Indian Chess News: Vikramaditya Kulkarni Leads GH Raisoni Chess

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More Indian Chess News Updates - NAGPUR: Mumbai-based top seed IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni, representing Railways, made good use of his opening advantage to outclass Orange city's first international master, second seed, Anup Deshmukh and take sole lead with full seven points in the GH Raisoni Maharashtra State Open FIDE Rating Chess tournament, at the multipurpose hall of Saraswati Vidyalaya on Monday.

Playing with black pieces, Kulkarni opted for the Kings Indian defence on the Kings Pawn opening of Deshmukh. An erratic start for Deshmukh was enough for the top seed to make inroads and seal the fate of the clash in 37 moves.

On the second board, IM-elect Akash Thakur, who is seeded 5th in the five-day tourney, too made good use of his opening advantage with the whites to outgun Shailesh Dravid and surge ahead with a comfortable 29-move win.

Secretary of Maharashtra Chess Association (MCA) Dilip Pagay after being humbled by the top seed on Sunday made a comeback when he held third seed Fide Master Satchidanand Soman to a draw in 21 moves.

Seed no 4 Sauravh Khherdekar, representing Railways, however made light work of 17-year-old Divya Garg on the fourth table. Upcoming city youngster, 15-year-old R Adethya, continued hisimpressive run in the tournament.

Playing with the black pieces Adethya stunned better rated Prasad Aurangabadkar to collect full points in the 7th round.

After the day's play Kulkarni is followed closely by Thakur with 6.5 points while four players - Satchidanand Soman, Sauravh Khherdekar, Shubham Lakudkar and R Adethya - too are in the contention with 6 points in their kitty and two rounds to go.

Results (Round 7): Anup Deshmukh (5.5) lost to Vikramaditya Kulkarni (7), Akash Thakur (6.5) bt Shailesh Dravid (5.5), Dilip Pagay (5.5) drew with Satchidanand Soman (6), Sauravh Khherdekar (6) bt Divya Garg (5), Ajinkya Ingale (5) lost to Shubham Lakudkar (6), Prasad Aurangabadkar (5) lost to R Adethya (6), Om Vinay Vitalkar (5.5) drew with Chinmay Pathak (5.5), Shubham Kumthekar (6) bt Kapil Ghatwai (5), Sunil Chelani (4.5) lost to Girish Joshi (5.5), TM Kawadkar (5) drew with Kawaljeet Singh Maras (5).

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Indian Chess News: GH Raisoni Open - Five share lead after Round 5

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Some chess news for Indian readers of Chess Blog: This report comes to you from Nagpur - an Indian city which has a great chess tradition. Five top rated players share the lead with full five points at the half way stage of the GH Raisoni Maharashtra State Open FIDE Rating Chess tournament currently in progress at the multipurpose hall of Saraswati Vidyalaya here on Sunday.
Top seed Mumbai-based IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni representing Railways, along with second seed Anup Deshmukh, seed No 3 Satchidanand Soman, No 5 ranked Akash Thakur and sixth seed Dilip Pagay registered victories in contrasting fashion to share the top slot with five points at the end of Round 5.

On the top board, Kulkarni playing with the black pieces outclassed Pankaj Pendalwar in 26 moves while Orange city's first IM Anup Deshmukh registered a hard fought 44-move win over Shubham Lakudkar on the second board.

Third seed Fide Master Satchidanand Soman defeated the Kings Pawn opening of Shweta Gole while the Sicilian defence of IM-elect Akash Thakur was enough for the experienced master to get the better of city youngster Prasad Aurangabadkar. On the fifth board, secretary of Maharashtra Chess Association, Dilip Pagay playing with the white pieces made good use of his opening advantage to prevail over Chinmay Pathak and collect full points.

A day after being held by a lower ranked opponent, fourth seed Sauravh Khherdekar bounced back to get the better of Kawaljeet Singh Maras and share the second spot with 4.5 points along side Shailesh Dravid. (Amit Shah/TNN)

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