Eshaan Gupta and Vihaan Shetty both from Mumbai City with a tally of 5 points each are in joint pole position in the boys’ under-16 category of the Mahavir Prasad Morarka Memorial Maharashtra State Schools Chess Championship 2018, which is being played, here, at the Nehru Centre, Worli.
Some of the Girls’ participants are seen playing during the sixth round of the Maharashtra State Schools Chess Championship 2018.
In sixth round matches, AFM Eshaan (5 points) outwitted Vinit Dhoot (4.5 points) to earn the full point on the top board and on the second board Vihaan (5 points) easily overcame Aryan Deogade (3.5 points).
In the Boys’ U-14 competition, lead remained unchanged as Rachit Lund and Rishi Kadam defeated their respective opponents to stay in front. Rishi (5,5 points) playing with the white pieces on the top board defeated Hriday Sangoi (4 points), while Rachit (5.5 points) played well with the black pieces and defeated Husain Nakara (4 points).
In the Girl’s U-14 event, Kiyarra Khaturia (5 points) holds the top position after securing a decisive win against Parnavi Rane (4.5 points), who has slipped to second position.
A total of 555 children from all the affiliated district of Maharashtra are participating in this 5-day event, which is being conducted by South Mumbai Chess Academy & Indian Chess School under the aegis of All Marathi Chess Associaiton and All India Chess Federaiton.
The top-two players in each category will be selected to represent Maharashtra in the National Schools 2019 to be held at Kolkata.
Results –
Boys U-14 (round 6): Rishi Kadam (5.5) beat Hriday Sangoi (4), Husain Nakara (4) lost Rachit Lund (5.5), AFM Vedant Nagarkatte (4) drew Aum Chordia (4.5), Mihir Sarvade (4.5) beat Pranav Narkar (3.5), Shyam Agrawal (4) drew Kartik Chinnam (3.5), Sudhanshu Nikam (4) beat Harshsingh Negi (3), Parth Lonkar (3) lost Yash Gogate (4), Krishna Soni (3.5) drew Pratik Kunder (3.5), Shourya Tamboskar (3) lost Ayush Mayekar (4), Krishan Bhatt (3.5) drew Patni Suketu (3).
Boys U-16 (round 6): AFM Eshaan Gupta (5) beat Vinit Dhoot (4.5), Vihaan Shetty (5) beat Aryan Deogade (3.5), Harsh Vartak (4.5) beat Anuj Madke (3), Yash Parab (3) lost Darshan Mutagi 4.5), Manav Shivalkar (3.5) drew Mihir Doshi (3.5), Yashbodhi Bansode (2) lost Jeet Dey (3.5), Shubham Bandikatte (3.5) beat Abhijay Dandawate (2), Bhargav Sheth (2.5) drew Pankaj Khiyansara (2.5), Kunal Jogi (2) lost Aditya Shrungarpure (3), Varun Kurhade (1) beat Sahil Koyande (2).
Girls U-14 (Round 6): Parnavi Rane (4.5) drew Kiyarra Khaturia (5), Shravani Patil (3.5) lost Saniya Tadavi (4), Prisha Kapadia (3.5) drew Sailee Desai (3.5), Ayushi Bhatiya (3) lost Sanskruti Sawant (4), Maitreyee Mane (3) drew Miloni Sonpal (3), Radhika Chopra (3) beat Ananya Gupta (2.5), Jenika Jain (2) lost Kirti Suryarao (3), Pratiksha Jaikanth (0.5) lost Vaibhavi Devlekar (3), Dhawani Jain (2) beat Dhruvi Shah (0.5).