By IANS,
New Delhi: Third seeded Iranian Grandmaster Ehsan Ghaem Maghami defeated International Master Oliver Dimakiling of Philippines in the sixth round to emerge as the sole leader in the 8th Parsvnath International Chess Tournament at the Modern School here Sunday.
With his sixth victory on the trot, Maghami remains the only player in the field to have won all his matches in the tournament so far.
Intense battles on the top boards produced a series of exciting results on the day as overnight joint leader Uzbek Grandmaster Saidali Iuldachev suffered his first defeat in the event at the hands of his Russian counterpart Maxim Turov.
Turov, along with Richard Bitoon of Philippines and Indian International Master M.R. Lalith Babu, who defeated Bangladesh Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman in the sixth round encounter, are now at the second spot with a drift of half point.
The upsets in this edition continued for another day as four Grandmasters suffered shock defeats at the hands of lower rated opponents and another five players had to contend with half a point.
Playing the white side of Queen’s Gambit Accepted variation, promising Indian youngster Lalith Babu overcame Rahaman in 38 moves.
Indian Grandmasters Arun Prasad and Deepan Chakkravarthy suffered defeats against International Master P.D.S. Girinath and Nikolay Tolstikh of Russia respectively.
In another surprising result, seasoned Indian International Master Varugeese Koshy stunned Kazakh Grandmaster Rinat Jumabayev.
Top seed Grandmaster Le Qunag Liem of Vietnam suffered another jolt as he had to settle for another half point against B.T. Murali Krishnan.
K. Priyadharshan held Russian Grandmaster Dmitry Kryakvin to a creditable draw while young Swayams Mishra had the same result against Indian Grandmaster R.R. Laxman.
Local lads Sahaj Grover and Vaibhav Suri brought cheers to the home crowd as Sahaj beat dark horse of the tournament Abhishek Das while Vaibhav held Russian Grandmaster Andrey Gutov in the sixth round encounters.