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Chandrahawsa in the lead

VIJAYAWADA, DEC.26. Koneru Chandrahawsa emerged sole leader at the end of fifth round of the All India FIDE-rated chess tournament here today. Chandrahawsa ended the day with five points after her win against S. K. Sinha.

In a Sicilian Defence, Chandrahawsa got a middle-game advantage and quickly capitalised white's Nf3 error on the 21st move.

Soon she created a passed pawn and predictably wrapped up the game in the 36th move.

The results (5th round): S. K. Sinha (4) lost to Koneru Chandrahawsa (5); M. Srinivasa Rao (4) bt B. Kranthi Kumar (3.5); Vinod Kumar Sharma (4) bt T. Pusushothaman (3); Viswanath (3) lost to J. Malleswara Rao (4); V. V. Vijay (2.5) lost to J. Ramakrishna (3.5); J. K. Raju (3.5) bt E. Sarath (2.5); Rahul Ved (3.5) bt K. N. R. Srikanth (2.5): P. Priya Swaroop (2.5) lost to G. Santosh Kumar (3.5); K. V. K. Karthik (3) bt D. Gokul (2); K. Santosh Kumar (3) bt B. S. Keerthi (2).

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