Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran scored his third win on the trot to elevate himself to the joint second position after the seventh round of the ‘A’ group of Aeroflot international open chess tournament here.GM Valerij Filippov of Russia emerged the sole leader on six points out of a possible seven when he turned the tables on compatriot Alexander Rustemov in his seventh round board yesterday.With two more rounds to go, seven players including Sasikiran share the second spot with 5.5 points apiece.The other six following Filippov were Fernec Berkes of Hungary, Joel Lautier of France, Dutchamn loek van Wely, Russians Pavel Tregubov, Alexander Motylev and Alexey Dreev.There was more good news for Indian players in the group ‘B’ section as P Konguvel shot in to joint third spot with his sixth successive victory in the event.
