Date:19/07/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/19/stories/2008071956001800.htm

Sport - Chess

Dhopade holds Sanchez

NEW DELHI: Amravati-boy Swapnil Dhopade continued his good form by holding 12th seeded Filipino International Master Joseph Sanchez while most Indians struggled in the fourth round of Balaguer International Open chess tournament at Balaguer, Spain, on Thursday.

The results (fourth round, involving Indians): Jimenez Fidal Corrales (Cub, 3.5) bt Deep Sengupta (2.5); Joseph Sanchez (Phi, 3) drew with Swapnil Dhopade (3); Abhijeet Gupta (2.5) drew with Nieves Garcia Vincente (Esp, 2.5); Kruttika Nadig (3) bt Lazaro Lorenzo De La Riva (Esp, 20; Joan Trepat Herranz (Esp, 2.5) drew with Vishnu Prasanna (2.5); Mary Ann Gomes (2.5) drew with Jose Codina Garcia (Esp, 2.5); Emilia Djingarova (Bul, 2.5) drew with G. V. Sai Krishna (2.5); Tatiana Kasparova (2) lost to M. R. Lalith Babu (3); Manuel Siclia Ruiz (Esp, 2.5) drew with Soumya Swaminathan (2.5); T. Abhay (2.5) bt Jose Perez Cabas (Esp, 1.5); Ricardo Menchon Lopez (Esp, 1) lost to C. P. Aatirah (2); S. V. Sathyapriya (2) bt David Esconda Rodriguez (Ser, 1).