Abhijeet Gupta held for a draw but retains lead in Pune International Grandmaster

Pune, Jul 6 (PTI) Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta was on Monday held for a draw by IM Akshay Borgaonkar but retained sole lead after the seventh round of the Pune International Grandmaster Round Robin chess tournament here. Gupta remained at the top position with a total of 5.5 points. Advik Agarwal registered an impressive victory over compatriot Nitish Belurkar to climb to fourth place in the standings with 4 points. IM Kushagra Mohan defeated Belarusian GM Fedorov Alexei to move into third place with 5 points, whereas India’s IM Ashwath S continued his fine run by defeating Belarusian GM Alexey Alexandrov, maintaining second place with 5 points. LMST de Silva from Sri Lanka recorded a convincing victory over USA’s FIDE Master Vaidyanathan Kannan. Results (round 7): GM Fedorov Alexei lost to IM Kushagra Mohan; FM Advik Agrawal bt IM Nitish Belurkar; GM Aleksej Aleksandrov lost to IM Ashwath S; IM Akshay Borgaonkar drew with GM Abhijeet Gupta; FM Vaidyanathan Kannan lost to IM LMST de Silva. PTI DDV APA APA