Sriram Jha emerges sole leader

MUMBAI, Dec 10: LIC's Sriram Jha (eight points) and Atanu Lahiri (7.5) have moved ahead of the field after nine rounds in the Independenc...

MUMBAI, Dec 10: LIC’s Sriram Jha (eight points) and Atanu Lahiri (7.5) have moved ahead of the field after nine rounds in the Independence Cup Chess Tournament here today.

Jha defeated IM Sudhakar Babu (Indian Bank) while Lahiri won in just 17 moves against IM Verghese Koshy (ONGC).

In the upsets of the day, Rashmin Pulekar drew with former national champion, Ponnuswamy Konguvel, while GM Dibyendu Barua (Tisco) and Rahul Shetty (Indian Airlines) were likely to be held by their weaker opponents, N Sanjay and Ramkrishna Kashelkar respectively.

RESULTS

Round 10:

Sriram Jha (2230 International rating points) 8 points bt IM Sudhakar Babu (2335) 6.5 in 39 moves; Atanu Lahiri (2310) 7.5 bt IM Verghese Koshu (2340) 6 in 17 moves; V Saravanan (2390) 7 bt Amardeep Bartakke (2220) 6 in 28 moves; IM Shekar Sahu (2290) 7 bt Ketan Boricha (2225) 6 in 22 moves; Vedant Goswami (2230) 6 lost to Hari Om Sharma (2235) 7 in 40 moves; Anup Deshmukh (2430) 6 drew with Dilip Pagay (2230) 6 in 28 moves; SaptarshiRoy Choudhary (2190) 6.5 bt Dinesh Kumar Sharma (2375) 5.5 in 35 moves; Arghyadip Das (2170) 6 drew with SJ Kamath (2240) 6 in 22 moves.