Mangalore: Seeded players faced little problem in advancing to the second round of the second Mangalore All-India Open Chess Tournament here today. In the first round, Grandmasters Pravin Thipsay of Mumbai and Dibyendu Barua of Kolkata registered victories over Abhijit J Kamath and Aaditt M K respectively.
A total of 280 players from 20 states are participating in the event.
Results:
Sukanya Chari O lost to Laxman R R 1; Dibyendu Barua 1 bt Aaditt M K 0; Abhijith J Kamath 0 lost to Praveen Thipsay M 1; Himanshu Sharma 1 bt Abinaya Sen S 0; Adarsh K 0 lost to Murali Krishnan B T 1; Prakash G B 1 bt Adit Suvarna 0; Adithya M D 0 lost to Sanjay N 1; Dinesh Sharma K 1 bt Aditya M 0; Aditya Pai K 0 lost to Shivananda B S 1; Purushothaman T 1 bt Akash H 0; Akshatha R 0 lost to Praveen Kumar C 1; Phadke Sohan 1 bt Amit Panchal 0; Anam Alpesh Laxmikant 0 lost to Koshy Varugeese 1; Stany G A 1 bt Anchit Vyas 0; Anishcharith C Bhandary 0 lost to Ramnathan Balasubramaniam 1; Wajih Nassir 1 bt Anitha D Souza 0; Anuarag A Shenoy 0 lost to Praveen Prasad P 1; Sahu Sekhar Chandra 1 bt Anushka K C 0; Aravinda B R 0 lost to Sriram Sarja 1; Phoobalan P 1 bt Ashwath Govind 0.
