Kolkata: Four Grandmasters and two International Masters shared the lead with 3.5 points each after the end of the fourth round of the SREI International Grandmasters Chess Tournament here today.
On the top board, GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan drew with GM Valeriy Neverov, while second seed GM Ivan Popov outwitted GM Levon Babujian as the trio remained on top alongside a fourth GM Marat Dzhumaev on the leader board.
There were also impressive performances from two IMs -- Mikhail Mozharov and Jacek Stopa -- who shared the lead with four GMs after four rounds.
Top Board Results (Round 4)
GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (3.5) drew GM Valeriy Neverov (3.5); GM Levon Babujian (3) lost to GM Ivan Popov (3.5); GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly (3) drew GM Hovik Hayrapetyan (3); GM R R Laxman (3) drew GM Vladislav Borovikov (3); GM Marat Dzhumaev (3.5) b GM Sinisa Drazic (2.5); IM Murali Karthikeyan (3) drew GM Tornike Sanikidze (3); IM Bhuvanesh R Ramnath (2.5) lost to IM Mikhail Mozharov (3.5); IM Narayanan Srinath (2.5) lost to IM Jacek Stopa (3.5); GM Ziatdinov Raset (2.5) drew GM Deep Sengupta (2.5); GM Merab Gagunashvili (3) bt Suvrajit Saha (2); Azer Mirzoev (2.5) drew Nr Vignesh (2.5); S Ravi Teja(2) lost to GM Niaz Murshed (3).
