The sixth round of the 62nd National Chess Championship in Guntur saw a four-way tie at the top, with Abhijeet Gupta and 15-year-old IM-elect Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy joining overnight leaders Sasikiran Krishnan and Aronyak Ghosh at 5.5 points.

Hyderabad: The overnight leaders Sasikiran Krishnan of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and IM Aronyak Ghosh of Railways Sports Promotion Board have been joined in the lead by former national champion Abhijeet Gupta of PSPB and the 15-year-old IM elect Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy of Uttar Pradesh with 5.5 points each at the end of the sixth round of the 62nd National Chess Championship, organised by Andhra Chess Association at the Vignan University (Guntur) on Saturday.

Sasi and Aronyak settled for a draw.

In the Najdorf variation of the Sici

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