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Vikramjit holds Barua

By P.K. Ajith Kumar

KOZHIKODE DEC. 6. Round five of the National men's `A' chess championship indeed saw the players fighting hard at the Chess India Complex here on Saturday. Still the biggest news of the day was a draw though, as Vikramjit Singh of Manipur, who seems determined to make an impact on his debut, continued his good run, holding fourth seed and former champion Dibyendu Barua to a draw. The Kolkata Grandmaster (GM) thus has dropped to the sole second position, with 3.5 points.

Three players are in the lead on four points — Surya Shekhar Ganguly, R.B. Ramesh and Koneru Humpy.

The results (fifth round): Sandipan Chanda (PSCB 2504) 2.5 lost to Pendyala Harikrishna (AP 2570) 2; Vikramjit Singh (Man 2342) 2.5 drew with Dibyendu Barua (TISCO 2528) 3.5; Sunderrajan Kidambi (PSCB 2446) 2 drew with Abhijit Kunte (PSCB 2535) 3; Surya Shekhar Ganguly (PSCB 2531) 4 bt Roktim Bandhopadhyay (Ben 2352) 1; R. B. Ramesh (PSCB 2466) 4 bt Prathamesh Mokal (Mah 2379) 2; Vishal Sareen (LIC 2367) 2.5 drew with Sriram Jha (LIC 2458) 1; M.R. Venkatesh (PSCB 2401) 2.5 lost to Koneru Humpy (AP 2485) 4; M. Srinivasa Rao (AP 2329) 1.5 bt V. Hariharan (BSB 2245) 1; T. S. Ravi (PSCB 2380) 2 lost to Suvrajit Saha (Ben 2387) 3; S. Satyapragyan (IA 2415) 2.5 drew with Argyadip Das (GNCA 2299) 2; Saptarshi Roy Chowdhary (Ben 2421) 3 drew with Praveen Thipsay (BSB 2486) 3; Neelotpal Das (PSCB 2443) 3 bt Tejas Bakre (IA 2443) 2.5.

Fourth round: Harikrishna drew with Neelotpal; Bakre drew with Saptarshi; Thipsay drew with Satyapragyan; Argyadeep drew with Ravi; Saha bt Rao; Hariharan lost to Venkatesh; Humpy bt Sareen; Jha lost to Ramesh; Prathamesh drew with Ganguly; Roktim drew with Kidambi; Kunte bt Vikramjit; Barua drew with Chanda.

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