<p>MR Venkatesh continued to lead the field with 7.5 points after the end of the 10th round of the National Premier Chess Championship at Kshudiram Anushiram Kendra here on Thursday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Venkatesh was followed by GN Gopal and Deep Sengupta in the second spot with seven points each. <br /><br />Results (Round X): GM MR Venkatesh (7.5) drew IM Vidit Gujarathi (6.5); GM GN Gopal (7) bt FM Anurag Mhamal (6); GM Sahaj Grover (5.5) lt to GM Deep Sengupta (7); G Akash (6.5) bt IM Swapnil Dhopade (6); GM Abhijit Kunte (6) drew GM S Arun Prasad (6); GM B Adhiban (6) drew IM S Satyapragyan (5.5); GM Praveen Thipsay (5.5) drew GM SP Sethuraman (5.5); K Praneeth Surya (5) lt to GM Deepan Chakraborthy (6); GM Neelotpal Das (6) bt IM P Kartikeyan (5); Sagar Shah (6) bt IM Debashis Das (5); GM Dibyendu Barua (4.5) lt to GM MR Lalith Babu (5.5); WGM Mary Ann Gomes (5) drew FM Diptayan Ghosh (5); IM Swayams Mishra (5.5) bt Bitan Banerjee (4.5); Murali Kartikeyan (5) bt GM S. Kidambi (4).</p>
<p>MR Venkatesh continued to lead the field with 7.5 points after the end of the 10th round of the National Premier Chess Championship at Kshudiram Anushiram Kendra here on Thursday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Venkatesh was followed by GN Gopal and Deep Sengupta in the second spot with seven points each. <br /><br />Results (Round X): GM MR Venkatesh (7.5) drew IM Vidit Gujarathi (6.5); GM GN Gopal (7) bt FM Anurag Mhamal (6); GM Sahaj Grover (5.5) lt to GM Deep Sengupta (7); G Akash (6.5) bt IM Swapnil Dhopade (6); GM Abhijit Kunte (6) drew GM S Arun Prasad (6); GM B Adhiban (6) drew IM S Satyapragyan (5.5); GM Praveen Thipsay (5.5) drew GM SP Sethuraman (5.5); K Praneeth Surya (5) lt to GM Deepan Chakraborthy (6); GM Neelotpal Das (6) bt IM P Kartikeyan (5); Sagar Shah (6) bt IM Debashis Das (5); GM Dibyendu Barua (4.5) lt to GM MR Lalith Babu (5.5); WGM Mary Ann Gomes (5) drew FM Diptayan Ghosh (5); IM Swayams Mishra (5.5) bt Bitan Banerjee (4.5); Murali Kartikeyan (5) bt GM S. Kidambi (4).</p>