Turksih IM Kanmazalp Ogulcan (2448) IVth Llucmajor International Open 2015 with a score of 7.5/9, half a point ahead of the second placed Indian GM Vishnu Prasanna (2482) who was adjudged second on tie-break with 7.0/9.
Meanwhile, the other Indian hope, GM Sundararajan Kidambi, could only muster up 5.5/9.
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After 4 rounds of the Zalakaros Open Chess Tournament 2015, GMs Ragger, Boruchovsky and Papp Gabor lead the pack with 3.5/4 each. 12 others closely follow the trio on 3/4, including Indian GM B. Adhiban, who is the 7th seeded player in this strong open.
The other Indians in the fray – IM Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal – have had contrasting results. The former has struggled with a total of 1.5/4 so far while the latter has drawn a couple of higher-rated players and has managed to notch up a total of 2 points.
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GM Vishnu Prasanna kept up his strong performance by winning his round 7 game to move to a 6.0/7. He now shares the lead with three others. The second seed Bulgarian GM Kiril Georgiev meanwhile could not keep up pace and lost to Turkish IM Ogulcan Kanmazalp.
GM Sundararajan Kidambi meanwhile managed to register a win to move to 5.0/7.
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GM Vishnu Prasanna (2482) held GM Andrey Sumets (2563) to a draw to be among the leaders at the end of six rounds at the IVth Llucmajor Chess Tournament in Spain. Ten players in total are tied for the lead at 5.0/6.
GM Sundararajan Kidambi (2427) meanwhile slipped to his second loss to be left stranded at 4.0/6.
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Five players are leading the IVth Llucmajor International Open 2015 at the end of five rounds.
GM Vishnu Prasanna (2482) held the second seeded Bulgarian GM Kiril Georgiev (2616) to a creditable draw to move to 4.5/5. Next up, he will be facing Ukranian GM Andrey Sumets (2563).
GM Sundararajan Kidambi (2427), the other Indian hope in this event, meanwhile won his second straight game to move to 4.0/5.
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The IVth LLucmajor International Open, 2015 saw an upset as early as the third round as top seeded French GM Romain Edouard (2627) lost to GM Carlos Garica (2427) of Italy.
Among the Indians, GM Vishnu Prasanna (2482) moved to 3.0/3 and will be facing GM Garcia in his fourth round game. Meanwhile,GM Sundarajan Kidambi (2427) could not overcome the second seeded Bulgarian GM Kiril Georgiev (2616) and is stuck at 2.0/3.
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The IVth Llucmajor International Chess Open took off to a roaring start with 22 Grandmasters and 25 International Masters competing. French GM Romain Edouard is the top seed of the event.
Two Indian Grandmasters – GM Vishnu Prasanna and GM Sundararajan Kidambi – are in the fray and are tied amongst the leaders at 2.0/2.
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The Nakhchivan Chess Tournament at Azerbaijan witnessed a thrilling finish at the top boards. GM Gadir Guseinov (2612) and GM Eltaj Safarali (2640), both of Azerbaijan, won their respective games at the top boards to tie for first place at 7.0/9.
Among the Indians, GM Abhijeet Gupta (2603) settled for a draw to move to 6.0/9. Remarkably, GM Adhiban (2636), despite a bad start, won his final round game to tie for third place with GM Gupta and seven others at 6.0/9.
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The Nakhchivan Chess Tournament in Azerbaijan is headed off to an exciting finish in the last round with five players tied for lead at 6.0/8.
Among the Indians, GM Abhijeet Gupta (2603) is in close contention with 5.5/6. He will be playing one of the leaders GM Levan Pantsulaia (2603) in the final round. GM Adhiban had been staging a remarkable comeback after a bad start with four consecutive wins. He however settled for a draw in the eighth round to stand at 5.0/8.
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GM Levan Pantsulaia (2603) of Georgia has emerged as the sole leader in the A- group of the Nakhchivan Open, 2015 in Azerbaijan. He leads with a score of 4.0/4.
Among the Indians, GM Abhijeet Gupta (2603) drew with GM Etienne Bacrot (2704) to stay in the hunt with 3.0/4. The only other Indian in the field GM B. Adhiban managed to register a victory over lower rated WGM Narmin Kazimova (2259) to reach 1.5/4.
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