The draw between Pranav Vankatanesha from India and Daniel Darda, the tournament's top seed, marked the eighth round of the World Youth Chess Championship.
Darda tried to use the spatial advantage with the white pieces, and when it seemed that the European vice-champion was close to victory, inaccuracies followed, which Vankataneš took advantage of and sailed into a saving hand, so the game ended in a draw after a great fight.
Vankatanesh has seven points after the eighth round, while his compatriot Aswat has half a point less.
They are followed by a group of nine players with six points.
Montenegrin chess players had a day to forget, and the only points were won in mutual duels.
Dimitrije Vujović defeated Vasilije Radulović, Andrej Pepđonović defeated Danilo Đenđinović in the Bar derby, while David Pavlović defeated Relja Radović in the Podgorica derby.
Yegor Ševtsov and Andrej Račić drew, and Nikola Vukašinović and Koča Radović drew.
The best-placed representative is still Peko Đurović, who suffered a defeat against Indian grandmaster Pranet Vupala, after missing better continuations in a more promising position.
Montenegrin representatives in the women's competition, Mateja Popović, Ines Đenđinović, Katarina Đukić and Sofija Milović, were defeated in the eighth round.
In the women's competition, the draw of the leading Maria Yakimova from Russia was taken advantage of by Yelisaveta Hrebeschnikova from Ukraine, who defeated Nadya Toncheva from Bulgaria and came into the tie for first place.
They are followed by five players half a point behind.
Tomorrow is the ninth of the planned 11 rounds, with the start of the games scheduled for 15 p.m.
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