Deepan has won all of his five games so far and will be facing defending champion GM Adam Tukhaev in the sixth round.
In other results, the top-board encounter between Adam Horvath and David Alberto ended in a draw. Adam, David and six other players are close on Deepans heels with a score of 4.5 out of 5.
In the junior section, Aaryan Varshney and Nikhil Magizhnan won crucial games against Om Manish Kadam and Mahitosh Dey respectively to take the joint lead with 5 out of 5.
The `game of the day’ prize, awarded to the winner of the best played game of a particular round, was won by 11-year -old Gukesh D.
Gukesh and six other players are currently placed second with 4.5 out of 5
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