WCM Kriti Patel ( 2 components) of Mumbai performed a terrific tactical online game to tape her 2nd win beating citymate Devansh Nisar (1 issue) in a second-round swimsuit of the 1 st All India FIDE Rating Open Chess Tournament 2024, held by South Mumbai Chess School and dipped into the Russian House, Peddar Road, Mumbai, on Saturday.
The 18-year-old Kiriti, a trainee of SIES College, having enjoyable with white gadgets started with the Albin Counter Gambit opening and received a really early pawn. She stored the profit and manipulated the situation and though Devansh safeguarded nicely she remained in management. She finally opted for the kill and checkmated Devansh on the 54 th relocate to safe the win.
IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni (2 components) of Kolhapur, having enjoyable with white racked up yet one more wonderful win beating Kirti Suryarao (1 issue) of Thane in yet one more 2nd spherical swimsuit on the main board.
GOAL Saikat Nath (2 components) likewise tasted triumph beating Pragnay Singh (1 issue) on the eighth board with black gadgets.
Results– Top 10: IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni (2) defeat Kirti Suryarao (1) 1-0;
Karan Dassani (1) shed Atharv Soni (2) 0-1;
Yash Watarkar (2) defeat Medhansh Poojary (1) 1-0;
Naval Vora (1) shed Sanjeev Mishra (2) 0-1;
Arnav Kherdekar (2) defeat Vihan Pandey (1) 1-0;
GOAL Samarth Patodekar (2) defeat Saurabh Kulkarni (1) 1-0;
WCM Kriti Patel (2) defeat Devansh Nisar (1) 1-0;
Pragnay Singh (1) shed purpose Saikat Nath (2) 1-0;
Yash Kapadi (2) defeat Mukul Rane (1) 1-0;
Neev Bafna (1) shed Om Gada (2) 0-1