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Asian Chess Championship: Praggnanandhaa beats Pranav Anand, moves into joint lead

NEW DELHI: Top-seed R Praggnanandhaa moved into joint lead with five others after his third consecutive win in the Open section of the Asian Continental Chess Championship here on Saturday.

The 17-year Chennai player defeated compatriot Pranav Anand in 44 moves to join fellow teenager Leon Luke Mendonca, Koustav Chatterjee, Karthikeyan Murali, Harsha Bharathakoti and Turkmenistan's Maksat Atabayev at the top spot with 3.5 points after the fourth round.

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