Nenashev, Kharlov in joint lead

DUBAI, MAY 5 Grandmasters Alexander Nenashev of Uzbekistan and Andre Khalov of Russia were in joint lead with 4.5 points each at the end of the fifth round in the Dubai chess open 2000 here.

The Indian challengers were way down, Chandrasekhar Gokhale with 2.5 points and K. Viswesharan with 2 points respectively.

Nenashev defeated Russian GM Sergey Arkhipov while Kharlov beat fellow countryman GM Alexey Kuzmin. Four players were joint second with four points each, and nine others were a further half a point adrift while 15 players had three points each.

-PTI.

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