GM Srinath Narayanan of India (above left) grabbed solo lead with maximum 4 points after end of the 4th round in the $55,000 Sheikh Russel International Grand Masters Chess Competition-2021. The event marks the occasion of the birth anniversary of Shahid Sheikh Russel, the youngest son of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The Sheikh Russell International Grand Masters Chess Competition is sponsored by Saif Powertech Limited and organized by the Bangladesh Chess Federation. At stake are a total of $55,000 in cash prizes. Visit chess-results.com for round by round results, standings and to download games.
Six players share 2nd position with 3½ points each. They are: Asadli Vugar and Iskandarov Misratdin of Azerbaijan, GM Mosadeghpour Masoud and IM Mousavi Seyed Khalil of Iran and GM Shyam Sundar and IM Mitrabha Guha of India.
Twelve players earned 3 points each. They are: GM Sergey Tiviakov of Netherlands (above right), GM Bernadskiy Vitaliy and GM Andrey Sumets of Ukraine, GM Rasulov Vugar of Azerbaijan, GM G A Stany, GM Debashis Das, GM P Karthikeyan, GM R R Laxman, GM Himanshu Sharma, IM Neelash Saha, IM Aditya Mittal of India IM Abdisalimov Abdimalik of Uzbekistan.
GM Niaz Murshed (above right), GM Eanmul Hossain Razib, IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman and IM Mohammad Minhaz Uddin earned 2½ points each after 4th round.