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Abhijeet posts win

Moscow : International Master Abhijeet Gupta improved his GM-norm prospects with a win over Grandmaster Sarunas Sulskis of Lithuania in the fourth round of the Aeroflot International Open chess tournament here.

Double GM norm holder Parimarjan Negi, who outwitted GM Arnaud Hauchard, and Gupta took their tally to 2.5 points.

Important results: Fourth round (Indians unless specified): Group `A1': Alexey Korotylev (Rus, 2.5) lost to Akopian Vladimir (Arm, 3.5); Popov Valerji (Rus, 3) drew with Vladimir Malakhov (Rus, 3); Sergei Dyachkov (Rus, 3) drew with Arkadij Naiditsch (Ger, 3); Pavel Eljanov (Ukr, 3.5) bt Tigran Petrosian (Arm, 2.5); Aleseev Evgeny (Rus, 3.5) bt Kuzubov Yuri (Ukr, 2.5); Alexi Fedorov (Blr, 2.5) drew with K. Sasikiran (2.5); Sergei Volkov (Rus, 2) drew with Sandipan Chanda (2.5); Alexander Ivanov (USA, 1) drew with Surya Shekhar Ganguly (1)

Group `A2': Deep Sengupta (2.5) lost to Igor Kurnosov (Rus, 3.5); E. Evegni Vorobiov (Rus, 3) bt R.B. Ramesh (2); Sergei Yudin (Rus, 2) lost to Neelotpal Das (3); Vishal Sareen (2) lost to Antoaneta Stefanova (Bul, 3); Abhijeet Gupta (2.5) bt Sulskis, Sarunas (Ltu, 1.5); Parimarjan Negi (2.5) bt Arnaud Hauchard (Fra, 1.5); Stanislav (Rus, 1) lost to R.R. Laxman (2); Himanshu Sharma (1) lost to Martin Sneff (Ger, 2); Sergey Kayumov (Uzb, 0.5) lost to S. Poobesh Anand (1.5); Alexander Al Ivanov (Rus, 0.5) lost to P. Konguvel ( 1.5); Argyhyadip Das (1.5) bt Harutjuyan Gevorg (Arm, 0.5). Group `B': Fifth round: Prathmesh Mokal (4) drew with V. Evegny Mellkhov (Rus, 4); Sergei Reutsky (Rus, 3.5) bt Dinesh K. Sharma (2.5); Eduard Fomichenko (Rus, 2.5) bt N. Srinath (1.5). — PTI

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