Karnataka’s first Grand Master M.S.Thejkumar (Elo 2458) was held to a draw by Wagh Suyog (Mah) in the fifth round of the Commonwealth championship played at Delhi on Friday and after five rounds has secured 3.5 points and is 13th in the rankings.

Results (after fifth round)

GM Abhijeet Gupta (4.5), 2. GM Debasis Das (5.5), 3. GM R.R.Laxman (4), 4. GM Aravindh Chitambaram (TN-4), 5. FM Ajay Karthikeyan (TN-4), 6. GM S.L.Narayanan (4), 7. GM Erigaisi Arjun (Tel, 4), 8. GM Lalith Babu M R (AP-4), 9. S.Nitin (TN-4), 10. WGM Bhakti Kulkarni (Goa-4), 11. GM Swapnil S Dhopade (Mah-4), 13. GM M.S.Thej Kumar (3.5).