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Hastings is moving in a very peculiar direction. Usually, in Swiss tournaments, the number of leaders drops as more rounds are played. But at Hastings, the number of leaders in increasing as a result of which we now have 8 leaders ! Only Greet, Mamedov and Lalic could win on the top boards. Leading results: HEBDEN,Mark (4) ½ - ½ MALAKHATKO,Vadim (4) CHATALBASHEV,Boris (4) ½ - ½ CONQUEST,Stuart (4) NEVEROV,Valeriy (4) ½ - ½ PERT,Nicholas (4) GREET,Andrew (3½) 1 - 0 GEORGIEV,Vladimir (3½) JONES,Gawain (3½) ½ - ½ RENDLE,Thomas (3½) BOGNER,Sebastian (3½) 0 - 1 MAMEDOV,Nidjat (3½) TAHIROV,Farhad (3½) ½ - ½ RADOVANOVIC,Jovica (3½) PAVLOVIC,Milos (3½) ½ - ½ HOUSKA,Jovanka (3½) ROY CHOWDHURY,Saptars (3½) ½ - ½ BINDRICH,Falko (3½) LALIC,Bogdan (3½) 1 - 0 COLLINS,Sam (3½) Standings after Round 6: Malakhatko, Lalic, Pe...

The pace of upsets subsided somewhat in the second round of the Hastings Chess Congress Tournament. But the Indians continued their rampage. Deep Sengupta beat fifth seed Nidjat Mamedov, Saptarishi Roy Chowdhury drew Stuart Conquest, S Satyapragyan drew against Pert Nicholas. In other notable games, Farhad Tahirov beat Jovanka Houska. Mark Hebden was held to a draw by Andrew Greet. JONES,Gawain beat Poobalasingam to rise up in the standings list.