Mahesh Chandran back to winning ways

CHENNAI, AUG. 6. National under-18 champion P. Mahesh Chandran of Chennai rediscovered his winning ways to defeat Ben Morgan and move to fifty per cent score at the end of the sixth round of the Smith & Williamson British chess championship at Somerset on Saturday.

Former two-time world age group champion Koneru Humpy from Vijayawada was held to a draw by lower rated Oliver Jackson with the black pieces. Humpy and Mahesh are together on three points from six games.

Following her debacle in Hyderabad recently, Aarthie Ramaswamy (Elo: 2319) from Chennai continued her poor form losing to lower rated David Spence (Elo: 2153). She is on two points from six games.

The three Indians have lost out on a fine start. Humpy and Mahesh are tied for the 29th to 41st places and Aarthie is in a tie for the 53rd to 60th places. There are 69 players competing.

GM Chris Ward defeated WGM Harriet Hunt in the second table to move to five points and join GM Mark Hebden in the lead with five points from six games.

- Our Chess Correspondent.

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