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Morozevich maintains lead

BIEL (SWITZERLAND), JULY 22. Krishnan Sasikiran held top seed Alexander Morozevich of Russia to a draw in the third round of the Grandmaster's section at the Biel International Chess Festival here on Thursday.

The draw helped Morozevich maintain his half point lead with 2.5 points from three games. Second seed Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine remained on the second spot with two points. Sasikiran, Eienne Bacrot of France and local star Yannick Pelletier shared the third spot with 1.5 points.

India's P. Magesh Chandran and P. Konguvel tasted defeats in the Master's section. Important results (Master's third round): P. Konguvel (1.5) lost to Alexander Rustemov (2.5, Rus); Zahar Efimenko (3, Ukr) beat P. Magesh Chandran (2); Parimarjan Negi (1.5) beat Ronald Arbinger (0.5, Ger); William Wright (1, Usa) drew with R.R. Vasudevan (1); Mikhail Kobalia (2.5, Rus) drew with Kritz Leonid (2.5, Ger); Nukhim Rashkovsky (2.5, Rus) drew with Pavel Eljanov (2.5, Ukr); Evgeny Alekseev (3, Rus) beat Miso Cebalo (2, Cro); Raj Tischbierk (2, Ger) lost to Boris Arukh (3, Isr); Christian Bauer (3, Ger) beat Jenni Florian (2, Sui); Mkhail Ulibin (3, Rus) beat Alexander Cherniaev (2, Rus); Roiz Micael (2.5, Isr) drew with Cyril Marcelin (2.5, Fra); Vladimir Kosyrev (3, Rus) beat Dietmar Kolbus (2, Ger); Michal Brodsk (3, Ukr) beat Arnold Huhndorf (2, Ger); Polina Malsheva (1.5, Rus) lost to Alexander Riazansev (2.5, Rus); Hans-Jurg kanel (1.5, Su) lost to Andrei Shariyadnov (2.5, Rus). — PTI

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