Utut still in second place

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Grandmaster Utut Adianto is still in second place in the Grandmasters Championship in Calicut, India on Thursday.

Utut defeated International Master Ravi Lanka of India in the 48th move of the Dutch opening. The match lasted five hours 20 minutes. With this victory, Utut recorded 5 points together with IM Ziaur Rachman, also of India. Ziaur won over GM Komliakov of Russia.

Indian Abhijit Kunte still leads the rangkings with 5.5 points. He defeated GM Yurtaev, another Russian. (lnt)