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Srinath beats Cruz, gets close to GM norm

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New Delhi: International Master N Srinath staked his claim for the top prize after defeating Cristhian Cruz of Peru in the seventh round of the 13th Parsvnath International Chess tournament, here today.
Winning his fifth game out of six played thus far, Srinath, winner of three Asian Junior titles, came close to attaining a Grandmaster norm following this win and a lone draw in the next two games should be enough to seal it.
Playing with white, it was hard work for Srinath in over four hours of struggle with Cruz. The game was dragged in to a same colour Bishops endgame wherein Srinath benefitted through his passed pawns on different flanks. It was the longest lasting game of the day.
At the top of the tables, Mikhail Mozharov of Russia neutralised the initiative of Ukrainian Andrey Baryshpolets to draw with ease as black out of a King’s Indian defense game.
The two overnight leaders were joined by Srinath and second seed Ivan Popov of Russia in lead on six points with three rounds still to come in the premier section of this 30 lakh prize money event.
The four leaders are followed by four aspirants on 5.5 points each. They are Grandmasters Sahaj Grover, Deepan Chakkravarthy and International Master S Nitin and Van Huy Nguyen of Vietnam.(PTI)

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