Srinivas, Akash triumph

MUMBAI, Nov 1: Srinivas Ramkumar of Guru Nanak, Bhandup and Akash Khalwadekar of St. Stanislaus won the titles in the open and under-10 cate...

MUMBAI, Nov 1: Srinivas Ramkumar of Guru Nanak, Bhandup and Akash Khalwadekar of St. Stanislaus won the titles in the open and under-10 categories respectively in the Bournvita Inter-Schools Chess Tournament conducted by the Kalina Recreation Centre and Sports Club and Mumbai Chess Association at the Don Bosco school, Matunga here today.

Priyanka Vora of JB Vachha and Niharika Thakkar of Vissanji Academy won the girls title in the open and under-10 categories.

Srinivas, finished half a point ahead of the field to win the title. In the last round today he defeated Saurabh Barve. On the second board, Raj Parakh drew with Archis Awate while Kaustubh Nilegaonkar and Amar Kamath also ended their match in a draw in the third board.

In the under-10 section, Akash tied with Aditya Vora for the top spot but the latter lost out on the title on progressive scores. Niharika, who finished third overall, won the girls title.

Akash beat Vishal Shah and Aditya defeated Akash8217;s twin brother Ambar in the top twoboards. Niharika also won against Rohil Bhat in the third board.

Results final round

Open category: Srinivas Ramkumar 9.5 bt Saurabh Barve 9; Raj Parakh 8.5 drew with Archis Awate 8.5; Kaustubh Nilegaonkar 8.5 drew with Amar Kamath 8.5; Sagar Sadavarte 9 bt Sagar Masurekar 8; R Chandrashekar 7.5 lost to Nikhil Bhat 8.5; Priyanka Vora 8 drew with Amit Kamat 8; Vaibhav Saxena 8 bt Yogita Yevle 7; Ameya Karandikar 8 bt Gaurav Hingne 7; Vinay Kumar Mohandas 7 lost to Siddharth Alvares 8; Anand Subramanium 7 lost to Nilesh Yevle 8.

Final positions: 1. Srinivas Ramkumar, 2. Saurabh Barve, 3. Sagar Sadavarte, 4. Raj Parakh, 5. Amar Kamath. Best girl: Priyanka Vora.Under-10: Akash Khalwadekar 10 bt Vishal Shah 8; Aditya Vora 10 bt Ambar Khalwadekar 7.5; Niharika Thakkar 9 bt Rohil Bhat 8; Anuj Moralwar 8 drew with Ashay Awate 8; KN Nimidev 8 drew with Mugdha Variyar 8; Sachin Kamath 7.5 lost to Ishan Nadkarni 8.5; Aniruddh Unni 7.5 lostto Sahil Majumdar 8; Varun Dattani 7 walk over to Purva Variyar 8; Sachin Bedekar 8 bt Athale Yogesh 7; Akshay Deshmukh 8 bt Pratik Shenoy 7.

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Final positions: 1. Akash Khalwadekar, 2. Aditya Vora, 3. Niharika Thakkar, 4. Ishan Nadkarni, 5. Rohil Bhat. Best girl: Niharika Thakkar.