Bartakke joins leaders

On the top-board Amardeep, with an Elo rating of 2230, did well to force a win after sharing points with Pallavi, on Tuesday in a duel which lasted 75 moves.

Fifth round results: Amardeep Bartakke 4.5 Sat bt G Balaji 3.5 Mum; Udayan Bapat 3.5 Pun lost to Pallavi Shah 4.5 Kol; PG Date 4.5 Mum bt Rashmin Pulekar 3.5 Mum; Ketan Boricha 4 Mum drew with Prathamesh Mokal 3 Pun; Ketan Khaire 4 Pun btSushant Banerji 3 Mum; Rajesh Sapkal 3 Pun lost to Sashikant Kutwal 4 Pun; Prasad Deshmukh 4 Mum bt Pranav Akolkar 3 Pun; Dinesh Bhandarkar 3.5 Mum drew with Omkar Patwardhan 3.5 San; Pandurang Mokote 3 Kol lost to Vinod Bhagwat 4 Nas.