New Delhi (02 Nov 2022):- Four players share the lead with just two rounds remaining in the Asian Continental Chess Championship organized by the All India Chess Federation under the auspices of the Asian Chess Federation and FIDE. Visit chess-results.com to download games.
The seventh round on Tuesday produced some exciting matches and unexpected results. On top board, leader Harsha Bharathakoti (above left) signed the peace treaty with second seed S L Narayanan (above right).
Top seed Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa (photo above, left) won a marathon 137 move game against compatriot Karthikeyan Murali (above right) to move into joint lead with three others at five and half points each.
International Master Koustav Chatterjee (above right) upset two-time national champion Aravindh Chithambaram (above left) to join Praggnanandhaa, Bharathakoti and Shamsiddin Vokhidov of Uzbekistan (below right) at the top. Member of Olympiad Gold medal winning Uzbekistan team, Vokhidov joined the leaders pack after defeating former Asian Champion S P Sethuraman (below left).
A bunch of six players have five points and are in joint second spot. They are S L Narayanan, B Adhiban, Leon Luke Mendonca, Karthik Venkataraman and the Turkmenistan duo of Saparmyat Atabeyev and Maksat Atabayev.
In the women’s section, Nandhidhaa P V (above left) maintained her solo lead and unbeaten run with six points after seven rounds, after signing the peace treaty with Padmini Rout (above right) in 49 moves.
Priyanka Nutakki (photo above) follows in the heels of Nandhidhaa with a drift of half a point after winning her seventh round against Nilufar Yakubbaeva of Uzbekistan.
Padmini Rout, Soumya Swaminathan and Divya Deshmukh are in joint third spot with five points. Soumya posted a win over Nisha Mohota while Divya put it across Rakshitta Ravi.
