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Gujrathi stuns Ramesh

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KOLKATA: FIDE Master Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, the under-13 National champion, added the scalp of Grandmaster R.B. Ramesh to his impressive list with a fine victory in the fifth round of the Kolkata Open international chess tournament on Thursday.

GMs Tigran Petrosian of Armenia and Darmen Sadvakasov of Kazakhstan lead the field with 4.5 points.

Important results (Indians, unless mentioned): A. Greenfeld (Isr) (4) drew with S. Tiviakov (Ned) (4); D. Sadvakasov (Kaz) (4.5) bt S. Kidambi (3.5); T. Petrosian (Arm) (4.5) bt S. Shukhrat (Uzb) (3.5); D. Komarov (Ukr) (3.5) drew with T. Bakre (3.5); G.N. Gopal (3.5) drew with D.P. Singh (3.5); S.P. Sethuraman (3.5)drew with E. Hossain (Ban) (3.5); S. Jha (4) bt N. Murshed (Ban) (3); A. Kunte (3) drew with S. Palit (3.5); S. Satyapragyan (2.5) lost to P. Levan (Geo) (3.5); A. Das (3) drew with S.S. Ganguly (3); A Al-Rakib (Ban) (3.5) bt D. Sengupta (2.5); J.D. Chakkravarthy (3) drew with K. Rathnakaran (3); S. Roy (3) drew with M.R. Venkatesh (3); R.B. Ramesh (2.5) lost to Vidit Gujrathi (3.5).

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