Akash beat Mishra to maintain sole lead

Tirupathi (23 May 12): Overnight sole leader G Akash of Tamilnadu outwitted fifth seed International Master Swayms Mishra of Odisha to extend his lead to full point in the ongoing 50th National Challengers Chess Championship here on today.

Akash was a class act on Wednesday afternoon with his white pieces against Mishra in a Ruy Lopez game as he put enormous pressure with his Knight against his International Master rival in the end game to post an emphatic victory in 53 moves to take his tally to seven and half points.

G Akash & Swayams Mishra

Third seed Debashis Das signed the peace treaty with N Sanjay of Karnataka while sixth seed Diptayan Ghosh defeated Himal Gusain of Chandigarh and CRG Krishna of Andhra Pradesh got better off Atul Dahale of Maharashtra to share the second spot with six and half points.

Meanwhile top seed and defending champion Vikramaditya Kulkarni’s title defending hopes diminished further as he surrendered his eighth round match against seasoned International Master Sudhakar Babu of Indian Bank in just 23 moves.

Five more rounds remaining in this thirteen round Swiss System championship which will conclude on Monday.

Diptayan Ghosh & Himal Gussain

Important Results Round 8: G Akash of Tamilnadu (7.5) beat IM Swayam Mishra of Odisha (5.5); Sanjay N of Karnataka (6) drew with IM Debashis Das of Odisha (6.5); FM Diptayan Ghosh of West Bengal (6.5) beat Himal Gusain of Chandigarh (5.5); Sohan Phadke of Maharahstra (6) drew with IM Dinesh Sharma of LIC (6); Shahikant Kutwal of Railways (6) drew with IM Murali Krishnan B T of Railways (6); Atul Dahale of Maharashtra (5.5) lost to Krishna CRG of Andhra Pradesh (6.5); IM Sudhakar Babu of Indian Bank (6) beat IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni of Railways (5); IM S Satyapragyan of Air India (5.5) drew with Anurag Mhamal of Goa (5.5); IM Karthikeyan P of PSPB (5.5) drew with IM Singh D P of Railways (5.5); S Ravi Teja of Andhra Pradesh (5.5) drew with IM Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury of Railways (5.5); IM Saptarshi Roy of Railways (6) beat IM Anup Deshmukh of LIC (5); Arvind Shastry of Karnataka (5.5) drew with IM Suvrajit Saha of Railways (5.5); Rajib Dhar of Assam (5.5) drew with IM Ramnath Bhuvanesh of Tamilnadu (5.5); Ram S Krishnan of Tamilnadu (5.5) drew with IM Praveen Kumar C of Railways (5.5); IM Atanu Lahiri of LIC (6) beat FM Sayantan Das of West Bengal (5); IM Rahul Sangma of Railways (5.5) drew with P Praveen Prasad of Andhra Pradesh (5.5); IM Prakash G B of Indian Bank (5.5) drew with Vikramjit Singh of Railways (5.5); Abhilash Reddy M L of Andhra Pradesh (5.5) drew with Arun Karthik R of Tamilnadu (5.5); FM Rajesh VAV of Tamilnadu (5) drew with Vignesh N R of Tamilnadu (5.5); IM P Konguvel of PSPB (5) drew with Pratik Patil of Maharahstra (5).

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Atul Dahale & CRG Krishna

50th National Challengers Chess Championship

Tirupathi (20 May 12): Three players including World Under-18 bronze medalist International Master Debashis Das of Orissa share the lead with four points from as many rounds of the ongoing 50th National Challengers Chess Championship here at Ramatulasi Kalyana Mandapam on Sunday.

Playing black side of Queen’s Gambit Accepted variation, Das displayed sheer skills in the Queen and Pawn ending to garner full point against his Karnataka rival Arvind Shastry in 45 moves.

International Master Saptarshi Roy of Railways and G Akash of Tamilnadu joined Das at the top of point table after defeating Vignesh N R of Tamilnadu and Women Grandmaster Kiran Manisha Mohanty of Orissa respectively.

In a surprising result, second seed International Master S Satyapragyan crumbled under time pressure to hand over full point to his Andhra Pradesh rival P Praveen Prasad in a keenly contested fourth round encounter.

Earlier in the third round, top seed and defending champion Vikramaditya Kulkarni signed the peace treaty with International Master R Balasubramaniam after a marathon match that lasted 123 moves while second seed International Master S Satyapragyan settled for half point against E P Nirmal of Kerala and talented Orissa youngster Utkal Ranjan Sahoo outwitted International Master C Praveen Kumar of Railways.

Important Results

Round-4 :- Aravind Shastry of Karnataka (3) lost to IM Debashis Das of Orissa (4); FM Diptayan Ghosh of West bengal (3.5) drew with IM Chandrashekhar Gokhale of Air India (3.5); IM Saptarshi Roy of Railways (4) beat Vignesh N R of Tamilnadu (3); Sohan Phadke of Maharshtra (3.5) drew with Anurag Mhamal of Goa (3.5); Utkal Ranjan Sahool (3.5) drew with Arun Karthik R of Tamilnadu (3.5); WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty of Orissa (3) lost to G Akash of Tamilnadu (4); Himal Gusain of Chandigarh (2.5) lost to Vikramaditya Kulkarni of Railways (3.5); IM Satyapragyan S of Air India (2.5) lost to P Praveen Prasad of Andhra Pradesh (3.5); Nirmal E P of Kerala (2.5) lost to Swayams Mishra of Orissa (3.5); IM Ramnathan Balasubramaniam of Railways (3) drew with Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury of Railways (3); G B Joshi of Air India (3) drew with IM Suvrajit Saha of Railways (3); T J Suresh Kumar of Railways (2.5) lost to IM Dinesh Sharma of LIC (3.5); Matta Vinay Kumar of Andhra Pradesh (2.5) lost to IM Ramnath Bhuvanesh R of Tamilnadu (3.5); N Sanjay of Karnataka (3) drew with Vikramjit Singh of Railways (3); Murali Krishnan B T of Railways (3.5) beat Sidhant Mohapatra of Orissa (2.5); Srinath Rao S V of Chattisgarh (2.5) lost to CRG Krishna of Andhra Pradesh (3.5); Shashikant Kutwal of Railways (3.5) beat Pratik Patil of Maharashtra (2.5); Ram S Krishnan of Tamilnadu (3.5) beat Abhimanyu Puranik fof Maharashtra (2.5); IM Sudhakar Babu of Indian Bank (3) drew with YVK Chakravarthi of Andhra Pradesh (3); Syed Anwar Shazuli of Railways (3) drew with Dhulipala Bala Chandra Prasad of Andhra Pradesh (3).