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Sasikiran in joint fifth position

GIBRALTAR, JAN. 29 . Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran turned the tables on Scotland's International Master John Shaw to move into joint fifth spot after the fourth round of the Master's section of the gibtele.com chess festival here.

With this win, Sasikiran has taken his points tally to three from the possible four and shares the spot with top seed and hot favourite Alexei Shirov of Spain and third seed Emil Sutovsky of Israel and 13 others. Four players — Kiril Georgiev of Bulgaria, Boris Avrukh of Israel and Armenian duo of Gabriel Sargissen and former World junior champion Levon Aronian, continue to share the lead in the tournament after uneventful draws in the fourth round games. Sasikiran was lucky to beat Shaw, who has been in terrific form here.

Important results: Fourth round: Gabriel Sargissen (Arm, 3.5) drew with Levon Aronian (Arm, 3.5); Kiril Gergiev (Bul, 3.5) drew with Boris Avrukh (Isr, 3.5); Alexey Dreev (Rus, 3) drew with Zahar Efimenko (Ukr, 3); Mark Hebden (Eng, 3) drew with Hikaru Nakamura (USA, 3); Stefan Kristjiansson (Isl, 2) lost to Alexei Shirov (Esp, 3); Emil Sutovsky (Isr, 3) beat Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan (Geo, 2); John Shaw (Sco, 2) lost to Krishnan Sasikiran (Ind, 3); Pavel Tregubov (Rus, 2.5) drew with Colin McNab (Sco, 2.5); Kevin Spraggett (Can, 2.5) drew with Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez (Esp, 2.5); Vasilios Kotronis (Gre, 3) beat Tissir Mohamed (Mar, 2); Watu Kobese (Rsa, 2.5) drew with Alexander Areshchenko (Ukr, 2.5); Evgeny Postny (Rus, 3) beat Michael Hennigan (Eng, 2); Joanna Dworakowska (Pol, 2) lost to Hicham Hamdouchi (Mar, 3); Sergey Erenburg (Isr, 3) beat Thomas Rendle (Eng, 2); Ali Mortazavi (Eng, 2.5) drew with Jonathan Spee lman (Eng, 2.5). — PTI