IASI Open: GM Sengupta joins two others in lead

Indian GM Deep Sengupta (2571) defeated GM Vladimir Onischuk (2669) to join Ukranian GM Yuriy Kuzubov (2650) and Turkish GM Baris Esen (2563) at 4.5/5.

GM Abhijeet Gupta, GM Vishnu Prasanna and GM Sundararajan Kidambi won their respective games. GM Gupta and GM Prasanna move to 4.5/5 while GM Kidambi has 3.5/5.

Check the Round 6 pairings here.

IASI Open: IM Doncea leads, Four Indians in fray

The 2015 IASI Open began in Romania with four Indians in fray. The end of four rounds saw IM Vladimir Doncea of Romania take sole lead with 4.0/4.

GM Deep Sengupta is tied for second place with 3.5/4 after holding second seeded GM Igor Kovlenko to a draw. GM Abhijeet Gupta and GM Vishnu Prasanna meanwhile had sedate starts to feature at 3.0/4. GM Sudararajan Kidambi is at 2.5/4.

You may check the pairings for Round 5 here.