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Laxman stuns Tamaz Gelashvili

New Delhi: Grandmaster-norm aspirant R.R. Laxman stunned second-seeded Georgian GM Tamaz Gelashvili and Abhijeet Gupta upset fifth seeded Ukrainian GM Yuriy Kuzubov as the eighth round proved highly productive for the Indians in the 10th Dubai Open chess tournament in Dubai on Sunday.

With one round to go, Laxman and Abhijeet share the fourth spot at six points, half-a-point behind leaders China’s Li Chao, Georgia’s Merab Gagunashvili and Filipino wonder-kid Wesley So.

In the Gausdal Classics, G.N. Gopal scored his first victory at the expense of USA’s Eric Moskow in 44 moves in the sixth round at Gausdal, Norway. However, Sandipan Chanda suffered his second successive loss after a 31-move battle with top seed Vasilios Kotronias.

In Group ‘B’, S. Kidambi (five points) emerged as the sole leader after beating Poland’s Arkadiusz Leniart in just 29 moves in the sixth round. Fellow International Master S. Arun Prasad (4.5) drew with fourth seed Lithuania’s Aloyzas Kveinys in 70 moves.

The results:

Dubai Open (eighth round, involving Indians): Tamaz Gelashvili (Geo, 5) lost to R.R. Laxman (6); Abhijeet Gupta (6) bt Yuriy Kuzubov (Ukr, 5); Evgeny Gleizerov (Rus, 5) drew with Tania Sachdev (5); Parimarjan Negi (5.5) bt Ilgar Bajarni (Aze, 4.5); Shiven Khosla (4.5) lost to Sarhan Guliev (Aze, 5.5); Abdullah Hassan (4.5) drew with R.B. Ramesh (4.5); Abdulhamid El Arousy (Egy, 4) lost to Aswin Jayaram (5); Mohammed Tissir (Mar, 5) bt C.J. Arvind (4); Logman Guliev (Aze, 5) bt Ramnath Bhuvnesh (4); Hamed Moosavian (Iri, 5) bt Sohan Phadke (4); Atousa Pourkashiyan (5) bt Lanka Ravi (4); Dinesh Sharma (5) bt Jobannie Tabada (Phi, 4); Jasem Alhuwar (UAE, 3.5) lost to Nisha Mohota (4.5); Hossein Mohamed (UAE, 4) drew with Sahaj Grover (4); N. Srinath (4.5) bt Aarthie Ramaswamy (3.5); Robert Arellano (Phi, 3.5) lost to Praveen Kumar (4.5); Farhan Mohannad (Jor, 4.5) bt Suresh Kumar (3.5); Zhang Jilin (4) bt Swati Mohota (3); Debashis Das (4) bt Chris Rice (Eng, 3); C. Natarajan (4) bt Husein Mroweh (Lib, 3); Pour Shayesteh Ghader (Iri, 3) lost to Tejas Ravichandran (4); Sai Meera (3.5) bt Charles Kayle (Ple, 2.5); Amna Nouman (UAE, 2.5) lost to Anuprita Patil (3.5); P.I. Johny (2.5) lost to Ulvi Bajarani (Aze, 3).

Gausdal Classics (sixth round): G.N. Gopal (3.5) bt Eric Moskow (USA, 1); Vasilios Kotronias (Gre, 3.5) bt Sandipan Chanda (3.5); Gregory Kaidanov (USA, 4.5) drew with Bartlomiej Macieja (Pol, 3); Irina Krush (USA, 2.5) lost to Kjetil Lie (Nor, 4.5); Vyacheslav Ikonnikov (3) bt Oystein Hole (Nor, 1).

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