Five in joint lead at 19th Shri Maheshwaranand Saraswati MemorialAll India Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament

Pune, November 10, 2023: Rucha Pujari,Akshay Borgaonkar, Vikramaditya Kulkarni , Kashish Jain and Ritvik Krishnan placed themselves in joint lead with 5 points apiece at end of the fifth round at the 19th Shri Maheshwaranand Saraswati Memorial All India Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament which is being organised by Buddhibal Kreeda Trust and to be held at Ganesh Sabhagruha, Karve Road, Pune.

The tournament was inaugurated by Mr.Niranjan Godbole, Hon Secretary of MCA, Mr.Ashwin Trimal, VP of PDCC, Mr.Sanjay Adhav, Member of PDCC. Mr.Prakash Kunte, Trustee of Buddhibal Kreeda Trust, Murnalini Kunte, Director of Kunte Chess Academy, IA Rajendra Shidore and Deputy Chief Arbiter Vinita Shrotri were present on the occasion.

Results: 5th round: (White and Black pieces):
Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh(4pts) lost to Rucha Pujari(5pts);
Aanjaneya Phatak(4.5pts) drew with Laxman, R.R.(4.5pts);
Suyog Wagh(5pts) bt Akshay Borgaonkar(4pts);
Vikrmaditya Kulkarni(5pts) bt Nirgun, Keval(4pts);
Kashish Jain(5pts) bt Harsh Ghadge(4pts);
Ram Parab(4pts) lost to Ritvik Krishnan(5pts);
Arnav Kherdekar(3.5pts) lost to Raahul, V S(4.5pts);
Kushagra, Mohan(4.5pts) bt Aahan, Sharma(3.5pts);
Yash Watarkar(3.5pts) lost to Nikhil Dixit(4.5pts);
Akshay Joglekar(3.5pts) lost to Abhishek, Kelkar(4.5pts);
Vedant Nagarkatte(4pts) drew with Dhanashree Khairmode(4pts);
Sammed Shete(4pts) bt Ashish Chaudhari(3.5pts);
Padmini Rout(4pts) bt Apurv Desmukh(3pts);
Aarush Dolas(4pts) bt Viresh Sharnarthi(3pts);