Parsvnath Chess heading for a close finish; International Master norm for Hemant Sharma

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New Delhi (22 Jan 12) :-  With one round remaining, the tenth edition of Parsvnath International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament heading for a close finish as at the end of penultimate round matches at Ludlow Castle Sports Complex on Sunday, Filipino Grandmasters Oliver Barbosa and John Paul Gomez leading the point table with eight and half points after registering emphatic victories over Grandmasters Mark Paragua and Deepan Chakkravarthy in the tenth round. Indian International Masters Lalith Babu M R, K Rathnakaran and Shyam Nikil along with untitled Chinese player Ma Qun are closely following the leaders with a drift of half point in this Rs. 15 lakh prize money tournament.
In the tenth round encounters, playing with white pieces in Grunfeld defence, Barbosa not given any chances to his countrymen rival to seal the match in 33 moves while displaying a solid tactical game in Kings Indian defence opening, Gomez overcame his Indian rival in 42 moves. Rathnakaran outwitted Kazakh International Master Kiril Kuderinov while Ma Qun shocked fifth seed Russian Grandmaster Andrei Deviatkin to occupy the joint second spot with Lalith Babu and Shyam Nikil, who overcame their Indian International Master rivals Vishnu Prasanna and S Nitin respectively in the tenth round.
Meanwhile Delhi youngster Hemant Sharma brought cheers to the home crowd by making his maiden International Master norm after signing the peace treaty with International Master Ashwin Jayaram. In surprising results of the day, Kerala youngster Narayanan S L stunned Grandmaster Henrik Danielsen of Iceland while International Master Himanshu Sharma suffered shock defeat by the hands of Tamilnadu based R A Pradeep Kumar.
Barbosa takes on Shyam Nikil while Gomez paired with Ma Qun in the eleventh and final round, which will be held at Monday morning.
Game :
Oliver GM Oliver Barbosa of Philippines  - GM Paragua Mark of Philippines

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bd3 0-0 7.0-0 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 e6 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.Bd2 Re8 12.Rac1 Nb6 13.Qe2 Qe7 14.c5 Nc8 15.f4 Nd7 16.b4 a6 17.Be1 f6 18.Qf3 Qf8 19.Bf2 e5 20.Nxd5 cxd5 21.Qxd5+ Qf7 22.Bc4 Qxd5 23.Bxd5+ Kh8 24.Bxb7 Ra7 25.c6 Nb8 26.dxe5 fxe5 27.e4 Rxb7 28.cxb7 Ne7 29.Rc7 Bf6 30.Bc5 Kg7 31.fxe5 Bg5 32.g3 Kf7 33.Rd6 1-0

GM Gomez John Paul of Philippines - GM Deepan Chakkravarthy of India

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.Nf3 d6 6.0-0 c6 7.Nc3 Qa5 8.e4 Qh5 9.Ng5 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 h6 11.Nf3 Nfd7 12.Be3 Na6 13.Rac1 Re8 14.Ne1 e5 15.d5 c5 16.a3 Nc7 17.Nd3 b6 18.b4 Ba6 19.Bh3 Rad8 20.Na4 Bc8 21.f3 f5 22.exf5 Nf6 23.bxc5 bxc5 24.g4 h5 25.g5 Nh7 26.fxg6 Bxh3 27.gxh7+ Kxh7 28.Nf2 Rf8 29.Nxh3 Rxf3 30.Bf2 e4 31.Re1 Rxh3 32.Bg3 Rxg3+ 33.hxg3 Bd4+ 34.Kg2 e3 35.Nc3 Kg6 36.Ne2 Re8 37.Rcd1 Re4 38.Kf3 Rg4 39.Rh1 Be5 40.Nf4+ Kf5 41.Rxh5 Bxf4 42.g6+ 1-0

Important Results (Indians otherwise stated) :-  
Round-10 :-  GM Oliver Barbosa of Philippines (8.5) beat GM Mark Paragua of Philippines (7.5); GM Gomez John Paul of Philippines (8.5) beat GM Deepan Chakkravarthy (7); GM Andrei Deviatkin of Russia (7) lost to  Ma Qun of China (8); GM Evgeny Gleizerov of Russia (7.5) drew with IM Vaibhav Suri (7.5); IM Kiril Kuderinov of Kazakhstan (7) lost to IM Rathnakaran K (8); IM Lalith Babu M R (8) beat IM Vishnu Prasanna (7); IM Nitin S (7) lost to IM Shyam Nikil (8); GM Sandipan Chanda (7) drew with GM Neelotpal Das (7); IM Swapnil Dhopade (6.5) lost to GM Martyn Kravtsiv of Ukraine (7.5); IM Debashis Das (7) drew with GM Mikhailo Oleksienko of Ukraine (7); GM Abhijit Kunte (7.5) beat IM Varugeese Koshy (6.5); IM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (7.5) beat IM Saptarshi Roy (6.5); Hemant Sharma (7) drew with IM Ashwin Jayaram (6.5); GM Mikhail Ulibin of Russia (7) beat IM Praveen Kumar C (6); GM Henrik Danielsen of Iceland (6) lost to Narayanan S L (7); IM Thejkumar MS (7) beat Saravana Krishnan P (6); GM Laxman R R (7) beat Mu Ke of China (6); IM Anwesh Upadhyaya (6.5) drew with FM Prasenjit Datta (6.5); IM Himanshu Sharma (6) lost to Pradeep Kumar R A (7); IM Karthikeyan P (7) beat Shreyans K Shah (6); Anurag Mhamal (6) lost to Zeng Chongsheng of China (7); FM Shardul Gagare (6) lost to IM Somak Palit (7); IM R Siddharth (7) beat CM Prince Bajaj (6); Karthikeyan Murali (6.5) drew with IM Shivananda B S (6.5); IM Hegde Ravi Gopal (6.5) drew with FM Diptayan Ghosh (6.5); IM Murali Krishnan B T (6.5) drew with Sameer Kathmale (6.5); Surendran N (6.5) drew with IM Ramnath Bhuvanesh (6.5); Visakh N R (6) lost to Abhishek Das (7); IM Konguvel P (7) beat Mugil Jayavel (6); GM Aleksej Aleksandrov (6.5) beat FM Shrestha Sujendra Prasad of Nepal (6).