Anisha, Darsh hold rated masters to take Day 1 honours in Bal Jagat chess

NAGPUR: Anisha Kumbhalkar and Darsh Padlamwar forced international rated players to play out a draw and stole the show on the opening day of the

Nanaji Deshmukh

Memorial Bal Jagat

Chess

championship on Thursday. The chess meet in four age categories for players below 13 years is organized by Deendayal Shodh Sansthan at the Kamalatai Vaidya Auditorium of Bal Jagat, near Aath Rasta Square, Laxmi Nagar.


The four-day tournament recognized by the

Nagpur District

Chess Association (NDCA) attracted a participation of 166 players from across the city.

While all the seeded players in the U-7, U-9 and U-13 age groups registered victories in their respective opening round games, Anisha and Darsh held rated masters in the U-11 group.

On the top board of the U-11 section, Anisha defended well with her black pieces to hold 1252 Elo rated and top seed Aditya Bhange while Darsh utilized his opening advantage with the whites to play out a draw with 1112 rated Akshit Gaijbhiye on the fourth table.

Earlier, NDCA president Dilip Kamdar inaugurated the meet. On the occasion, Umesh Panbude and others were present.

RESULTS

Under-7: Aarshabh Jha (1) bt Rishaan Bahrtia (0), Tanmay Bajaj (0) lost to Jaydeep Kothari (1), Granth Maheshwari (1) w/o Vishal Bajaj (0), Ananya Banode (0) lost to Sahajveer Maras (1), Swapnil Meshram (1) bt Manwendra Borikar(0).

Under-9: Aarush Chitre (1) bt Arnav Moon (0), Krushal Moon (1) bt Abidi Rayaan (0), Gyan Agrawal (1) bt Dhruv Mor (0), Arnav

Nimbalkar

(0) lost to Riddhi Agrawal (1), Ritwik Agrawal (1) bt Lokesh Panbude (0).

Under-11: Aditya Bhange (0.5) drew with Anisha Kumbhalkar (0.5), Lakshita Kranti Rathod (0) lost to Krupal Wanjari (1), Ayush Ramteke (1) bt Shridhar Nimkar (0), Darsh Padlamwar (0.5) drew with Akshit Gaijbhiye (0.5), Kushagra Jha (1) bt Atharva Panchbhai (0).

Under-13: Shouray Gupta (0) lost to Ansh Dhanvij (1), Vyankatesh Dande (1) bt Abhishek Ikhar (0), Dishank Bajaj (1) w/o Arihant Jambhulkar (0), Rushikesh Lohit (1) bt Rtiwik Kawale (0), Saish Mahurkar (0) lost to Krish Bawangade (1).