Rajib, Shakil share lead

Grand Master Eamul Hossain Rajib and FM Abu Sufian Shakil earned seven points each after the tenth round in the Commonwealth Chess Championship in New Delhi yesterday. FM Mehdi Hasan Parag earned 6.5 points while FM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar, FM Mohammad Javed, Debarj Chatterjee and Abdullah Al Saif earned 6 points each. GM
Niaz Murshed earned 5.5 points, IWM Rani Hamid earned 4 points and Mokaddesh Hossain earned 3 points.
In the tenth round FM Shakil drew with GM Iuldachev Saidali of Uzbekistan, Rajib beat G A Stany, Parag lost against GM Tejas Bakre, Debaraj lost against Anwesh Upadhyaya, Sagar lost against Konguvel Ponnuswamy, Niaz lost against Phadke Sohan, Javed beat S Harini, Saif beat FM Rishpal Singh, Rani Hamid lost against Anirudh Kannan and Mokades lost against Van Aarde Lenke