MUMBAI, JULY 28: Arun Subramaniam powered himself into contention for the Entrant's Division Chess title with an emphatic victory in the fourth round of the play-off league at Zandu Pharmaceutical Works Canteen on Tuesday evening. The first year student of Pendharkar College, Dombivli upstaged Aditya Vora in 35 moves to emerge the sole leader with four points in his kitty.With only two rounds remaining, Arun stands a bright chance of pocketing the crown.Wesley Falcao, a ninth standard student of Carmelite School, Vasai closely follows the leader with 3.5 points after registering a lucky victory over Ganesh Pednekar. Ganesh's brother, Nitin, ensured some solace for the Pednekars, by upsetting top seed Manoj Tawade in an English opening that lasted 45 moves.On the top board, Arun replied with Caro-Kann defence to Aditya's king-pawn opening. Arun claimed four white pawns in all at regular intervals to pocket a full point in the rook and pawn end game. Results (fourth round)Aditya Vora (3) lost to Arun S (4), Prasanna Iyer (3) drew with Vishal Shah (3), Wesley Falcao (3.5) bt G Pednekar (2.5), G Yashodhan (3) bt Manoj Tayade (2), H Ambardekar (3) bt Mugdha V (2), Milind Ketkar (2) lost to Milind Phadnis (3), Ketki Kulkarni (2) lost to Sachin Sale (3), R Kulkarni (2.5) bt Anil Arora (1.5), Leaann A (2) drew with S Anoop (2), Vijay Sherle (1.5) lost to Vishal Sodani (2), Keshav Bhat (1) lost to Dhiraj Gohil (2), I D'Souza (1) lost to Jikku Abraham (2).
