May 19, 2017 8:32 PM

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Indian GM Gujrathi climbs to top spot in Asian chess tourney

Indian Grand Master Vidit S Gujrathi with six points after eight rounds moved into the top spot in the open section of the Asian Chess Championship at Chengdu, China, today. In the eighth round, Gujrathi, scored a 40-move win over Chinese GM Jinshi Bai to move to the top. Four other players are also on six points including three GMs from China. Among the other Indians, S P Sethuraman and Aravind Chithambaram are placed 10th and 11th with five points. B Adhiban is in 15th spot while his Tamil Nadu teammate Karthikeyan Murali occupies the 16th place. In the women's event, R Vaishali with 5.5 points slid to 4th position.Another Indian Mary Ann Gomes (5.5 points) climbed to the third spot. One more round remains to be played in the tournament.

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