{"id":2160,"date":"2012-01-21T13:37:12","date_gmt":"2012-01-21T13:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=2160"},"modified":"2012-01-21T13:37:12","modified_gmt":"2012-01-21T13:37:12","slug":"paragua-joins-barbosa-a-gomez-at-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=2160","title":{"rendered":"Paragua joins Barbosa &#038; Gomez at top"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New Delhi: <\/strong>Filipino Grandmaster Mark Paragua defeated Indian  International Master Debashis Das in the ninth round to join countrymen  Oliver Barbosa and Gomez John Paul to share the lead with seven and half  points in the ongoing 10th Parsvnath International Grandmasters Chess  Tournament at Ludlow Castle Sports Complex on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" title=\"Mark Paragua\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/mark%20paragua.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Mark Paragua\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: left; margin: 6px;\" \/><\/a>Playing  with white pieces in Semi-Slav variation, Paragua showed sheer  attacking game with three continues piece sacrifices in the middle of  game to garner full point against his Indian rival in 36 moves.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Kolkata  based Diptayan Ghosh achieved his first International Master norm after  signing the peace with World Under-12 Gold medalist Karthikeyan Murali  in the ninth round while Zeng Chongsheng of China lost his ninth round  encounter against Indian International Master Lalith Babu but secured  his International Master norm during the process. <\/p>\n<p>In other  important ninth round matches, overnight joint leaders Oliver Barbosa  and Gomez John Paul settled for half point against Russian Grandmaster  Evgeny Gleizerov and International Master Shyam Nikil respectively to  maintain their pole position in the point table.\u00a0 In a major upset in  the ninth round, playing with black pieces in Najdorf variation of  Sicilian defence game, Delhi youngster Hemant Sharma shocked Uzbek  Grandmaster Marat Dzhumaev .<\/p>\n<p>Eleven players including  International Master Rathnkaran K, who held higher seeded Grandmaster  Andrei Deviatkin of Russia in the ninth round, are closely following the  three leaders with a drift of half point.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><strong>Important Results (Indians otherwise stated) :-\u00a0 <br \/><\/strong><br \/>Round-9  :-\u00a0 GM Barbosa Oliver of Philippines (7.5) drew with GM Evgeny  Gleizerov of Russia (7); IM Shyam Nikil (7) drew with GM Gomez John Paul  of Philippines (7.5); IM Rathnakaran K (7) drew with GM Andrei  Deviatkin of Russia (7); GM Mark Paragua of Philippines (7.5) beat IM  Debashis Das (6.5); GM Abhijit Kunte (6.5) drew with IM Swapnil Dhopade  (6.5); IM Anwesh Upadhyaya (6) lost to IM Kiril Kuderinov of Kazakhstan  (7); GM Deepan Chakkravarthy (7) beat IM Himanshu Sharma (6); Zeng  Chongsheng of China (6) lost to IM Lalith Babu MR (7); Ma Qun of China  (7) beat IM Karthikeyan P (6); IM Ashwin Jayaram (6) lost to IM Nitin S  (7); IM Vishnu Prasanna (7) beat IM Thej Kumar MS (6); IM Vaibhav Suri  (7) beat IM Konguvel P (6); IM Shivananda B S (6) lost to IM Vidit  Santosh Gujarathi (6.5); IM Girinath PDS (5.5) lost to GM Sandipan  Chanda (6.5); GM Martyn Kravtsiv of Ukraine (6.5) beat Ankit R Rajpara  (5.5); IM Ramnath Bhuvanesh (6) drew with GM Mikhail Ulibin of Russia  (6); GM Mikhailo Oleksienko of Ukraine (6.5) beat FM Rajesh VAV (5.5);  GM Marat Dzhumaev of Uzbekistan (5.5) lost to Hemant Sharma (6.5); 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