Prathamesh draws in final round to lift title

PUNE, April 15: Top seed and favourite Prathamesh Mokal drew with Saurabh Deshpande in the final round to lift the under-16 title of the ...

PUNE, April 15: Top seed and favourite Prathamesh Mokal drew with Saurabh Deshpande in the final round to lift the under-16 title of the open chess tournament organised by the Buddhibal Krida Trust here on Wednesday.

In the under-10 category, Tejas Konde-Deshmukh sneaked ahead of Soumya Deshpande to take home the title.

Results
U-16 (9th Round): Prathamesh Mokal (8.5) drew with Saurabh Deshpande (6); Eesha Karawade (7.5) b Amruta Mokal (5.5), Abhijit Patil (6.5) drew with Sohan Phadke (6.5); Soumitra Mujumdar (6.5) b Akshayraj Kore (5); Panagha Magal (6) b Anant Kulkarni (5); Kruttika Nadig (5) b Kaustubh Patwardhan (5).

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U-10: Tejas Konde-Deshmukh (7.5) b Aniruddha Deshpande (6); Soumya Swaminathan (7) b Mohit Shah (6); Salil Nitsure (6.5) b Gaurav Konde (5); Abhishek Kelkar (6.5) b Chinmay Kulkarni (6.5).

Standings: U-16: Prathamesh Mokal (8.5 pts); Eesha Karawade (7.5 pts); Abhijit Patil (6.5 with 33 pp); Sohan Phadke (6.5 with 33 pp); Soumitra Mujumdar (6.5 with 32.5 pp); Panagha Magal (6 with 32.5 pp); Kruttika Nadig (6 with 31 pp); Saurabh Deshpande (6 with 29 pp).

Under-10: Tejas Konde-Deshmukh (7.5), Soumya Swaminathan (7); Salil Nitsure (6.5 with 34.5 pp); Abhishek Kelkar (6.5 with 29.5 pp); Mohit Shah (6 with 33 pp); Aniruddha Deshpande (6 with 29 pp).

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