Laylo, 37, forced Laxman into a cramped position that forced the latter to give a up a pawn that the former pounced on to extract the
full point and zoom to a seven-player group at third place with 5.5 points.
Summary: Seven Grandmasters are a
full point behind with 5.5 points each
Counting his eight straight draws earlier, So finished with 5.0 points in a tie with world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France, a
full point behind Caruana and second placer Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia.
Luiten reduced it to one on 17th, only to see Lahiri sink the clutch par putt to seal a
full point on 18th.
Though the manufacturing index fell by a
full point from 56.7 to 55.7, it was the service sector's two-point fall from 57.5 to 55.5 reflecting a slow response to Christmas and a slowdown in the housing sector that delivered the hardest blow.
The Indian ace was under pressure to come back to a 50 per cent score after losing to Fabiano Caruana of Italy in the fourth round and got lucky when Kramnik had a rare oversight resulting in a
full point and the first victory for the world champion in the tournament.
Following a drop of almost a
full point in June, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) fell again by more than a point in July.
Moreover, the company said 73% of Tovaxin-treated patients showed stabilization or improvement in MS disability, including 16.5% with a sustained improvement of at least one
full point on a standard disability scale.
Policy makers at the bank have reduced the interbank rate by a
full point to six percent.
Chile's central bank is cutting its benchmark lending rate buy a
full point to 7.25 percent, as part of its efforts to boost a slumping economy.