Tirupathi: Continuing his impressive run in the championship, Chennai based G Akash taken the sole lead with six and half points after outwitting Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury of Railways in the seventh encounter of the ongoing National Challengers Chess Championship here at Ramatulasi Kalyana Mandapam on Tuesday.
Playing with black pieces in Sicilian defence game, Akash maneuvered his pieces to good effect in the middle game to outclass his International Master rival in 53 moves.
Meanwhile overnight joint leader Debashis Das is occupying the lone second spot with six points after settling for half point against Diptayan Ghosh of West Bengal in a well fought seventh round game that lasted 106 moves in Slave defence.
A pack of ten players, including International Masters Dinesh Sharma of LIC, B T Murali Krishnan of Railways and Swayams Mishra of Orissa sharing the joint third spot with five and half points.
Important Results
Round-7 :- IM Debashis Das of Orissa (6) drew with FM Diptayan Ghosh of West Bengal (5.5); IM Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury of Railways (5) lost to G Akash of Tamilnadu (6.5); IM Dinesh Sharma of LIC (5.5) drew with Shahikant Kutwal of Railways (5.5); IM Murali Krishnan B T of Railways (5.5) drew with Atul Dahale of Maharashtra (5.5); Krishna CRG of Andhra Pradesh (5.5) drew with Phadke Sohan of Maharashtra (5.5); IM Swayams Mishra of Orissa (5.5) beat Arindam Mukherjee of Railways (4.5); Arun Karthik R of Tamilnadu (5) drew with IM Saptarshi Roy of Railways (5); Himal Gusain of Chandigarh (5.5) beat FM Rajesh VAV of Tamilnadu (4.5); IM Ramnath Bhuvanesh of Tamilnadu (5) drew with Ravi Teja S of Andhra Pradesh (5); IM Chandrashekhar Gokhale of Air India (4.5) lost to Sanjay N of Karnataka (5.5); IM Praveen Kumar C of Railways (5) drew with Arvind Shastry of Karnataka (5); FM Sayantan Das of West Bengal (5) drew with IM Prakash G B of Indian Bank (5); Vikramjit Singh of Railways (5) drew with Ram S Krishnan of Tamilnadu (5); Anurag Mhamal of Goa (5) drew with Rajib Dhar of Assam (5); Vikramaditya Kulkarni of Railways (5) beat Purushothaman T of Andhra Pradesh (4); FM Ramakrishna J of Andhra Pradesh (4) IM S Satyapragyan of Air India (5); G B Joshi of Air India (4) lost to IM Karthikeyan P of PSPB (5); IM Suvrajit Saha of Railways (5) beat Matta Vinay Kumar of Andhra Pradesh (4); Sidhant Mohapatra of Orissa (4.5) drew with IM P Konguvel of PSPB (4.5); IM Girinath PDS of Railways (4.5) drew with WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty of Orissa (4.5)
Round-6 :- G Akash drew with Debashis Das; Diptayan Ghosh drew with Krishna CRG; Sohan Phadke drew with Murali Krishnan B T; Arun Karthik R drew with Swayams Mishra; Kiran Manisha Mohanty lost to Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury; Saptarshi Roy drew with Vikramjit Singh; Rajesh VAV drew with Sayantan Das; Ramnathan Balasubramaniam lost to Dinesh Sharma; Rajib Dhar drew with Praveen Kumar C; Shashikant Kutwal beat Chakravarthi YVK; Ram S Krishnan drew with Chandrashekhar Gokhale; Atul Dahale beat Narayanan S L; Vikramditya Kulkarni drew with Praveen Prasad; S Satyapragyan drew with Joshi GB; Karthikeyan P drew with Sidhant Mohapatra; Utkal Ranjan Sahoo lost to Ramnath Bhuvanesh; Sanjay N beat Pratik Patil; Prakash G B beat Abhimanyu Puranik; Matta Vinay Kumar drew with Sagar Shah; Sudhakar Babu drew with Santu Mondal.
