Date:28/06/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/06/28/stories/2008062855782200.htm

Sport - Chess

Adhiban loses to Arkadij Rotstein

NEW DELHI: Joint-leader B. Adhiban went down to 10th-seeded German Grandmaster Arkadij Rotstein in the fourth round of the Sort Open chess tournament at Sort, Spain, on Thursday.

The results (involving Indians): Fourth round: Arkadij Rotstein (Ger, 4) bt B. Adhiban (3); M. Shyam Sundar (2.5) lost to Vladimir Baklan (Ukr, 3); Nidjat Mamedov (Aze, 3) bt Vishnu Prasanna (2); Abhijeet Gupta (3) bt Swapnil Dhopade (2); Soumya Swaminathan (2) lost to Alexander Kovchan (Ukr, 3); Nadya Karolina Ortiz (Col, 2) lost to Deep Sengupta (3); Hannes Langrock (Ger, 3) bt Mary Ann Gomes (2); Pierluigi Piscopo (Ita, 2) lost to T. Abhay (3); Pon N. Krithika (2) lost to S.P. Sethuraman (2.5); Kruttika Nadig (2.5) bt K. Priyadarshan (1.5); S. Nitin (2.5) bt Bhakti Kulkarni (1.5); Prasanna Rao (2) bt Toon Mentink (Ned, 1); S.V. Satyapriya (1) lost to R. Preethi (2); Sergi Tomas Franch (Esp, 1) lost to G.V. Sai Krishna (2); Antonio Viani D’cunha (2) bt Sergi Panella Navarro (Esp, 1); Jordi Corominas Garrido (Esp, 1) lost to Shalmali Gagare (2); C. P. Aatirah (1) lost to P. Uthra (2); Devangi Patankar (2) bt Josep Solsona Manonelles (Esp, 1); A. Niji (2) bt Anselm Espuny Sanchis (Esp, 1).

Third round: Deep lost to Aleksander Delchev (Bul); Adhiban bt Nidjat Mamedov (Aze); Mary lost to Arkajid Rotstein (Ger); Alexander Kovchan (Ukr, 2) drew with Vishnu; Manuel Leon Hoyos (Mex) bt Nitin; Lalith lost to Aryam Abreu Delgado (Cub); Priyadarshan lost to Sergey Kasparov (Blr); Sethuraman lost to Shyam; Artur Kogan (Isr) bt Prasanna; Roguelina Fandino Reyes (Cub) lost to Abhijeet; Preethi lost to Fabio Bruno (Ita); Lazaro Lorenzo De La Riva (Esp, 1) lost to Krithika; Sai lost to Yvain Bruned (Esp); Dhopade bt Antonio; Martiza Arribas Robaina (Cub) bt Niji; Shalmali lost to Vilela de Acuna (Cub); Uthra lost to Soumya; Mairelys Delgado Crespo (Esp) bt Aatirah; Kruttika bt Aaron Rodriguez Adell (Esp); Bhakti bt Andreu Ventura Rius (Esp); Ismael Pla Ferreres (Esp) lost to Devangi; Ricardo Menchon Lopez (Esp) lost to Sathyapriya.