Pune: Pujari, Laxman in lead at 19th Shri Maheshwaran and Saraswati Memorial All India Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament

Pune, November 11, 2023: Rucha Pujari drew with RR Laxman on the top board to take a joint lead at end of the eighth 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.

Rucha and Laxman were tied with 7.5 points each at the end of the 8th round .
Sammed Shete, VS Raahul and Vikramaditya Kulkarni followed the leaders with 7 points each .

Results: 8th round: White and black pieces:
Rucha Pujari(7pts) drew with Laxman, R.R.(7pts);
Akshay Borgaonkar(6.5pts) drew with Mohammad Shaikh(6.5pts);
Om Lamkane(6pts) lost to Sammed Shete(7pts);
Raahul, V S(7pts) bt Aanjaneya Phatak(6pts);
Ram Parab(6pts) lost to Vikramaditya Kulkarni(7pts);
Ritvik Krishnan(6.5pts) drew with Vedant Nagarkatte(6.5pts);
Sourabh Mhamane(5.5pts) lost to Kushagra, Mohan(6.5pts);
Lalitaditaayyanar Boominathan(5.5pts) lost to Suyog Wagh(6.5pts);
Nikhil Dixit(6.5pts) bt Jeet Shah(5.5pts);
Abhishek Kelkar(5.5pts) lost to Om Gada(6.5pts);
Sharveel, Chouridule(5.5pts) lost to Kashish Jain(6.5pts);
Viresh Sharnarthi(6pts) bt Arnav Kherdekar(5.5pts);
Aryan Karmalkar(5pts) lost to Padmini, Rout(6pts).