4-way tie at the top

But even as the scoreboard positions started getting clearer, there was a period of confusion at the tournament today. With most of the games still on, the lights at the Indira Gandhi Stadium suddenly went off. Players were asked to leave their boards as the organisers tried to arrange for emergency lighting. Then after a period of around 10 minutes, the electricity was restored and the players got back to business.

Earlier, top-seed Alexei Dreev offered youngster Rohit G, in top form at the tournament, a draw after 26 moves. Egypt8217;s Ahmad Adly and and Ziaur Rahman also played out one.

That leaves Dreev, Adly, Rohit and Adhiban at top with 7.5 points each. The chasing pack has 13 names. The 14-year-old Adhiban, who is likely to get his first IM norm after this result, said it was Chakkravarthy8217;s errors in the middle-game that helped him get a foothold and he held onto his advantage.

Other results: Abhijeet Gupta drew with Neelotpal Das, Arun S Prasad drew with MR Venkatesh, SS Ganguly bt Poobesh S Anand, Al-Rakib Abdullah bt Sarwat Walaa, Enamul Hossain bt Sriram Jha, K Rathnakaran bt Praveen Thipsay, Safin Shukhrat bt Swapnil S Dhopade, N Murshed bt Roktim Bandopadhayay, Dibyendu Barua drew with PDS Girinath.