Chennai

Joining Deepan on top of the table was FIDE Master Karthik Venkataraman (India). Sharing the third spot with 4.5 points were GMs Tiviakov Sergei (Ned), Tukhaev Adam (Ukr), Laxman R R (Ind) and Pruijssers Roeland (Ned) among others. 

Showing aggression from the word go, Deepan played a flawless game to outplay top seed GM Gareyev Timur. 

The Sicilian Dragon game lasted 30 moves. Five more rounds remain in this 267 player Swiss tournament that concludes on January 25. 

Important Results (Round 5) (Indians unless specified) : Deepan Chakkravarthy J (5) bt Gareyev Timur (US) 4, Laxman R R (4.5) drew with Tukhaev Adam (Ukr) 4.5, Llaneza Vega Marcos (Spa) 4 lost to Karthik Venkatraman (5), Tiviakov Sergei (Ned) 4.5 bt Hafiz Arif Abdul (Ina) 4, Arjun Kalyan (4) drew with Rozum Ivan (Rus) 4, Rathnakaran K (4.5) bt Solo dovnichenko Yuri (Ukr) 3.5, Saravana Krishnan P (3.5) lost to Pruijssers Roeland (Ned) 4.5, Kandil Adham (Egy) 3.5 lost to Visakh N R (4.5), Dzhumaev Marat (Uzb) 3.5 lost to Hegde Ravi Gopal (4.5), Sivuk Vitaly (Ukr) 4 bt Bhambure Shantanu (3), Tran Tuan Minh (Vie) 4 bt Shetty Rahul (3), Atalik Suat (Tur) 4 bt Sahil Tickoo (3).

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