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Kidambi holds Ehlvest

NEW DELHI: International Master S. Kidambi drew with top-seeded Grandmaster Jaan Ehlvest and stayed on course for a Grandmaster norm after six rounds of the Dubai Open chess tournament in Dubai on Friday.

Kidambi became the second Indian to hold Ehlvest in the premier event after Tejas Bakre showed the way in the second round.

Eight players share the lead at five points. Three more rounds remain in the competition.

The results (sixth round, involving Indians): S. Kidambi (4) drew with Jaan Ehlvest (USA, 4); K. Humpy (4.5) bt Sergey Kayumov (Uzb, 3.5); P.D.S. Girinath (4.5) bt Faoud El Taher (Egy, 3.5); Amir Bagheri (Iri, 4.5) bt Eesha Karavade (3.5).

Mohammad Abdul Majeed (UAE, 3.5) lost to D. Harika (4.5); Mohammad Al Sayed (Qat, 3.5) drew with Vikramaditya Kamble (3.5); Nagueb Saleh (UAE, 3) lost to R.B. Ramesh (4); Abdulgalil Saleh Ayaad Husain (Brn, 3) lost to G.N. Gopal (4); Tejas Bakre (3.5) drew with S.

Meenakshi (3.5); Salor Sitanggang (Ina, 3) lost to S.P. Sethuraman (4); Oleg Kulicov (Rus, 4) bt M.R. Lalith Babu (3); Moussa Taleb (UAE, 3.5) drew with Aarthie Ramaswamy (3.5); B. Adhiban (4) bt Maher Himdan (Egy, 3); Aditya Udeshi (3.5) bt Tirta Chandra Purnama (Ina, 2.5).

Sahaj Grover (2.5) lost to Homayoon Toufighi (Iri, 3.5); Prasanna Rao (2.5) lost to Saleh Jasim (UAE, 3.5); N. Srinath (2) lost to Ishaq Saeed (UAE, 3); Ghobadibigvand (Iri, 2) lost to Kruttika Nadig (3); Shiven Khosla (2) lost to Maher Ayyad (Brn, 3); Sadegh Mahmoody (Iri, 2) drew with Shatrughan Jha (2).

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