Chess

Former national champion Sethuraman was in his element and gave a power-packed performance against Wojtaszek who is famously known for his association

Swapnil Dhopade is the first person from Vidarbha and the fifth from Maharashtra to achieve the Grandmaster rating.

Gujrathi’s attempt to seek counter play on the queen side did not come good while Harikrishna demolished his king side in the middle game. In the end,

Two former world junior champions -– P Harikrishna and Abhijeet Gupta — emerged as co-leaders after the fifth round, along with Etienne Bacrot of Fran