Laxman emerges sole leader in Open Chess

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Kozhikode, Aug 10: Second seed R R Laxman of Tamil Nadu emerged sole leader with 5.5 points defeating O T Anil Kumar of Kerala (4.5) in the sixth round of the S K Pottekkat Gold Medal Fide-rated All India Open Chess tournament here today.

Important results: R R Laxman (TN) 5.5 bt O T Anil Kumar (Ker) 4.5, Chatterji Laltu (WB) 4.5 drew with Nimmy A George (Ker) 4.5, P Sree Kumar (Ker) 4.5 drew with P Karthikeyan (TN) 4.5, Nath Rupankar (WB) 5 bt C Natarajan (TN) 4, Alex Thomas (Ker) 5 bt Abdul Majeed (Ker) 4, P Kranti Kumar (AP) 4.5 drew with P V Gireesh (Ker) 4.5, Santu Mondal (WB) 5 bt Ved Rahul (Mah) 4, P Saravana Krishnan (TN) 4.5 bt Shah Gopal (Guj) 4, Nihal Manjunath (Kar) 3.5 lost to Syed Anwar Fhazuli (TN) 4.5 Chogule Jayankur (Mah) 4.5 bt M Kunal (TN) 3.5.

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