National Chess Championship: Sethuraman nails Abhijeet, shares lead with Mitrabha Guha

National Chess Championship: Sethuraman nails Abhijeet, shares lead with Mitrabha Guha

Guha proved superior by riding on a two-pawn advantage in a minor-piece endgame against fifth seed N. R. Vishakh after 65 moves.

MPL 59th National Senior R6: Sethuraman topples Abhijeet, joins Mitrabha in the lead - ChessBase India

GM Sethuraman S P (PSPB) defeated the tournament leader GM Abhijeet Gupta (PSPB) in the sixth round of MPL 59th National Senior Chess Championship. Abhijeet ignored Sethuraman's attack on the kingside and had to pay a heavy price for it. Meanwhile, GM Mitrabha Guha (WB) converted his minute endgame advantage into a full point against GM Visakh N R (RSPB). Both Sethuraman and Mitrabha are at 5.5/6 each. They are followed by four players - GM Abhi…