Ulibin sole leader

CALCUTTA, FEB 10: Grandmaster Mihail Ulibin of Russia became the sole leader in the 10th Goodricke International Open Chess Tournament at Gorky Sadan here. Ulibin (4.5) is closely followed by GM Alexie Federov, GM Dorian Rogozenko, GM Roman Slobodjan, GM Alexander Wojtkiewicz, GM Maxim Sorokan and GM Evegeny Gleizherov, all on four points.

GM Dibyendu Barua (3) lost to Evegeny Gleizerov, while CS Gokhale held GM Komliakov to a draw. DK Sharma played safe to hold IWM M Saritha Reddy. K Sashikiran, however, lost to GM Alexander Wojtkiewicz.