Swapnil Shah sole leader

Mumbai, June 7: Swapnil Shah (Maharashtra) emerged sole leader with five out of five points in the National B Chess Tournament for the Bli...

Mumbai, June 7: Swapnil Shah (Maharashtra) emerged sole leader with five out of five points in the National B Chess Tournament for the Blind, sponsored by Global Telesystems and All-India Chess Federation for the Blind, at the Andheri Sports Complex, on Wednesday.

After the fifth-round, it seems that Maharashtra are going to give a tough time for the other states with six of their players leading in the top ten boards in this selection tournament.

Swapnil Shah trapped his opponent Ramesh Kumar Narwal (Haryana) in the opening itself and won easily.

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Shah is closely followed by Gaurav Gadodia (Mah), Suryakant Raut (Mah) lying in the second spot with 4.5 points each.

Chiradan Mesaria (Guj), Sanjay Karendikar (Mah), Rakesh Kumar Narwal (Har), Rajesh Ojhe (Mah), N Siddaiya (AP), Pandya Rajan (TN), Vasant Patil (Mah), P Balram (Ker), Rajesh Rajput (Guj) and Vijay Gauli (Mah) are in third position with four points each.

Results of 5th round of top ten boards: Swapnil Shah (Mah) 5 bt Rakesh Kumar Narwal (Mah) 4, Gaurav Gododia (Mah) 4.5 bt Rajesh Ojhe (Mah) 4, Dinesh Bhura (Guj) 3.5 lost to Suryakant Raut (Mah) 4.5, Mahipal Singh (Har) drew with Chiranjan Mesaria (Guj) 4, Siddaiya (AP) 4 bt Shobha Lokande (Mah) 3, Pandya Rajan (TN) 4 bt Puran Singh (Har) 3, Vasant Patil (Mah) 4 bt Kishan Kumar Malik (Har) 3, P Balraman (Ker) 4 bt Amardeep Nanda (HP) 3, Rajesh Rajput (Guj) 4 bt Samuel Manohar (TN) 3, Vijay Gauli (Mah) 4 bt Pramod Mistri (Mah) 3.

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