Ghosh, Sangma share lead with 2 others after round 7

Mumbai: GM Diptayan Ghosh and IM Rahul Sangma, both from India, rose to the top on Monday with clinical wins in the seventh round of the Open event in the 2nd IIFL Wealth Mumbai International Chess Tournament being played at the Mount Litera International School in Bandra Kurla Complex. On the second board, West Bengal’s 18-year-old GM Ghosh (ELO 2570 points), the third seed, defeated his statemate IM Sayantan Das (2371), who is a year older. On the fourth board, the 27-year-old IM Rahul (2306) from Gujarat outsmarted young 14-year-old player Tarun V Kanth (1943) from Tamil Nadu. Both Ghosh and Rahul have now accumulated 6 points each, the same as the Ukraine duo of GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy and GM Valeriy Neverov and the four are jointly in the lead.  (PTI)