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Sethuraman upsets Maria

Dubai: Teenager S.P. Sethuraman scored a smashing victory over Woman Grandmaster Maria Sargeeva of Kazakhstan and moved within striking distance of his maiden International Master norm after the sixth round of Dubai International Open chess championship here.

GM R.B. Ramesh did well to hold higher-ranked GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan of Iran on what turned out to be a good day for the huge Indian contingent here.

Negi posts win

Double GM norm-holder Parimarjan Negi was at his technical best in cruising past compatriot M.R. Lalith Babu while IM Abhijeet Gupta scored a finely crafted victory over A.M. Soozankar of Iran.

At the top of the tables, former World junior champion Darmen Sadvakasov of Kazakhstan scored over GM Evgenij Miroshnichenko of Ukraine to emerge as the sole leader in the $ 40,000 prize money tournament.

Important results (sixth round, Indians unless specified): Darmen Sadvakasov (Kaz, 5.5) bt Evgenij Miroshnichenko (Ukr, 4.5); Giorgi Kacheishvili (Geo, 5) drew with Gabriel Sargissian (Arm, 5); Merab Gagunashvili (Geo, 4.4) drew with Zviad Izoria (Geo, 4.5); Levan Pantsulaia (Geo, 4.5) drew with Sergei Krivoshey (Ukr, 4.5); Ghaem Maghami Ehsan (Iri, 4.5) drew with R.B. Ramesh (4.5); Sergey Fedorchuk (Ukr, 5) bt Sergei Simonenko (Tkm, 4); Adly Ahmed (Egy, 4.5) drew with Tamaz Gelashvili (Geo, 4.5); Atousa Pourkashiyan (Iri, 4) lost to Tigran Petrosian (Arm, 5); Sergey Kayumov (Uzb, 4) drew with Kruttika Nadig (4); So Wesley (Phi, 3.5) lost to Vishal Sareen (4.5); Abhijeet Gupta (4) bt A.M. Soozankar (Iri, 3); Parimarjan Negi (4) bt M.R. Lalith Babu (3); O.T. Anilkumar (3) lost to Safarli Eltaj (Aze, 4); C.N. Vaidya (3) lost to S. Satyapragyan (4); S.P. Sethuraman (4) bt Maria Sergeeva (Kaz, 3); D. Sai Srinivas (4) bt P. Doostkam (Iri, 3); N. Srinath (2.5) lost to Faruk Bistric (Bih, 3.5); Ghader Pour Shayesteh (Iri, 3) drew with Gurpreet Pal Singh (3); Shantanu Lahiri (2.5) lost to G.B. Joshi (3.5); Aarthie Ramaswamy (3) drew with K. Priyadharshan (3); Aryanejad Hossein (Iri, 3.5) bt Ramnath Bhuvanesh (2.5); Prathamesh Mokal (3) bt Shiven Khosla (2.5); Stefan Schmid (Ger, 2.5) drew with Prasanna Rao (2.5); Shatrughan Jha (2.5) drew with Antonio Molina (Phi, 2.5); Soumitra Majumdar (2) lost to Stefan Schnock (Ger, 3); Dhyani Dave (2.5) drew with Ayyad Maher (Brn, 2.5); Natun Dasgupta (1.5) lost to Laith Kasib (Irq, 2.5); Sahaj Grover (2) bt S. Bukhashem Fayeqa (UAE, 1). — PTI

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