Chess: Lalith babu shares lead with Ter-Sahakyan Samvel

Chennai: Grandmaster M R Lalith Babu of India defeated GM Ter-Sahakyan Samvel of Armenia and shared lead with 4.5 points after the fifth round of the Chennai Grandmaster International Open Chess tournament held in celebration of the FIDE World Championship, here today.

Sharing the lead along with Lalith Babu were GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (India) and IM Mozharov Mikhail (Russia) among others.

Results (Round 5): (Indians unless specified):

M R Lalith Babu (4.5) bt Ter-Sahakyan Samvel (Arm) 4, Guramishvili Sopiko (Geo) 3.5 lost to Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (4.5), Mirozev Azer (Aze) 4 drew with V Vishnu Prasanna (4), Loeffler Stefan (Ger) 3.5 lost to Mozharov Mikhail (Rus) 4.5, Popov Ivan (Rus) 4 bt Karthikeyan Murali (3.5), Babujian Levon (Arm) 4 bt Petrosyan Tigran S (Arm) 3, R R Laxman (3.5) drew with Papin Vasily (Rus) 3.5, T U Navin Kanna (3) lost to Drazic Sinisa (Srb) 4, Swapnil S Dhopade (3) lost to Sardana Rishi (Aus) 4, N R Vignesh (3.5) drew with Shardul Gagare (3.5).