Gibraltar: Teen sensation R Praggnanandhaa drew his penultimate round game against Russian Mikhail Kobalia to hold on to the joint second spot, along with four other Indians, in the 18th Gibraltar Chess Festival here. Five players shared the lead with seven points after nine rounds in the Masters category of the event on Wednesday. Wang Hao, David Paravyan, Parham Maghsoodloo, Mustafa Yilmaz and Andrey Esipenko formed the leaders' pack with seven points.

A 16-player pack, including four Indians -- B Adhiban, Praggnanandhaa, Karthikeyan Murali and Aryan Chopra --, is close behind on 6.5 points. Among the Indians, the 14-year old Praggnanandhaa settled for a 35-move draw against Kobalia while Adhiban registered an impressive win over Sebastian Maze to take his tally to 6.5 points. D Gukesh, who last year became the world's second youngest GM ever, took a 47-move draw against compatriot SL Narayanan.