Khasdar chess tourney begins

The chess tournament organised under Khasdar Krida Mahotsav began at NMC indoor sports complex, Vivekanand Nagar, here on Friday.

In all  348 players are  participating  in the tournament including 67 FIDE rated. Earlier in the morning tournament was  inaugurated at the hands of  Rajendra Mundle Corporator Lakhan Erwar, Vanita Dandekar,  Rahul Vasudeva,NDCA treasurer  S N Parkhi, corporator  Prakash Bhoyar, Gajanan Nishitkar and chief arbiter IA Swapnil Bansod were present on the occasion

The third round of the chess tournament witnessed a major upset when Shreyas Bahadure surprised better rated Palav  Kalra at

On top board top seed Jayant Katdare had no difficulty in defeating Raj Kapse. On second board Vaibhav Raut got the better of Nitish Rathi. Pujjam Bansod recorded the victory over Omkar Shahane.

Round 3

Raj Kapse (2) lost to Katdare Jayant (3), Vaibhav Raut (3) bt Rathi Nitish (2), Kakra Palav (2) lost to Bahadure Shreyas (3), Pujjam Bansod (3) bt Shahane Omkar (2), Harsh Motghare (2) lost to Kohad Dipesh (3), Saurabh Lokhande (3) bt Bhosale Tejaswi (2), Tanmay K Sahare (2) lost to  Swayam Aalewad (3), Chandan Mahajan (3) bt Pandit Malay (2), Roy Hridoy (2) lost to Patil Priyanshu (3), Dhamgaye Pramod (2.5) drew with Shardul Khode (2.5)