GMs S S Ganguly and Harikrishna finished eighth and ninth respectively.
Barua beat GM Pendyala Harikrishna while Ganguly accounted for Sriram Jha in the third round of the National 'A' chess championship to forge ahead.
Uzbekistan Grandmasters Saidali Iuldashev and Dzhumaev Marat have joined him on 7.5 points.
: They joined three others in the lead in the Parsvnath International chess tournament.
Chess has certainly graduated to a really happening sport in the country, especially this year.
Krishnan Sasikiran, P Harikrishna and Surya Shekhar Ganguly won their second round ties to lead the fray along with 21 others in the Dubai International Chess championship.
But their medal hopes remain dim after the 13th and penultimate round of the 36th Chess Olympiad.
The Indian men succumbed to their first defeat going down 1.5-2.5 to slip to joint sixth spot after the seventh round of the 36th Chess Olympiad.
Top seed Shakriyaz Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan is well-placed to win the title in the World Jr chess championship.
The two Indian Grandmasters emerged as joint leaders with victories in the second round of Gibraltar Chess Congress.
The result put the Indian Grandmaster in joint-third position after the seventh round in the Masters section of 14th Abu Dhabi chess festival.
Marat Dhzumaev of Uzbekistan, Pendyala Harikrishna, Alexander Fominyh of Russia and R B Ramesh share the lead in the Parsvnath international.
Sasikiran, Harikrishna, and Dibyendu Barua share the lead with 4.5 points after six rounds.
Krishnan Sasikiran, P Harikrishna and Surya Shekhar Ganguly won their fourth round games to remain in joint second position at the Dubai International Chess Championship.
The Indian GM needs just a draw in the final round to at least tie for first place in the British chess championship.
Surya Shekhar Ganguly and Sandipan Chanda maintained their lead after the fifth round of the Gibtelecom Masters International Open chess tournament.
Harikrishna, Chanda and Ganguly share lead before the last round in the National 'A' chess championship.
The double GM norm holder handed the PSPB GM and leader his first defeat in the National A chess championship.\n\n
GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly continues to lead the field after the 17th round in the National 'A' chess championship.
The Indian GM drew his final round game with GM Joe Gallagher of Switzerland to finish on top.
Placed fourth after the first leg on Tuesday, the 48-year-old had a dream run on the final day to secure six wins and three draws in the nine rounds to draw level with the world No 3 American Nakamura to force a play-off.
A fighting draw against Saptarshi Roy enabled the PSPB GM take his tally to 14 points after the 18th round in the 41st National 'A' chess championship.
D Ramanaidu's body was kept at the Ramanaidu studio in Hyderabad for his fans and members of the film industry to pay their last respects
The Grandmaster-in-waiting beat Grandmaster Bu Xiangzhi in the ninth round of the World junior chess championships to jointly share the lead with eight players.
Indian men faced yet another reverse in their medal quest when they succumbed to a 1.5-2.5 against third seeds Israel.
Grandmaster Levon Aronian and Ni Hua share the lead after the sixth round in the World junior chess championships.
'In his demise, the world of Telugu language and literature has lost a bright star. The void caused by his loss can never be filled.'
Grandmaster S P Sethuraman continued with his dream run and played out a fighting draw with higher ranked Anish Giri of Holland in the first game of the third round of World Chess Cup in Tbilisi, Georgia.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday
Indian Grandmaster S P Sethuraman went down to higher ranked Shakhriayar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan in the first game of the third round of World Cup of Chess now underway in Baku.
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The 47-year-old former World champion is taking some time off before he gets down to tournament play in St. Louis, United States, where the focus would be on Russian chess legend Garry Kasparov, who is making a surprise return to the game.
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Former World champion Viswanathan Anand ended the World Rapid Championship on a positive note, scoring four points out of five games on the final day, but the Indian ace could only finish 25th in the final standings.
Two films will release on Diwali.
The movie has garnered an estimated Rs 21 crore even before its release.
Two Kannada films will release this festive season.
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