<p>Adhiban employed the Catalan set-up and then with a fine knight move on his 20th turn won an exchange. As the game simplified, the Italian lost hope and soon gave up on the 25th move, accepting his third successive defeat. With this win, Adhiban moved to 7.5 points to be joint third place with three more rounds to go. <br /><br />Like Adhiban, another Indian to move up the ladder was GM SP Sethuraman, who put it across GM Salem A R Saleh of UAE to move to seven points. <br /><br />On Friday, it was the turn of Polish GM Swiercz Dariusz to inflict defeat on Indian sensation Girish A Koushik on the second table. On Thursday, Armenian GM Robert Hovhannisyan halted giant-killer Koushik’s winning spree for the Indian’s first loss. <br /><br />In the top board game, Armenian Grandmasters Ter Sahakyan Samvel and Hovhannisyan agreed for a quick draw in 31 moves. The lead remained unchanged as Hovhannisyan remained in front with 8.5 points, while Samvel was joined by Dariusz in second place on eight points.</p>.<p>Important results (round ten): Open: Robert Hovhannisyan (Arm, 8.5) drew Ter Sahakyan Samvel (Arm, 8); Swiercz Dariusz (Pol, 8) bt Girish A Koushik (Ind, 7); Sasa Martinovic (Cro, 6.5) lt to Ray Robson (USA, 7.5); B Adhiban (Ind, 7.5) bt Axel Rombaldoni (Ita, 6.5); Aleksandr Shimanov (Rus, 6.5) drew Vasif Durarbeyli (Aze, 7); Ivan Lopez Salgado (Esp, 6) lt to Milos Roganovic (Ser, 7); Sahaj Grover (Ind, 6.5) drew Nils Grandelius (Swe, 6.5); Salem AR Saleh (UAE, 6) lt to SP Sethuraman (Ind, 7); Rasulov Vugar Ural Oglu (Aze, 6.5) drew Krysa Leandro (Arg, 6.5); Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (Ind, 6.5) drew Niclas Huschenbeth (Ger, 6.5); SL Narayanan (Ind, 6) lt to Jan Krejci (Cze, 7).<br />Girls: Ozturk Kubra (Tur, 7) drew Cori T Deysi (Per, 8.5); Girya Olga (Rus, 8.5) bt Mammadova Gulnar Marfat Qizi (Aze, 6.5), Irina Bulmaga (Rom, 7) bt Elena Semenova (Rus, 6.5), Julia Dogodkina (Rus, 7) bt Kulon Klaudia (Pol, 6), Inna Agrest (Swe, 7) bt Michelle Catherina (Ind, 6); Nazi Paikidze (Geo, 6.5) bt Kazimova Narmin Nizami Qizi (Aze, 5.5); Anastasia Savina (Rus, 6) drew Lkhamsuren Uuganbayar (Mgl, 6.5); Nakhbayeva Guliskhan (Kaz, 6) bt Chandika Divyasree (Ind, 5.5); <br /><br /><br /></p>
<p>Adhiban employed the Catalan set-up and then with a fine knight move on his 20th turn won an exchange. As the game simplified, the Italian lost hope and soon gave up on the 25th move, accepting his third successive defeat. With this win, Adhiban moved to 7.5 points to be joint third place with three more rounds to go. <br /><br />Like Adhiban, another Indian to move up the ladder was GM SP Sethuraman, who put it across GM Salem A R Saleh of UAE to move to seven points. <br /><br />On Friday, it was the turn of Polish GM Swiercz Dariusz to inflict defeat on Indian sensation Girish A Koushik on the second table. On Thursday, Armenian GM Robert Hovhannisyan halted giant-killer Koushik’s winning spree for the Indian’s first loss. <br /><br />In the top board game, Armenian Grandmasters Ter Sahakyan Samvel and Hovhannisyan agreed for a quick draw in 31 moves. The lead remained unchanged as Hovhannisyan remained in front with 8.5 points, while Samvel was joined by Dariusz in second place on eight points.</p>.<p>Important results (round ten): Open: Robert Hovhannisyan (Arm, 8.5) drew Ter Sahakyan Samvel (Arm, 8); Swiercz Dariusz (Pol, 8) bt Girish A Koushik (Ind, 7); Sasa Martinovic (Cro, 6.5) lt to Ray Robson (USA, 7.5); B Adhiban (Ind, 7.5) bt Axel Rombaldoni (Ita, 6.5); Aleksandr Shimanov (Rus, 6.5) drew Vasif Durarbeyli (Aze, 7); Ivan Lopez Salgado (Esp, 6) lt to Milos Roganovic (Ser, 7); Sahaj Grover (Ind, 6.5) drew Nils Grandelius (Swe, 6.5); Salem AR Saleh (UAE, 6) lt to SP Sethuraman (Ind, 7); Rasulov Vugar Ural Oglu (Aze, 6.5) drew Krysa Leandro (Arg, 6.5); Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (Ind, 6.5) drew Niclas Huschenbeth (Ger, 6.5); SL Narayanan (Ind, 6) lt to Jan Krejci (Cze, 7).<br />Girls: Ozturk Kubra (Tur, 7) drew Cori T Deysi (Per, 8.5); Girya Olga (Rus, 8.5) bt Mammadova Gulnar Marfat Qizi (Aze, 6.5), Irina Bulmaga (Rom, 7) bt Elena Semenova (Rus, 6.5), Julia Dogodkina (Rus, 7) bt Kulon Klaudia (Pol, 6), Inna Agrest (Swe, 7) bt Michelle Catherina (Ind, 6); Nazi Paikidze (Geo, 6.5) bt Kazimova Narmin Nizami Qizi (Aze, 5.5); Anastasia Savina (Rus, 6) drew Lkhamsuren Uuganbayar (Mgl, 6.5); Nakhbayeva Guliskhan (Kaz, 6) bt Chandika Divyasree (Ind, 5.5); <br /><br /><br /></p>