Four in fray for Kolkata Open title

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Posted online: Tuesday , April 01, 2008 at 02:17:39
Updated: Tuesday , April 01, 2008 at 02:41:02

Kolkata, March 31 Four Grandmasters — Krishnan Sasikiran, Koneru Humpy, Sandipan Chanda and Viktor Laznicka — share the lead after the eighth round at the 3rd Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament being played here at the Alekhine Chess Club.

Indian Grandmaster Sasikiran, having the advantage of the white pieces, outplayed Grandmaster Nguyen Anh Dung of Vietnam in 60 moves.

The Vietnamese opted for the Slav defence and was soon under pressure. Sasikiran pushed his passed pawn on the ‘a’ file to win a piece, and after that, it was a cakewalk for the top seed. International Master Saptarshi Roy lost to Humpy to shatter his chances of making his maiden GM norm. Saptarshi seemed to have done enough to ensure the draw but lost his concentration to blunder away the game. Humpy however maintained her lead.

City-based Grandmaster Chanda exerted pressure throughout his game against Ziaur Rahman to eventually romp home in 39 moves. The Bangladeshi tried out the Modern defence and was put under pressure by Chanda’s central pawn, which eventually decided the issue.

Grandmaster Laznicka of the Czech Republic also remained at the top with an exciting victory over Grandmaster Alberto David of Luxembourg. Even though the Czech had the black pieces he employed the Sicilian defence to slowly consolidate his position. After he got equality he counterattacked to eventually net the full point.

Grandmaster Vladimir Dobrov of Russia had a slugfest against International Master Sundararajan Kidambi of India to leap to the joint second position. The Russian had the advantage of the white pieces and opted for the closed variation against the Indian.

It turned into a brawl when the centre opened and both players attacked each others exposed kings. Dobrov had to play a few defensive moves after which the pressure exerted by his bishop was overbearing for the Indian who resigned on the 28th move. World Junior Champion Ahmed Adly of Egypt also managed to convert a technical endgame in his favour to pocket the full point against International Master Sriram Jha of India.

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