Nagpur District open chess tournament begins

NAGPUR: Narhar Parkhi Memorial Nagpur District Open and Girls Chess Selection tournament commenced at the Neighbourhood Recreational Centre, Surendra Nagar, here on Wednesday.
In all, 59 players which includes 41 in open group and 18 in girls group are participating in the event. Four each from open and girls group will be selected to represent Nagpur district in the forthcoming state tournament to be played from April 28 at Nagpur.
RESULTS (Round 1)
Girls: Kasturi Deshmukh (0) lost to Tanya Pandey (1), Ananya Menkudle (1) bt Keshar Deshmukh (0), Krishna Maheswari (0) lost to R Nagalakshmi (1), Reeya Gupta (0) lost to Saloni Patel (1), Gayatri Panbude (1) bt Swarneema Gore (0).
Open: Dipesh Kohad (0) lost to Shweta Gole (1), Pramod Dhamgaye (1) bt Aryan Waranashiwar (0), Abhinav Deshmukh (0) lost to Saurabh Lokhande (1), Om Vitalkar (1) bt Daksh Arya (0), Deep Vitalkar (0) lost to Yashwant Shamkuwar (1).