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NEW DELHI: Hot favourite D. Harika crushed Kazakhstan’s Guliskhan Nakhbayeva in 46 moves to enjoy a half-point lead after the girls’ seventh round of the World junior chess championship at Gaziantep, Turkey, on Friday. Harika, at six points, is followed in the joint fourth place by teammate R. Preethi, who pulled off a creditable draw against USA’s Tataev Abrahamyan and reached five points. In the open section, Indians continue to struggle. Abhijeet Gupta paid the price for being too adventurous against Azerbaijan’s Eltaj Safarli and lost in 72 moves. Fellow Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi, seeded 26, easily drew with third-seeded Russian Dmitry Andreikin in just 21 moves. Meanwhile, in Badalona International Open at Badalona, Spain, S. Kidambi moved closer to winning the title and claiming a nine-game Grandmaster norm after beating compatriot Grandmaster P. Magesh Chandran in the eighth round. P. Konguvel added to the joy by moving to the second spot with a victory over Sweden’s Lars Karlsson. The results (involving Indians): World juniors (seventh round): Open: Abhijeet Gupta (4.5) lost to Eltaj Safarli (Aze, 5.5); Dmirty Andreikin (Rus, 4.5) drew with Parimarjan Negi (4.5); Wesley So (Phi, 5) bt S. Arun Prasad (4); Pavel Potapov (Rus, 4) drew with G.N. Gopal (4); Viacheslav Kulakov (Rus, 3) lost to Deep Sengupta (4); Roeland Pruijssers (Ned, 4) bt Vishnu Prasanna (3); Orkhan Abdulov (Aze, 3) lost to Aswin Jayaram (4); Amar Salihovic (Bih, 3) lost to P. Karthikeyan (4); Sahaj Grover (2.5) lost to Daniel Baratosi (Rou, 3.5). Girls: D. Harika (6) bt Guliskhan Nakhbayeva (Kaz, 5); Tatev Abrahmayan (USA, 5) drew with R. Preethi (5); Mary Ann Gomes (4) lost to Turkan Mamedjarova (Aze, 5); Kruttika Nadig (4) lost to Soumya Swaminathan (5); Anastasia Bodnaruk (Rus, 4.5) bt Padmini Rout (4). Badalona International (eighth round): P. Magesh Chandran (6) lost to S. Kidambi (7); P. Konguvel (6.5) bt Lars Karlsson (Swe, 5.5).
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