Bakre wins; Humpy draws

World junior champion Koneru Humpy drew her ninth round match against IM Andreas Schenk of Germany at the First Saturday GM tournament, Budapest, Hungary.

Humpy is now placed fourth with five points.

International Master Tejas Bakre of India continued his good form to register shock win over Hungarian IM Attila Czebe (2491) in his ninth round match.

The Indian now moves to second spot with six points behind the leader GM Ferenc Berkes (2541) of Hungary, who has 6.5 points.

Berkes drew his ninth round match against Yugoslavian GM Zlatko Ilincic (2521). Ilincic lies in third place with 5.5 points

In the tenth round, Humpy will play with black against GM Zlatko Ilincic (2521) of Hungary, while Bakre will face Hungarian Zoltan Varga.

The moves:
Koneru Humpy (India) vs Andreas Schenk (Germany)
1. Ng1-f3 Ng8-f6 2. g2-g3 d7-d5 3. Bf1-g2 e7-e6 4. O-O Bf8-e7 5. b2-b3 O-O 6. Bc1-b2 a7-a5 7. a2-a4 b7-b6 8. Nf3-e5 Bc8-b7 9. d2-d4 Nb8-d7 10. Nb1-d2 c7-c6 11. c2-c4 Nd7xe5 12. d4xe5 Nf6-d7 13. Qd1-c2 Be7-b4 14. Rf1-d1 Ra8-c8 15. e2-e4 Qd8-e7 16. Ra1-c1 Rf8-d8 17. Bb2-c3 Bb4-a3 18. Rc1-a1 Ba3-b4 19. Ra1-c1 Bb7-a6 20. Bg2-f1 Ba6-b7 21. Bf1-g2

The standings after the ninth round:

1. Ferenc Berkes (Hungary) - 6.5 points
2. Tejas Bakre (India) - 6 points
3. Zlatko Ilincic (Yugoslavia) - 5.5 points
4. Koneru Humpy (India), Czebe Attila (Hungary) and Schenk Andreas (Germany) - 5 points
7. Zoltan Varga (Hungary) and William Paschall (USA) - 4.5 points
9. Horvath Jozsef (Hungary), Sang Cao (Hungary), Ruben Felgaer (Argentina) and Gergely Antal (Hungary) - 4 points
13. Albert Bokros (Hungary) and Adam Horvath (Hungary) - 2.5 points

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Humpy suffers shock defeat
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Source: www.koneruhumpy.com