Babu sole leader

SANGLI, MAY 15 : International Master N Sudhakar Babu 5 of Indian Bank took the lead with a fighting win over Roktim Bandopadhyay 4 of W Bengal at the end of fifth round of SK Vaidya memorial international rating chess tournament being played at Sangli today.Fourteen-year-old S Kidambi 4 of TN held International Master Arun Vaidya 4 to a creditable draw. Former National champion S Nasir Ali 4.5 of UP held fifth seeded V Sarvanan 4.5 to a draw after a struggle lasting seven hours in King8217;s Indian Defence.

Important results 5th round: Rahul Shetty 4.5 drew with TS Ravi 4.5, NS Babu 5 bt R Bandopadhyay 4, S Nasir Ali 4.5 drew with V Sarvanan 4.5, PDS Girinath 4 drew with V Koshy 4, Ravi Hegde 4 drew with Manthan Choksi 4, S Kidambi 4 drew with Arun Vaidya 4, DK Golvankar 3.5 lost to RK Mishra 4.5, Dilip Pagay 3 lost to P Konguvel 4, GB Prakash 4 bt Anupama Gokhale 3, AL Kasi 3 lost to Anup Deshmukh 4, Yogesh Gore 3.5 drew with Vikas Sharma 3.5, K Panditrao 4 bt R Pulekar 3, Moti Ram 4 bt LG Sharma 3, N Neelakantan 4 bt HK Mandhare 3, HO Sharma 3 lost to P Pendalwar 4, RD Subramanian 4 bt R Sridharan 3, N Sanjay 4 bt NR Raghuraman 3, P Mangal 3 lost to A Bartakke 4, M mandol 2 lost to Mrunalini Kunte 3.