Leiden (The Netherlands), July 13:
Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi rose to the occasion and put it across Bartosz Socko of Poland to jump to joint lead after the sixth round of the Leiden International chess tournament here.
After the lone rest day, the Asian champion Indian in the fray put in his best and Socko did not know what hit him right from the opening. This was Negi’s fourth victory in the tournament besides two draws that he conceded in round two and four.
Negi now shares the lead with David Howell of England and Evgeny Vorobiov of Russia on five points apiece. It’s an eight-way tie for the third spot currently including Indian Grandmasters M R Lalith Babu and S Arun Prasad.
Lalith Babu came good in defense after being pushed to the wall by Bosnian Grandmaster Predrag Nikolic while Arun Prasad cruised past local hope Peter Ypma. The other Indian in the fray — S Kidambi — got a walk over in this round to move to four points. (PTI)
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