By our Sports Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 6: Shahil Dey of Assam continued his excellent performance in the ongoing Asian Youth Chess Championship at Suwon in Korea today. He maintained a half point lead after completion of round 5.In round 4 Shahil defeated 6th seed Ochirbat L Khagvajamts of Mongolia while in round 5 he drew with Hoang Minh Hieu of Vietm. Earlier Shahil had defeated Hong Sungha I Korea, Doan Phan Khiem of Vietm and Praneeth Vuppala of India in round 1, round 2 and round 3 respectively. Shahil will now face second seeded Bharath Subramaniyam of India in round 6 tomorrow.