Indians shine in sixth-round

Charudatta Jadhav faced a tactical attack from Lopez of Spain. Jadhav responded with a counter attack in a Kings Indian Defence game. He ultimately won the game in 39 moves.

Vilesh, playing with black pieces, drew his match against Mejias of Andorra. He now has 2.5 ponts.

Shirish Patil, playing with black pieces, lost his game against Staubach of Germany to remain on two points.

With three more rounds to go, top seed Larduet Cuba, third-seed Yatsishin Ukrain, fifth-seed Sudar Poland, and 10th seed Gunajew Poland are leading jointly with five points each.

Second seed Tamayo Cuba, unseeded Konev Ukrain, 15th-seed Pohlers Germany and 17th-seed Lindenmair Germany are jointly on the second position half-a-point behind the leaders at 4.5 points a piece.

There was another reason for Indians to celebrate. The coach of the Indian team, SR Mohandas, who is on the championship Appeals Committee, was recommended for IBSA International Chess Arbiter by the Technical Sub-Committee.

Results of top five players Round VI: Tamayo 4.5 drew with Larduet 5, Aguilar 4 lost to Yatsishin 5, Dobierzin 4 lost to Sudar 5, Gunajew 5 beat Qadiri 4, Bischoff 3.5 lost to Konev 4.5.

Results of Indian players Round VI: Tulio lost to Madan Bagayatkar, Charudatta Jadhav beat Lopez, Mejias drew with Vilesh Bhatt, Staubach beat Shishir Patil.