Lalith Babu along with Chinese Grandmaster Lu Shanglei and German Grandmaster Teske Henrik who drew their game amongst each other, is sharing the lead with 5.5 points after round six.
The leaders are followed half a point behind by a bunch of players with 5 points.
Earlier, in the fifth round games, the top two Grandmasters were brought down by their lesser rated fellow Grandmasters.
While the top seed Aleksej Aleksandrov lost to Chinese Lu Shanglei, Russian Grandmaster Andrei Deviatkin took too much risk in his game against German Grandmaster Teske Henrik, only to rue later as he miscalculated in the endgame to lose the match.
The day belonged to the B Kumaran of Chennai as he drew his games first against Grandmasters Niaz Murshed of Bangaladesh and Grandmaster Ziatdinov Raset of USA later to brighten his chances of a maiden International Master norm. MORE
