Five share lead after end of fourth round

Nagpur :

Grandmasters Dibyendu Barua, K Sasikiran and P Harikrishna along with International Masters S S Ganguly and Sriram Jha shared the lead after the fourth round of Bharat Petroleum 39th National 'A' Chess Championship here today. In his fourth round game, GM P Harikrishna played it safe by agreeing to split the point with GM Abhijit Kunte in 16 moves. Overnight joint leader IM Ganguly also shared points with GM P M Thipsay after 15 moves. The game on other board between IM P Konguvel and WIM Swati Ghate also ended in a draw. However, GM Sasikiran took his tally to 3.5 points beating IM D V Prasad. (PTI)