Grandmaster Lalit Babu and International Master Arsen Davtyan drew their sixth round on the top board, and were joined by three others in the lead with 5.5 points in the Aurionpro Grandmaster chess tournament at the World Trade Centre on Saturday.
Manuel Petrosyan exchanged a rook for a bishop and plotted his way to victory in 39 moves, against Alexander Slizhevsky.
Mamikon Gharibyan was spectacular, as he sacrificed his bishop to open the attack and sealed victory in 38 moves, against Boris Savchenko. Aleksej Aleksandrov was the other player with 5.5 points as he beat Luka Paichadze.
In the under-13 section, top seed Aansh Nerurkar and Madhesh Kumar drew their sixth round to be in joint lead with 5.5 points. Madhesh was also doing well in the main event with five points following a victory over Vedant Varasada.
The results (sixth round): Lalit Babu 5.5 drew with Arsen Davtyan 5.5; Nayaka Budhidharma 5 drew with Levan Pantsulaia 5; Manuel Petrosyan 5.5 bt Alexander Slizhevsky 4.5; Aleksej Aleksandrov 5.5 bt Luka Paichadze 4.5; Mamikon Gharibyan 5.5 bt Boris Savchenko 4.5; Mihail Nikitenko 5 bt Viresh Sharnarthi 4; Soumya Swaminathan 4 lost to Tornike Sanikidze 5; Deepan Chakkravarthy 5 bt Hrishikesh Kumar 4; Advik Agrawal 4 lost to Duc Hoa Nguyen 5; Yohan Yadav 4 lost to Alexei Fedorov 5; Aamuktha Guntaka 4 lost to Neelotpal Das 5; Nithin Babu 4.5 drew with Sri Sandipagu 4.5; Arnav Koli 4 lost to Van Huy Nguyen 5; Rachit Gurnani 4.5 drew with David Gochelashvili 4.5; Madhesh Kumar 5 bt Vedant Varasada 4.
Under-13: Aansh Nerurkar 5.5 drew with Madhesh Kumar 5.5; Madhvendra Sharma 5 bt Ramesh Goutham 4.5; Advik Agrawal 5 bt Siddhant Salunke 5; Aadik Lenin 5 bt Shubh Atha 4; Shaunak Badole 5 bt Advik Reddy 4; Andalamala Varshan 4 lost to Mitra Adhiraj 5; Ramanuj Mishra 5 bt Kushagra Paliwal 4; Mahir Taneja 4 ost to Jagreet Misra 4.5.
Published – June 21, 2025 08:01 pm IST
