All of the main Indians have been held to attracts and Uzbek expertise and World fast champion Nodirbek Abdusattorov (six factors) emerged as the one chief after seven rounds of the Sharjah Masters chess event in Sharjah on Thursday.
With two rounds to go, Abhijeet Gupta (5) continued to guide the 14-player Indian pack.
The outcomes (involving Indians) - seventh spherical
- Haik Martirosyan (Arm, 5) drew with Abhijeet Gupta (4.5);
- D. Gukesh (4.5) drew with Mustafa Yilmaz (Tur, 5);
- Pavel Ponkratov (FIDE, 4.5) drew with Arjun Erigaisi (4.5);
- Abhimanyu Puranik (4) drew with Gabriel Sargissian (Arm, 4);
- S. L. Narayanan (4) drew with Aram Hakobyan (Arm, 4);
- S. P. Sethuraman (4) drew with Jules Moussard (Fra, 4);
- Aravindh Chithambaram (4) drew with Nijat Abasov (Aze, 4);
- Raunak Sadhwani (3.5) misplaced to Emre Can (Tur, 4.5);
- Misratdin Iskandarov (Aze, 4.5) bt B. Adhiban (3.5);
- Sergei Azarov (Blr, 3) misplaced to Nihal Sarin (4);
- Surya Shekhar Ganguly (3) misplaced to Artur Davtyan (Arm, 4);
- Aryan Chopra (4) bt Mert Erdogdu (Tur, 3);
- Sankalp Gupta (4) bt Robert Hovhannisyan (Arm, 3);
- Aditya Mittal (3) misplaced to Daniil Yuffa (Esp, 4).
