Rd9 Video Report Description
Top Seed and Championship leader Chinese GM YU YANG YI was held to a draw by young Indian Grandmaster Sahej Grover. Defending Champion Turkish Grandmaster Alexander Ipatov played a technically good game to beat India’s Highest rated GM in the tournament Vidit Santosh Gujarathi to take his score to 8 points from 9 games and also to become Sole leader , half a point ahead of Yu Yang Yi.IM Debashis Das beat BAI SHINSI WHILE GM S P Serthuraman drew with Compatriot IM Narayanan Srinath

In the Girls section WGM Bulmaga Irina of Roumania defeated Top Seed Alina Kashlinskaya to take her score to 7.5 points and become the sole leader, half a point ahead of Russian WGM Aleksandra Goryachkina. Indian Girls played miserably with Only Ivana Maria Furtado winning her Game. WGM Padmini Rout drew her game and with 6.5 points slipped to 6th position. Rucha Pujari also drew and is on 5 points. Rest of the Indian Girls lost their games.

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