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Ganguly draws with Lopez

Gibraltar: Grandmaster Surya Shekhar Ganguly remained in contention for a place among prize winners after drawing with Juan Belon Lopez of Spain in the ninth and penultimate round of Gibtele.com Masters chess tournament here on Thursday.

Grandmaster and former junior World champion Kiril Georgiev of Bulgaria almost assured himself of title with another splendid effort against Russian GM Sergey Volkov in the ninth round. With seven wins in nine games, Georgiev moved to eight points and stretched his lead to a full point over the nearest Emil Sutovsky of Israel. A pack of five players, including third seed Nigel Short of England, is in joint third spot, and Ganguly is in the next group of six pointers.

Important results:(ninth round, Indians unless specified): Sergey Volkov (Rus, 6.5) lost to Kiril Georgiev (Bul, 8); Mikhail Gurevich (Tur, 6.5) drew with Mohamad Al-Modaihki (Qat, 6.5); Emil Sutovsky (Isr, 7) bt Zoltan Gyimesi (Hun, 6); Mohamad Al-Sayed (Qat, 6) drew with Vladimir Akopian (Arm, 6); Nigel Short (Eng, 6.5) bt Viktor KOrchnoi (Sui, 5.5); Alexander Areshchenko (Ukr, 6.5) bt Sandipan Chanda (5.5); Pia Cramling (Swe, 6) drew with Zahar Efimenko (Ukr, 6); Arizmendi Martinez (Esp, 6) drew with Viktor Bologan (Mda, 6); Mikhail Kobalia (Rus, 6) drew with Jonathan Speelman (Eng, 6); Surya Shekhar Ganguly (6) drew with Juan Belon Lopez (Esp, 6); Alexie Shirov (Esp, 6) bt Colin McNab (Sco, 5); Abhijit Kunte ( 5.5) drew with Patryk Lagowski (Pol, 5.5); Nicholas Speck (Aus, 5.5) drew with S. Kidambi (5.5); Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury (5) drew with Victorija Cmilyte (Ltu, 5.5); Tejas Bakre (5.5) bt Nisha Mohota (4.5); Mary Ann Gomes (4.5) lost to Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan (Geo, 5.5); Watu Kobese (Rsa, 5) drew with Kruttika Nadig (5); Swati Ghate (5) bt Juan Ocana Roca (Esp, 4); Nimmy George (4) lost to Petra Schuurman (Ned, 5); Blikra Odin Via (Nor, 4.5) drew with Bhagyashree Thipsay (4.5); Emil Agdestein (Nor, 4.5) drew with Anupama Gokhale (4.5). — PTI

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