JOIN USIndian Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi put his second round debacle behind and defeated Mongolian Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan to jump to joint sixth spot after the end of the fourth round of Asian Chess Championship here.
It’s a five-way lead at the top with 3.5 points each and Negi is in the next set of those who have three points.
However, S P Sethuraman’s excellent run ended after he misplayed and went down to Ding Liren of China.
After equalising easily, Sethuraman missed the thread in the endgame and had to pay dearly as Liren made no mistakes.
Important and results (round 4, Indians unless stated): Open: Yu Yangyi (Chn, 3.5) drew with Liu Qingnan (Chn, 3.5); Ding Liren (Chn, 3.5) bt S P Sethuraman (2.5); Megaranto Susanto (Ina, 3.5) bt Zhao Jun (Chn, 2.5); Oliver Barbosa (Phi, 3.5) bt Anjas Novita (Ina, 2.5); Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan (Mgl, 2) lt to Parimarjan Negi (3); Nezad Husein Aziz (Qat, 2.5) drew with Vidit Gujrathi (2.5); Abhijeet Gupta (2.5) bt Jan Emmanuel Garcia (Phi, 1.5); Deepan Chakkravarthy (2) drew with B Adhiban (2); Wan Yunguo (Chn, 2.5) bt M R Venkatesh (1.5); N Srinath (2) drew with Darwin Laylo (Phi, 2); G N Gopal (2) bt Qu Yanqiao (Chn, 1).
Women: Batchimeg Tuvshintugs (Mgl, 3) lt to Irine Sukandar Kharisma (Ina, 4); Ding Yixin (Chn, 3) drew with Zhao Xue (Chn, 3); Munguntuul Batkhuyag (Mgl, 3); drew with Nguyen Thi Thanh An (Vie, 3); Tan Zhongyi (Chn, 2.5) drew with Hoang Thi Bao Tram (Vie, 3); Tania Sachdev (3) drew with Guliskhan Nakhbayeva (Kaz, 2); Le Kieu Thien Kim (Vie, 2.5) drew with Eesha Karavade (2.5); Yanjindulam Dulamsuren (Mgl, 2) lt to Nisha Mohota (3); Mary Ann Gomes (2.5) bt B Pratyusha (1.5); Swathi Ghate (2.5) bt Padmini Rout (1.5); Nafisa Muminova (Uzb, 2) drew with Kiran Manisha Mohanty (2).