Grandmaster-in-waiting V Vishnu Prasanna continued his dream run and held Argentine GM Sandro Mareco to a draw but Abhijeet Gupta suffered a shock defeat in the fifth round of the Grand Europe Albena International Chess Tournament here.
Abhijeet lost to Brazilian International Master Roberto Junio Brito Molina.
The draw helped Vishnu stay in joint lead with 4.5 points and the Indian now shares the podium with Mareco, Armenian duo of Tigran Petrosian and Hrant Melkumyan and Vladislav Nevednichy of Romania.
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