Laxman, Nimmy emerge joint leaders

Kozhikode, Aug 9 (UNI) International Master R R Laxman of Tamil Nadu and Nimmy A George of Kerala emerged joint leaders with four points each in the fourth round of the Airtel S K Pottekkat Gold Medal Fide-rated All India Open Chess Tournament today.

Alex Thomas, O T Anil Kumar, both from Kerala, P Karthikeyan, C Natarajan of Tamil Nadu, Shah Sagar, Ved Rahul, both from Maharashtra and Nath Rupanker of West Bengal were at the second spot with 3.5 points each.

Result: Alex Thomas (Ker) 3.5 drew with P Karthikeyan (TN) 3.5, R R Laxman (TN) 4 bt P V Gireesh (Ker) 3, Shah Sagar (Mah) 3.5 drew with C Natarajan (TN) 3.5 M Vinay Kumar (AP) 2.5 lost to Nimmy A George (Ker) 4, P Saravana Kumar (TN) 2.5 lost to Ved Rahul (Mah) 3.5, A K Jagdish (Ker) 2.5 lost to O T Anil Kumar (Ker) 3.5, Chatterjee Laltu (WB) 3 drew with P S Amir (Ker) 3, Chandu Mondal (WB) 3 drew with Saha Sanjit (Mah) 3, Nath Rupanker (WB) 3.5 bt E Venu (Ker) 2.5, Karanti Kumar (AP) 3 drew with N Abdul Majeed (Ker) 3.

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