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Gopal shares lead

NEW DELHI: International Master G.N. Gopal moved to joint lead after drawing with Armenia’s Hrant Melkumyan in the fourth round of the Lake Sevan International chess tournament at Martuni, Armenia, on Monday. Gopal now has 2.5 points and shares the lead with Georgian GM David Arutinian and Ukranian IM Yuri Vovk.

Humpy on top

At Differdange (Luxembourg), K. Humpy shared the lead at 3.5 points after beating Viesturs Meijers of Latvia in the fourth round of the Kaupthing Open. G. Rohit lost to another joint leader Dejan Bojkov of Bulgaria. Thomas Henrichs (Germany) and Victor Erdos (Hungary) are the other two leaders.

In the Canadian Open at Ottawa, Sandipan Chanda drew with Vietman’s Tu Hoang Thong and Abhijit Kunte drew with Canada’s Liam Henry.

The results: At Benasque (fifth round): R.B. Ramesh (4) drew with Stanislav Savchenko (Ukr, 4); Del Alamo Antonio Lopez (Esp, 4) bt J. Deepan Chakkravarthy (3); Abhijeet Gupta (4) bt Antonio Benet Catala (Esp, 3); Adria Perez Campos (E sp, 3) lost to Aswin Jayaram (4); Tania Sachdev (3.5) drew with T. Purushothaman (3.5); Dinesh Kumar Sharma (3.5) drew with Adrian Perez Felipe Marcos (Esp, 3.5); Sahaj Grover (3.5) drew with Slobodan Kovacevic (Srb, 3.5); Abhishek Das (4) bt Jose Antonio Herrera Reyes (Esp, 3); Nestor Escuer Sanchez (Esp, 3.5) lost to R. Arun Karthik (3.5); Kruttika Nadig (3.5) bt Rubio Patxi Sesma (Esp, 2.5); Juan Fernandez Calzada (Esp, 2.5) lost to Soumya Swaminathan (3.5); Eesha Karavade (3) bt Jose Vicent de La Cruz Chumilas (Esp, 2.5); Mario Galvan Ruiz (Esp, 2.5) drew with L. Iswarya Shobana (2.5); Devangi Patankar (2.5) bt Felix Juanco Elizari (Esp, 1.5).

At Differdange (Luxembourg) (fourth round): Viesturs Meijers (Lat, 2.5) lost to K. Humpy (3.5); Dejan Bojkov (Bul, 3.5) bt G. Rohit (2.5).

At Ottawa (Canada): Tu Hoang Thong (Vie, 3) drew with Sandipan Chanda (3); Abhijit Kunte (2.5) drew with Liam Henry (Can, 2.5).

At Martuni (Armenia) (fourth round): G.N. Gopal (2.5) drew with Hrant Melkumyan (Arm, 2); Tigran Petrosian (Arm, 2) bt Bartlomiej Macieja (Pol, 2); David Arutinian (Geo, 2.5) bt Yuri Vovk (Ukr, 2.5); Li Chao (Chn, 1.5) bt Avetik Grigor yan (Arm, 1.5); Arman Pashikian (Arm, 2) drew with Tigran Kotanjian (Arm, 1.5).

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