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Himanshu in sole lead
MANGALORE: International Master Himanshu Sharma of Haryana jumped in to sole lead after six rounds in the second Mangalore FIDE-rated all-India Open chess tournament here on Tuesday.
Himanshu (6), the fourth-seed in this event upset top seed IM R.R. Laxman (4.5) of Tamil Nadu. Himanshu, who recently won a FIDE-rated event at Udhampur, is continuing his fine form and gunning for the title with five rounds to go.
The results: Round six: R.R. Laxman 4.5 lost to Himanshu Sharma 6; Pravin M. Thipsay 5.5 bt G.A. Stany 4.5; B.T. Murali Krishna 5.5 bt Prasad P. Praveen 4.5; Dinesh K. Sharma 5.5 bt Sauntra Ritwan 4.5; Amrutha Mokal 5 drew with T. Purushotahman 5; Vikram Saralaya 4.5 lost to Varugeese Koshy 5.5; Himal Gusain 4 lost to Dibyendu Barua 5; B.S. Shivananda 5 bt M. Suraj 4; C. Praveen Kumar 4 lost to J.K. Gautam 5; R. Balasubramaniam 5 bt Kumar S. Adirathna 4. Round five: Himanshu 5 bt C. Praveen Kumar 4; Koshy 4.5 drew with Murali Krishna 4.5; Prasad P. Praveen 4.5 drew with Dinesh K. Sharma 4.5; Purushothaman 4.5 drew with Vikram 4.5; Hari O.M. Sharma 3.5 lost to Laxman 4.5; Barua 4 drew with O.T. Anil Kumar 4; Aniruddha Deshpande 3.5 lost to Pravin Thipsay 4.5; Rupankar Nath 4 drew with B.S. Shivananda 4; Stany 4.5 bt Sujit Kumar Sinha 3.5; Sekhar Chandra Sahu 3.5 lost to Amrutha Mokal 4.5.
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