The leaders were sharing the top spot with five points each from five rounds.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
On the first two boards in the fifth round, the top-ranked Kulkarni (2185) defeated Darsh Shetty (1798) on the top board while Watarkar (1963) outwitted Palghar\u2019s Deepak Soni (1750) on the second to maintain the winning momentum.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Kherdekar (1846) brushed aside the challenge from Delhi\u2019s Tarun N. (1730) on the third board, while Saikat Nath (1829), also from Delhi, tasted success, defeating Karnataka\u2019s Rajeev Rudra (1738) on the fourth board.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Two rounds were played on Monday with Kulkarni winning both of them, beating Amey Dandekar with white pieces in the fourth round. Watarkar beat Prisha Margaj and Atish Laddad defeated Sanjeev Mishra in the fourth round.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Results \u2013 Top-10:<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Round 5:<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Darsh Shetty (4) lost IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni (5) 0-1; Deepak Soni (4) lost Yash Watarkar (5) 0-1; Tarun N (4) lost Arnav Kherdekar (5) 0-1; AIM Saikat Nath (5) beat Rajeev Rudra (4) 1-0; Atharv Soni (4.5) beat Atish Laddad (4) 1-0; Om Gada (4.5) beat Shubham Baviskar (3.5) 1-0; Anirudh Subramanian (4.5) beat Kush Agarwal (3.5) 1-0; Yuti Patel (4) drew Kartik (4) 0.5-0.5; Palaash Mapara (4) drew Dhruv Muthe (4) 0.5-0.5; Sanjeev Mishra (4) beat Hitansh Gohil (3).<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Round 5:<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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