City’s Saraogi, Bajaj among leaders

 

 

City’s Vivaan Saraogi and Dishank Bajaj were among six players who shared lead after the fourth round of the MLA Cup All India Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament being organised by Jai Sai Welfare Foundation at Akhil Bhartiya Vishwakarma Vikas Mandal on Wednesday.

Nagpur’s Saraogi and Bajaj, Fide Master Prasannaa S of Tamil Nadu, Prakash Ram of Punjab, Gaurav Sharma of Delhi and Nirgun Keval of Maharashtra registered victories over their rivals to take their tally to four points.

Playing on the fourth board, Saraogi defeated Mahindrakar Indrajeet of Maharashtra while Bajaj got the better of Shivam Yadav of Delhi. Top seed Vikramaditya Kulkarni was held to a draw by Sanjeev Mishra on the top board.

Results Round 4: Vikramaditya Kulkarni (3.5) drew with Sanjeev Mishra (3.5), Aniket Biswas (3) lost to Prasannaa S (4), Prakash Ram (4) bt Nihaan Pohane (3), Vivaan Saraogi (4) bt Indrajeet Mahindrakar (3), Prerak Darvekar(3.5) drew with Susobhit Das (3.5), Saksham Singh (3) lost to Gaurav Sharma (4).