Sports News | Chennai Open Chess: Nitin Remains in Lead

Chennai, Jun 24 (PTI) Indian International Master Nitin Senthilvel's winning run was halted as he drew his eighth round game against top-seed Boris Savchenko on Friday but remained on top of the standings in 13th Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess tournament 2022 here with 7.5 points.

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Nitin, who held Russian Grandmaster Savchenko to 68-move draw, is a full point ahead of his nearest rivals. In second place behind the Indian IM with 6.5 points are: Savchenko, Alexei Fedorov (Belarus), Baghdasaryan Vahe (Armenia), Aronyak Ghosh, P Konguvel, Himal Gusain, S Prasannaa, Daakshin Arun and Ravichandran Siddharth (all India).

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In upsets on the day, veteran International Master P Konguvel defeated Vietnamese Grandmaster Tran Tuan Minh, while Candidate Master Daakshin Arun scored over fellow Indian Grandmaster P Karthikeyan.

Two rounds remain in the 10-round Swiss tournament that concludes on June 26.

Results: Round 8 (Indians unless specified): Boris Savchenko (Russia) 6.5 points drew with S Nitin 7.5 points, L R Srihari 6 lost to Aronyak Ghosh 6.5, Alexei Fedorov 6.5 beat Abdyjapar Asyl (Kyrgyzstan) 5.5, Tran Tuan Minh (Vietnam) 5.5 lost to P Konguvel 6.5, J Deepan Chakkravarthy 6 drew with Aaryan Varshney 6, Kirill Stupak (Belarus) 6 drew with P Saravana Krishnan 6, P R Hirthickkesh 6 drew with Ajay Karthikeyan 6, Baghdasaryan Vahe (Armenia) 6.5 beat Nguyen Duc Hoa (Vietnam) 5.5, N B Hari Madhavan 5.5 lost to Prasannaa S 6.5, B Vignesh 5.5 lost to Gusain Himal 6.5, Ravichandran Siddharth (6.5) beat Samriddhaa Ghosh 5.5, Daakshin Arun 6.5 beat P Karthikeyan 5.5.

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