City’s Gaigore wins all India chess crown

 

 

SANSKAR Gaigore, with eight points, emerged champion of the All India Open Below 1600 FIDE Rating Chess Tournament which concluded at 7 Vacchan Hall in Wardhaman Nagar. The tournament was organised by Jai Sai Welfare Foundation.In the ninth and final round, 17th seed Gaigore drew with city-mate Sumedh Ramteke who was seeded 14th in the tournament. Nagpur’s Mradul Yadav ended with eight points after he drew with Chhattisgarh’s Yashsva Kanholkar, to take the second spot. Another Nagpurian second seed Nilay Kulkarni defeated Tamil Nadu’s NS Bhaskar to finish third. Gaigore won a glittering trophy and a cash purse of Rs 50,000 while Yadav collected Rs 35,000. Kulkarni got richer by Rs 21,000. Sushant Jumde was the tournament director while IA Bansod Swapnil was the chief arbiter and IA Chavan Deepak was his deputy. Prizes to the winners and top finishers were distributed by Pratik Parekh, Sushant Jumde, Nilesh Channwar, IA Swapnil Bansod and IA Deepak Chavhan.

Results Round 9: Sanskar Gaigore(8) drew with Sumedh Ramteke (7½), Yashsva Anil Kanholkar (7½) drew with Mradul Yadav ((7½), Nilay Kulkarni 7½ bt Bhaskar NS (6½), Pavan C (7) drew with Kush Agarwal (7), Prateek Chandwani (7½) bt Ayush Ramteke (6½), Saket Atul Kumar (7) drew with Atharv Sadawarte (7), Suravarapu Jayanth (6½) lost to Sagar G Shenoy (7½), Aradhya Tikam (7) drew with Aryan Deogade (6½), Gurudutt Goswami (7) bt Saikat Nath (6), Bhavik Chaudhary (6) lost to Devanshi Gawande (7). TOP TEN: Sanskar Gaigore, Mradul Yadav, Nilay Kulkarni, Yashsva Kanholkar, Sumedh Ramteke, Prateek Chandwani, Sagar Shenoy, Abhishek Mishra, Tikam Aradhya, Aahana Pachchigar.