Laxman, Rozum share lead

Chennai based Grandmaster R.R. Laxman (7) of ICF shared the lead with GM Ivan Rozum (Russia) after the eighth round of the 10th Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess tournament 2018 for Sakthi Group Dr. N. Mahalingam Trophy at The Vijay Park Hotel here on Tuesday.

Grandmaster Laxman (7.0) overcame his teammate and fellow Grandmaster Deepan Chakkravarthy in a Tarrasch game that lasted 40 moves.

Rozum scored over defending champion GM Tukhaev Adam of Ukraine in the top board. The Reti game played out by the GMs saw the Russian taking the upper hand in an exchange up position and converting it into a fine win after 41 moves.

Important results (Eighth round) (Indians unless specified) : Adam Tukhaev (Ukr) 6 lost to Ivan Rozum (Rus) 7; J. Deepan Chakkravarthy (6) lost to R.R. Laxman (7); Marat Dzhumaev (Uzb) 6.5 bt Sergei Tiviakov (Ned) 5.5; S. Nitin (6) drew with Vitaly Sivuk (Ukr) 6; Marcos Llaneza Vega (Esp) 6 drew with Suat Atalik (Tur) 6; Roeland Pruijssers (Ned) 6 drew with A.L. Muthaiah (6); Arjun Erigaisi (6.5) bt P. Karthikeyan (5.5); Karthik Venkataraman (6) drew with Sidhant Mohapatra (6); N.R. Visakh (6.5) bt P. Saravana Krishnan (5.5), Tuan Minh Tran (Vie) 6 bt V. Pranav (5.5); Timur Gareyev (USA) 6 bt Vikramjit Singh (5); Yuri Solodovnichenko (Ukr) 6 bt Mithil Ajgaonkar (5); Arjun Tiwari (5) lost to Adam Horvath (Hun) 6.