MTO: Karthik joins Karthikeyan in the lead, GMT: Aravindh lets Fedoseev escape
MTO : Mustafa - Karthikeyan: 0.5-0.5
Karthik - Pranav
GM Karthik Venkataraman (2540) sacrificed an exchange ten moves ago. GM Pranav Anand's (2566) 26...d4? allowed 27.Qh5! beautiful rook sacrifice Qxh1+ 28.Ka2 Kxg7 29.Qxf7+ Kh6 30.Qf6+ Kh7 31.Qf5+ Kg7 32.Qg5+ Kh7 33.f5 Rc6 34.Qh5+ Kg7 35.Qf7+ Kh6 36.f6 Re5 37.Qg7+ Kh5 38.Bf7+ and White won. This win put Karthik in the lead with GM Karthikeyan Murali at 6.5/8 each.
GMT: Aravindh - Fedoseev, Final Round 1
GM Aravindh Chithambaram (2724) had to play 33.Ne2 to reinforce f4. A move ago 32.f4 would have ran into Rxf4. That would not have been possible if he had played 33.Ne2. The game continued 33.Re3? and it ended in a draw after a dozen more moves.
Scoring
Classical: 4 points for a win; 1½ point for a draw; 0 point for a loss.
Rapid: 2 points for a win; 1 point for a draw; 0 point for a loss.
Blitz: 1 point for a win; ½ point for a draw; 0 point for a loss.
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| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | GM | Karthikeyan, Murali | IND | 2650 | 6,5 | 0 | 34,00 | 39 |
| 2 | 6 | GM | Karthik, Venkataraman | IND | 2540 | 6,5 | 0 | 31,75 | 35,5 |
| 3 | 5 | GM | Pranav, Anand | IND | 2566 | 6 | 0 | 31,25 | 40,5 |
| 4 | 4 | GM | Yilmaz, Mustafa | TUR | 2586 | 6 | 0 | 30,75 | 38,5 |
| 5 | 3 | GM | Pranesh, M | IND | 2592 | 6 | 0 | 28,25 | 35 |
| 6 | 2 | GM | Bok, Benjamin | NED | 2593 | 6 | 0 | 27,75 | 35 |
| 7 | 9 | IM | Dau, Khuong Duy | VIE | 2456 | 6 | 0 | 27,00 | 36 |
| 8 | 8 | IM | Poh, Yu Tian | MAS | 2458 | 6 | 0 | 26,25 | 35 |
| 9 | 10 | GM | Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran | IND | 2454 | 6 | 0 | 26,25 | 34,5 |
| 10 | 33 | FM | Soo, Kai Jie | AUS | 2240 | 6 | 0 | 25,50 | 35,5 |
