Panda holds Grebnev; Indians lead in girls’ event
The Hindu
Sambit Panda held the top seed Aleksey Grebnev to a draw, but he wasn’t pleased with the result, though. The second board clash between Manish Cristiano and Rohith S. Krishna was also drawn, and that left Dilshan Liyanage of Sri Lanka and Gilbert Tarigan of Indonesia in the lead position after the fourth round of the Tata Steel Asian junior chess championship here on Monday.
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Sambit Panda held top seed Aleksey Grebnev to a draw, but he wasn’t pleased with the result, though.
The second board clash between Manish Cristiano and Rohith S. Krishna was also drawn, and that left Dilshan Liyanage of Sri Lanka and Gilbert Tarigan of Indonesia in the lead position after the fourth round of the Tata Steel Asian junior chess championship here on Monday.
They have 3.5 points apiece and are followed half-a-point by 12 players, including Panda, who had looked better placed after playing from the white side of a Vienna Game.
“I was a pawn up, and should have been able to build on the advantage,” he said.
In the girls’ section, second seed Saina Salonika, third seed Bommini Mounika Akshaya, G. Tejaswini and V. Rindhiya, all representing the host, are leading the table with 3.5 points.
Five rounds remain.
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