S.P. Sethuraman defeated overnight leader Deep Sengupta in the seventh round of the SIB-CMS 52nd National Premier chess championship at the CMS College here on Friday.
Despite the defeat, Deep along with Sethuraman and M.R. Lalith Babu, with 4.5 points each, were in the lead.
The results (seventh round): P. Shyam Nikhil (TN, 3) bt V.A.V. Rajesh (TN, 1.5), P. Karthikeyan (Rly, 3.5) drew with Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (PSPB, 3.5), Sahaj Grover (Del, 4) bt Abhijit Kunte (PSPB, 3), R.R. Laxman (Rly, 2) lost to M.R. Lalith Babu (PSPB, 4.5), Swayams Mishra (Odi, 2) bt P.D.S. Girinath (Rly, 2), S.P. Sethuraman (PSPB, 4.5) bt Deep Sengupta (PSPB, 4.5).
