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Hari back in joint lead
| Chanda and Kunte share third spot |
NEW DELHI: P. Hari Krishna bounced back with a vengeance to nail Canada’s Mark Bluvshtein and joined the four-man leaders’ group with 3.5 points after the fifth round of the Montreal International chess tournament at Montreal on Tuesday.
Hari’s 39-move victory in Queen’s Pawn Opening came when Bluvshtein, down four pawns, realised that he could not force a draw through perpetual checks.
The result put Hari on equal points with Sergei Tiviakov, Vassily Ivanchuk and Gata Kamsky.
In the Quebec Open, also in progress in Montreal, Sandipan Chanda and Abhijeet Kunte shared the third spot after drawing their respective games.
Good news awaited
Great news awaited the Indians from Balaguer, Spain, when National junior champion Abhijeet Gupta made the required seven points from nine rounds to meet the GM-norm stipulation after beating compatriot B. Adhiban in the ninth and penultimate round of the Balaguer International Open.
Even as Abhijeet awaits the official confirmation of his norm, Arun Karthik made sure of his International Master norm. Abhishek Das and Aswin Jayaram are also in line for IM norms. Soumya Swaminathan is set to get her Woman Grandmaster norm while Padmini Rout is eying a Woman International Master norm.
In Biel, Switzerland, Parimarjan Negi, S. Meenakshi and D. Harika were among the 18 players in the lead with two points after as many rounds of the Biel Masters chess tournament. Meenakshi made the grade with an upset victory over Latvian GM Viesturs Meijers.
The results:
Montreal International (fifth round): P. Hari Krishna (3.5) bt Mark Bluvshtein (Can, 3); Sergei Tiviakov (Ned, 3.5) bt Pavel Eljanov (Ukr, 3); Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukr, 3.5) drew with Gata Kamsky (3.5); Kamil Miton (Pol, 3) bt Pascal Char bonneau (Can, 0.5); Emil Sutovsky (Isr, 1.5) drew with Nigel Short (Eng, 0.5).
Quebec Open (fifth round, involving Indians): Valeriy Aveskulov (Ukr, 3.5) drew with Sandipan Chanda (3.5); Abhijit Kunte (3.5) drew with Igor Nataf (Fra, 3).
Balaguer Open (ninth round, involving Indians): B. Adhiban (6) lost to Abhijeet Gupta (7); Oleg Korneev (Rus, 6.5) bt Dinesh Sharma (5.5); Logman Guliev (Aze, 5.5) lost to Aswin Jayaram (6.5); Dublan Marc Narciso (Esp, 5) lost to Arun Karthik (6); Abhishek Das (5.5) drew with Azer Mirzoev (Aze, 5.5); Sahaj Grover (5) lost to Renier Castellanos (Chi, 6); Victor Vehi Bach (Esp, 5.5) drew with Kiran Manisha Mohanty (5.5); T. Purushothaman (5.5) drew with Vidal Robert Aloma (Esp, 5.5); Soumya Swaminathan (5) drew with Ana Matnadze (Geo, 5); Reyes Roguelina Fandino (Cub, 5.5) bt Padmini Rout (4.5); Miret Oscar Vallverdu (Esp, 4.5) lost to Kruttika Nadig (5.5); Devangi Patankar (4.5) lost to Rumi Aitor Ramoneda (Esp, 5.5); Iswarya Shobana (5) bt Perella Alberto Faro (Esp, 5).
Biel Masters (second round, involving Indians): Suvrajit Saha (1) lost to Sergei Shipov (Rus, 2); Alexandre Domont (Sui, 1) lost to Parimarjan Negi (2); Florian Jenni (Sui, 2) bt Swati Ghate (1); S. Meenakshi (2) bt Viesturs Meijers (L at, 1); Oliver Houhou (Fra, 2) bt Deepan Chakkravarthy (1); D. Harika (2) bt Stephane Blaser (Sui, 1); Amrutha Mokal (0.5) lost to Nikita Vitigov (Rus, 1.5); Arun Prasad (1.5) bt Matthais Gantner (Sui, 0.5).
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