Top seed, International Master (IM) Vikramaditya Kulkarni, former National B Chess Champion from Railways, made a winning start in the 6th SBI Life All India FIDE Rating Chess Tournament, which got underway at the Russian Centre for Science & Culture at Peddar Road, here on Saturday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Kulkarni made short work of Ahaan Kataruka in a first-round encounter in the event being played over nine rounds of the Swiss League.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The trend continued on the remaining boards as 2nd seeded FIDE Master Saurav Khherdekar (ELO 2090) and third-seeded Raghav Srivathsav (ELO 2060) defeated their respective opponents, Aditya and Ganeshwar in the first round.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The 6-day event, which has attracted 140 players from across India, which includes 61 FIDE-rated players, is being organised by India Chess School under the aegis of the All India Chess Federation (AICF) and Maharashtra Chess Association (MCA).<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Earlier, the event was declared open in a glittering ceremony which was presided over by Dr. Elena Remizova, Vice-Consul and Director, Abhay Daas, Divisional Head of SBI Life, International Master Sagar Shah, and P.B. Bhilare, Joint Secretary of Maharashtra Chess Association.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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Round 1: Vikramaditya Kulkarni (1) beat Ahaan (0), Aditya (0) lost to Saurav Khherdekar (1), Raghav beat Ganeshwar (0), Akshata (0) lost to Arnav (1), Sanjeev (1) beat Anant (0).<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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