2007 Parsvanath Commonwealth Chess Championships, New Delhi


The Commonwealth Chess Championships 2007 have reached the half way stage with a chaotic start. None of the top 3 seeds are among the leaders. Himanshu Sharma leads with a 100 % win record. Earlier Jones Gawain was shocked by S Arun Prasad in the 5th round.

Several youngsters with recent international exposure have scored wins or draws against fancied opponents. The top seed Surya Shekar Ganguly and 3rd seed Abhijit Kunte trail the leader by a point. Last year's winner, Nigel Short is not playing this year.

India's leading chess prodigy and the second youngest grandmaster ever, Parimarjan Negi has shown impressive form dropping just a draw so far.

Leading sixth pairings :

IM Arun Prasad S 2423 IND 4½ 5 IM Himanshu Sharma 2408 IND
IM Kamble Vikramaditya 2374 IND 4½ 4½ GM Negi Parimarjan 2514 IND
GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2585 IND 4 4½ GM Reefat Bin-Sattar 2482 BAN
GM Kunte Abhijit 2547 IND 4 4 IM Wohl Aleksandar H 2415 AUS

The sixth rounds are on right now. Live games can be followed at : http://www.delhichess.com/Commonwealth07_LiveGames6.asp

The official site for the 2007 commonwealth games: http://www.delhichess.com/Commonwealth07.asp

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