The 2nd DCA Open: Matta Vinay Kumar in sole lead

New Delhi (14 Oct 17) :- Andhra Bank’s Matta Vinay Kumar defeated International Master Himal Gusain of Chandigarh in the seventh round to take sole with 6.5 in the ongoing 2nd DCA Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament at Navakaar Banquets, Hotel Caspia here on Saturday.

A pack of thirteen players including Grandmaster RR Laxman and second seed International Master Arghyadip Das are closely following the leader with a drift of half-point.

Playing white side of Taimanov variation of Sicilian defence, Vinay Kumar had shown tactical end game skills with his queen against Rook and Bishop to overcome his top seed rival in 57 moves. In other important seventh round battles, second seed Arghyadip Das of Railways signed the peace treaty with team mate Rahul Sangma while Abhishek Kelkar and Grandmaster RR Laxman settled for half point against Shailesh Dravid and Aronyak Ghosh respectively.

In a surprising result of the day, Y Saranya of Tamilnadu held Grandmaster GM MR Venkatesh to a creditable draw.

The penultimate round is in progress at the time of report.

Pairings/Results

Round 8 on 2017/10/14 at 1530 hrs

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