<p>Playing the white side of Sicilian Defence, Gillani overcame his fancied Indian rival in 57 moves at Airport Authority of India Club.<br /><br />On another table, International Master K Rathnakaran escaped from the claws of defeat against lower-rated Surbir Lama of Nepal as they split the points after a marathon encounter that lasted 108 moves while local hope Sriram Jha defeated overnight sole leader veteran GM Praveen Thipsay in 65 moves.<br /><br />IM Tania Sachdev secured sole lead in the women’s section with three points from as many rounds as she beat national champion Kruttika Nadig in 47 moves.<br /><br />Results (Indians otherwise stated): Men, fourth round: Reefat Bin-Sattar (Ban, 0) lt to Ziaur Rahman (Ban, 2.5); Gillani Tunveer (Pak, 2.5) bt Deepan Chakkravarthy (2.5); Amir Karim (Pak, 1) lt to Neelotpal Das (3.5); Sriram Jha (3.5) bt Praveen Thipsay (3); Ahmed Ashraf (Mal, 1) bt Kesav Malla (Bhu, 0); Surbir Lama (Nep, 1.5) drew Rathnakaran (3); Hapuarachchi (SL, 0) bye.<br /><br />Women, third round: Sultana Sharmin Shirin (Ban, 1.5) lt to Nisha Mohota (1.5); Tania Sachdev (3) bt Kruttika Nadig (1.5); Sachini Ranasinghe (SL, 1) bt Monalisa Khumboo (Nep, 0); Swathi Ghate (0.5) bye.</p>
<p>Playing the white side of Sicilian Defence, Gillani overcame his fancied Indian rival in 57 moves at Airport Authority of India Club.<br /><br />On another table, International Master K Rathnakaran escaped from the claws of defeat against lower-rated Surbir Lama of Nepal as they split the points after a marathon encounter that lasted 108 moves while local hope Sriram Jha defeated overnight sole leader veteran GM Praveen Thipsay in 65 moves.<br /><br />IM Tania Sachdev secured sole lead in the women’s section with three points from as many rounds as she beat national champion Kruttika Nadig in 47 moves.<br /><br />Results (Indians otherwise stated): Men, fourth round: Reefat Bin-Sattar (Ban, 0) lt to Ziaur Rahman (Ban, 2.5); Gillani Tunveer (Pak, 2.5) bt Deepan Chakkravarthy (2.5); Amir Karim (Pak, 1) lt to Neelotpal Das (3.5); Sriram Jha (3.5) bt Praveen Thipsay (3); Ahmed Ashraf (Mal, 1) bt Kesav Malla (Bhu, 0); Surbir Lama (Nep, 1.5) drew Rathnakaran (3); Hapuarachchi (SL, 0) bye.<br /><br />Women, third round: Sultana Sharmin Shirin (Ban, 1.5) lt to Nisha Mohota (1.5); Tania Sachdev (3) bt Kruttika Nadig (1.5); Sachini Ranasinghe (SL, 1) bt Monalisa Khumboo (Nep, 0); Swathi Ghate (0.5) bye.</p>