Pune: Samant, Kartavya take joint lead at BKT All India Open Fide Rating Chess Tournament
Pune, November 12, 2021: Anadkat Kartavya of Gujarat and local boy FM Aditya Samant took joint lead with 6.5 points apiece at the end of seventh round at the Buddhibal Kreeda Trust organised All India Open Fide Rating Chess Tournament being played at Ashwamedh Hall, Karve Road
In the top boards Nagpur lad Sauravh Khherdekar drew with Gujarat player Anadkat Kartavya(6.5pts) In the late evening match yesterday Anadkat had scored an upset win over top seeded IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni
The 15 year old Pune based player a 10th standard student of Abhinav English Medium School, FM Aditya Samant scored a win over WGM Swati Ghate to move into the lead
Following are the results: Seventh Round: White and Black:
FM Sauravh Khherdekar(Mah)(6pts) drew with Anadkat Kartavya(Guj)(6.5pts);
WGM Swati Ghate(Mah)(5.5pts) lost to FM Aditya Samant(Mah)(6.5pts);
IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni(RLY)(5pts) bt Priyanshu Patil(Mah)(5pts);
Jaiveer Mahendru(Mah)(5.5pts) drew with Karan Trivedi(Guj)(5.5pts);
Akshay Borgaonkar(Mah)(6pts) bt Devam Makwana(Guj)(5pts);
Om Lamkane(Mah)(5pts) lost to Piyush Narsikar(Mah)(6pts);
Viaan Shah(Guj)(5pts) lost to Vishrut Parekh(Mah)(6pts);
Gaurav Bakliwal(Mah)(5.5pts) bt Dhiren Mor(Mah)(5pts);
Sourabh Mhamane(5.5pts) bt Siddhant Gaikwad(Mah)(4.5pts);
Cera Dagaria(MP)(4.5pts) lost to Ankit Chudasama(Guj)(5.5pts);
Riyan Shah(Mah)(5.5pts) bt AGM Chandrajeet Singh Rajawat(rAJ)(4.5pts);
Sohum Pawar(Mah)(5pts) drew with Chinmay Kelaskar(Mah)(5pts);
Anish Godse(Mah)(5pts) drew with Heramb Bhagwat(Mah)(5pts).
