Abhijeet Gupta thrashes Ivan Sokolov in the 8th Round

India’s Young Grandmaster and Former World Junior Champion Abhijeet Gupta sprang a surprise  when he shocked Veteran Grandmaster  and Championship favourite Ivan Sokolov in the 8^th round to emerged Joint  leader along with local hero GM Hannes Stefansson, who beat French Grandmaster Igor Nataf in a  technically Superior game. Both  Gupta and Stefansson are on 6.5points and will face each other n the Final round.  Besides these Two there are as many as 6 players on 6 points  making the championship title wide open.

In the Indian Squad  Dronavalli Harika  also won her 8^th round game and is just half a point away from achieving her GM norm.  Karwade , Tania Sachdev and Vishal Sareen  drew their games while Sahej Grover  lost again.

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