Ten players got off to a positive start winning their respective first round matches on the top-10 board at All India Chess Masters FIDE Rating Chess Championship held at the Mumbai Chess Centre, located at the Russian House, Pedder Road.
Dakash Jagesia playing with the black pieces defeated Mayan Jha 1-0 on the top board. On the second board, Yash Kapadi with the white pieces defeated Sandeep Arth. The other winners are Darsh Shetty, Om Gada, Jahavi Soneji, Abhishek Patil, Sidharth Kumar, Swaminathan Vageesh and Mayuresh Parkar.
Earlier the tournament was inaugurated by Victor Gorelykh, Hon. Director, Russian Cultural House.
Results: Top 10 board: Mayan Jha 0 lost 1 Dakash Jagesia, Yash Kapadi 1 beat. 0 Sandeep Arth, Advait Mayakar 0 lost 1 Kush Agarwal, Darsh Shetty 1 beat 0 Rohit Gharat, Shlok Bharati 0 lost 1 Om Gada, Jahavi Soneji 1 beat 0 Mahendra Gadoya, Dipak Prabhakar 0 lost 1 Abhishek Patil, Sidharth Kumar 1 beat 0 Pranav Swarang, Agastya Patwa 0 lost 1 Swaminathan Vageesh, Mayuresh Parkar 1 beat 0 Ravi Aarav.
