Delhi Chess Open 2012 R4-Six players in joint lead

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Hi everyone,

The chess news from the Parsvnath Delhi International Chess Open is that six players are in joint lead after three rounds. The top boards saw two upsets. IM Vaibhav Suri beat fifth fifth seed GM Andrei Deviatkin on the top board while Diptayan Ghosh beat GM Richard Bitoon of Philippines. 

Grandmasters K Sasikiran and Koneru Humpy being felicitated in New Delhi.

Six players including Suri, Ghosh and IM Master Ashwin Jayaram, who beat Puneet Jaiswal in the fourth round battle, are leading the point table with perfect scores. Top seed Sandipan Chanda also beat Chinese Bai Jinshi but second seed Belarusian GM Aleksej Alexksandrov had to draw with IM B S Shivananda. 

On the occasion, the local chess association also felicitated GM K Sasikiran and Koneru Humpy. 

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GM Aleksandrov Aleksej top seed at Parsvnath Delhi Chess Open 2012

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Hello everyone,

Another nice chess open tournament begins on January 14. It is the 10th Parsvnath International Open Chess Tournament in New Delhi. Here is a list of the top rated participants:
1 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej 2626 BLR
2 GM Kravtsiv Martyn 2601 UKR
3 GM Ulibin Mikhail 2587 RUS
4 GM Deviatkin Andrei 2574 RUS
5 GM Barbosa Oliver 2571 PHI
6 GM Gleizerov Evgeny 2566 RUS
7 GM Oleksienko Mikhailo 2563 UKR
8 GM Kunte Abhijit 2548 IND
9 GM Simantsev Mikhail 2548 UKR
10 GM Sethuraman S P 2543 IND
11 GM Danielsen Henrik 2542 ISL
12 GM Paragua Mark 2522 PHI
13 GM Bitoon Richard 2515 PHI
14 IM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2513 IND
15 GM Gomez John Paul 2506 PHI

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