SL Narayanan has been a regular visitor to Pune for Maharashtra Chess League. He has gained a reputation for shocking seeded players. In the fourth round of the LIC World Junior Chess Championships in Pune on Thursday, the teenager from Kerala, true to his reputation, once again upset higher rated Polish GM Kamil Dragun to bring cheer to the Indian camp.
In the open section, Cori Jorge of Peru, with four points in as many rounds, shot into sole lead with a victory over Idani Pouya of Iran even as the encounter between other overnight joint leaders Vladislav Kovalev of Belarus and Wei Yi of China ended in a deadlock.
Narayanan, Wei, Kovalev , Karen Grigorayan and Mikhail Antipov are trailing half-a-point behind the leader.
Padmini Rout defeated Mona Khaled of Egypt and joined overnight leader Daria Pustovoitova at the top of the points tally with 3.5 points along with Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, Ann Chumpitaz and Nguyen Thi Mai Hung in the girls category.
The top board game between overnight sole leader Daria Pustovoitova and her Russian compatriot Aleksandra Goryachkina in a Slav defence ended in a draw after 38 moves. Maria Ivana Furtado, playing with black pieces, held higher rated IM Meri Arabidze to a draw after 35 moves and is trailing half-a-point behind the leaders.
Important results (Rd 4):
Open section: V Kovalev (BLR, 3.5 drew with Wei Yi (CHN, 3.5); Pouya Idani (IRI, 3) lost to Cori Jorge (PER, 4); Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (3) drew with Lu Shanglei (CHN, 3); N Srinath (3) drew with Vladimir Federov (RUS, 3); Karen Grigoryan (ARM, 3.5) bt Aravindh Chithambaram (2.5); Kamil Dragun (POL, 2.5) lost to S Narayanan (3.5); Ufuk Arat (TUR, 2.5) lost to Mikhail Antipov (RUS, 3.5); Gabriel Grigoriy (SUI, 3) drew with Ankit Rajpara (IND, 3); Ganesh R (IND, 3) drew with Sahej Grover (IND, 3); Robin Van Kampen (NED, 3) bt Prince Bajaj (2); Shardul Gagare (3) bt Nihal Sarin (2)
Girls section: Daria Pustovoitova (RUS, 3.5) drew with Aleksandra Goryachkina (RUS, 3); Maria Gevorgyan (ARM, 2.5) lost to Sarasadat Khademaisharieh (IRI, 3.5); Vlada Sviridova (RUS, 3) drew with Mo Zhai (CHN, 3); Padmini Rout (3.5) bt Mona Khaled (EGY, 2.5); Nguyen Thi Mai Hung (VIE, 3.5) bt Aysa Imeeva (RUS, 2.5); Irina Petrukhina (RUS, 3) drew with Pratyusha Bodda (3); Ann Chunpitaz (PER, 3.5) bt Sakshi Chitalange (2.5); J Saranya (2.5) drew with Marina Brunello (ITA, 2.5); Sabina Ibrahimova (AZE, 3) bt Srija Seshadri (2); Aakanksha Hagawane (2) lost to Ioana Gelip (ROU, 3)
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