New Delhi: Delhi based International Master Vaibhav Suri shocked Andrei Deviatkin, the fifth seeded Grandmaster on the top board while West Bengal youngster Diptayan Ghosh overcame Grandmaster Richard Bitoon of Philippines in the fourth round of the 10th Parsvnath International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament at Ludlow Castle Sports Complex here on Tuesday.
Playing black side of English opening, promising Indian youngster Suri made crucial tactical moves towards the end to register his fourth win in the tournament after 50 moves while Diptayan shown his end game supremacy to overcome Bitoon Richard in 57 moves arrived out of open Catalan variation. Six players including Suri, Ghosh and International Master Ashwin Jayaram, who beat Puneet Jaiswal in the fourth round battle, are leading the point table with perfect scores.
In other important fourth round encounters, Grandmaster Abhijit Kunte signed the peace treaty with Zeng Chongsheng of China while Praveen Thipsay suffered his first defeat in the tournament by the hands of Grandmaster Oliver Barbosa of Philippines. Top seed Sandipan Chanda made short work of Chinese lad Bai Jinshi but second seed Belarusian Grandmaster Aleksej Alexksandrov satisfied with half point against Indian International Master B S Shivananda. In a surprising result in the fourth round, Shailendra Bajpai outwitted International Master Vakhidov Jahongir of Uzbekistan.
The fifth round of this eleven round Swiss System tournament is now under progress at the time of report and Delhi Chess Association felicitated Indian Grandmasters K Sasikiran and Koneru Humpy in a befitting ceremony before the start of fifth round matches.
Important Results (Indians otherwise stated) :
Round-4 :- GM Andrei Deviatkin of Russia (3) lost to IM Vaibhav Suri (4); GM Praveen Thipsay (3) lost to GM Oliver Barbosa of Philippines (4); GM Abhijit Kunte (3.5) drew with Zeng Chongsheng of China (3.5); FM Diptayan Ghosh (4) beat GM Bitoon Richard of Philippines (3); Sekar B (3) lost to GM Gomez John Paul of Philippines (4); IM Lalith Babu M R (3.5) drew with Bitan Banerjee (3.5); GM Marat Dzhumaev of Uzbekistan (4) beat Himal Gusain (3); IM Ashwin Jayaram (4) beat Jaiswal Puneet (3); IM Thejkumar M S(3.5) drew with Shreyans K Shah (3.5); GM Sandipan Chanda (3.5) beat Bai Jinshi of China (3); IM Shivananda B S (3) drew with GM Aleksandrov Aleksej of Belarus (3); GM Kravtsiv Martyn of Ukraine (3) drew with IM Ramnath Bhuvanesh (3); IM Girinath PDS (3) drew with GM Henrik Danielsen of Iceland (3); GM Mark Paragua of Philippines (3.5) beat IM Praveen Kumar C (2.5); IM Vidit Santosh Gujarathi (3) drew with Ravi Lanka (3); Mu Ke of China (3) drew with GM Deepan Chakkravarthy (3); Narayanan S L (3) drew with IM Shyam Nikil P (3); Chinmay Kulkarni (2.5) lost to GM Neelotpal Das (3.5); FM Sharudl Gagare (3) drew with GM Laxman R R (3); IM Vakhidov Jahongir of Uzbekistan (2.5) lost to Shailendra K Bajpai (3.5)
By Indian Sports News Network
