Prasad scores stunning win

By S. Sabanayakan

KOLKATA, AUG. 10. Indian International Master D.V. Prasad pulled off a stunning 41-move victory against Indonesian Grandmaster Utut Adianto in the second round of the 3rd Asian individual chess championship at the Gorky Sadan here on Friday.

At the end of the second round, five players - top seed GM Xu Jun of China, International Master Mark Paragua of the Philippines, Indian GM Pravin Thipsay, Iranian IM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami and Chinese IM Li Wenliang lead the field with two points each.

The results (second round): Orazly Annageldyev (Tkm) 1 lost to Xu Jun (Chn) 2, Tahir Vakhidov Uzb) 1.5 drew with Evgeny Vladimirov (Kaz) 1.5, Mark Paragua (Phi) 2 bt Liang Chong (Chn) 1, Enamul Hossain (Ban) 1.5 drew with Anh Dung Nguyen (Vie) 1.5, Yu Shaoteng (Chn) 1.5 drew with Ziaur Rahman (Ban) 1.5, Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (Iri) 2 bt Wang Yue (Chn) 1, Dibyendu Barua (Ind) 1 lost to Pravin Thipsay (Ind) 2, Alexei Barsov (Uzb) 1.5 drew with Reefat Bin Sattar (Ban) 1.5, Li Wenliang (Chn) 2 bt Imad Hakki (Syr) 1, Morteza Mahjoob (Iri) 1.5 Mohammad Al-Modiahki (Qat) 1.5, Zhang Pengxiang (Chn) 1.5 drew with Barlo A. Nadera (Phi) 1.5, Peng Xiaomin (Chn) 1.5 bt Elshan Moradiabadi (Iri) 1, D.V. Prasad (Ind) 1.5 bt Utut Adianto (Ina) 0.5, K. Sasikiran (Ind) 0.5 lost to Jamshed Isaev (Tjk) 1.5, Vladimir Egin (Uzb) 0.5 lost to Darmen Sadvakasov (Kaz) 1.5, Mahmood Lodhi (Pak) 1 drew with Wu Wenjin (Chn) 1, A. Kunte (Ind) 1.5 bt Hoang Thanh Trang (Vie) 0.5, S. Chanda (Ind) 0.5 lost to Leonid Yurtave (Kgz) 1.5, Eugene Torre (Phi) 1 drew with Ferrnie Donguines (Phi) 1, Abdulla Al- Rakib 1.5 bt (Ban) Vladimir Magai (Kgz) 0.5, Shukhrat Safin (Uzb) 1.5 bt Anvar Nazarov (Tjk) 0.5, Chito Garma (Phi) 1 drew with P. Harikrishna (Ind) 1, Rolando Nolte (Phi) 1 drew with Liang Jinrong (Chn) 1, P. Konguvel (Ind) 0.5 lost to Petr Kostenko (Kaz) 1.5, T.D.R. Pieris (Sri) 1 drew with Handszar Odeev (Tkm) 1, Sergey Zagrebelny (Uzb) 1 drew with Sriram Jha (Ind) 1, Pavel Kotsur (Kaz) 1 bt Taibur Rahman (Ban) 0.5, Mohamad N. Al-Sayed (Qat) 0.5 drew with Murtas Kazhzaleyev (Kaz) 0.5, Thien Hai Dao (Vei) 1 bt Lanka Ravi (Ind) 0, B. Villamayor (Phi) 0.5 drew with Aleksandar Wohl (Aus) 0.5, Wang Zili (Chn) 0.5 drew with Salaua Izmukhambetov (Kaz) 0.5, Rogelio Antonio Jr. (Phi) 1 bt Mohsen Ghorbani (Iri) 0, N.K. Mishra (Ind) 0.5 drew with Saidali Iuldachev (Uzb) 0.5, Milan Turpanov (Kgz) 0 lost to Marat Dzhumaev (Uzb) 1, S.S. Ganguly (Ind) 1 bt Ronald Dableo (Phi) 0, Niaz Murshed (Ban) 0.5 drew with Arash Roghani (Iri) 0.5, Amir Mallahi (Iri) 1 bt Abu Sufian Sakil (Ban) 0, Dede Liu (Ina) 1 bt S. Manfuzur Rahman (Ban) 0.

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