Goa, July 29 -- Team Herald

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DONA PAULA: IM Molenda Marcin of Poland, FM Sargissyan Sargis of Armenia and FM Lipilin Llia of Russia with 6.5 points each were jointly in the lead at the end of the eighth round of 24th World IPCA Chess Championship 2025 held at International Centre, here, on Tuesday.

On the first board, IM Gurbanov Andrei of Israel (2291) drew with IM Molenda Marcin (2376) of Poland in 16 moves in a Nimzo India defence opening, while on the second board, FM Liplin Illia (2161) of Russia defeated FM Ayapov Alimzhan (1994) of Kazakhstan in 55 moves against Caro Kann defence opening.

On Board 3, FM Soltanov Serik (2203) of Kazakhstan lost to FM Sargissyan Sargis (2206) of Armenia in Reti Kings Indian a...