Negi slips to second spot, Areshchenko takes sole lead
Friday, January 14, 2011, 21:00 [IST]
New Dehli, Jan 14 (PTI) India''s sixth seed Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi slipped to second spot after settling for a draw against third seed Yuriy Kuzubov of Ukrainein the ninth round of the ninth Parsvnath International Chess tournament at Ludlow Castle Sports Complex here today.
Top seed Ukrainian Grandmaster Alexander Areshchenko defeated Grandmaster Mikhailo Oleksienko to emerge as sole leader.
Apart from Negi the other overnight joint leader slovenian Grandmaster Lenic Luka settled for half point against Grandmaster S Kidambi.
Now Negi, Kuzubov, Lenic and Kidambi along with Grandmaster Henrik Danielsen of Iceland are in joint second spot with adrift of half point from the leader.
Two more round remaining in this Rs. 1.35 million prize money tournament.
Playing with white pieces in Sicilian Defence, Areshchenko maneuvered his pieces to good effect in the middlegame to fetch full point against his country mate Grandmaster rival in 72 moves while Negi and Kuzubov agreed to split the point after 40 moves arrived out of Reti opening.
In other important ninth round encounters, city based International Master Sahaj Grover held Grandmaster Evgeny Postny of Israel while former world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta satisfied with half point against fellow Grandmaster R R Laxman.
International Master Shyam Nikil held Grandmaster Konstantin Chernyshov of Russia to a creditable draw.
Source: http://news.oneindia.in
