atanu Lahiri (3.5) drew with Dibyendu Barua (3.5), Neelotpal Das (3.5) drew with G. B. Joshi (3.5), Vinay Kumar Matta (3.5) drew with M. R. Lalith Babu (3.5), Utkal Ranjan Sahoo (3) lost to Vidit Gujarati (4), P. Magesh Chandran (3.5) beat Fenil Shah (3), Arkadi Eremeevich of Russia (2.5) lost to Evgeny Gleizerov of Russia (3.5).


 

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