Chandigarh: Himal Gusain and Pardeep Singh Negi ended the fifth round with 4½ points to take lead by half point at the ongoing 23rd Chandigarh Chess Championship being held at St Xavier’s Senior Secondary School, Sector 44, here on Saturday.

Points position: 4½ points: Gusain Himal, Pardeep Singh Negi; four points: Naveen Bansal, Tarini Goyal, Goyal Arunima, Chander Mohan Sharma; 3½ points: Piyush Manuja, Sunil Bansal; 3 points: Vohra Abhinandan, Nitin, Rahul Arora, Vipan Negi, Hitesh Issar, Jaskeerat Singh, Shweta, Manveer Singh, Rishabh Jain; 2½ points: Kritika Kapila, Manmohan Singh, Navneet Kaur Ahuja, Jashan Singh; 2 points: Aryan Oswal, Lakshay Bhatia, Kashish Jain, Levanshu, Shishir Lamba, Harpreet Singh, Mauraya Mahajan, AS Chopra; 1½ points: Mohit Thakur, 1 point: Abhinav, Mohit Chaudhary, Mayank Verma, Hitesh, Anhat.

By Indian Sports News Network