The District Under – 25 Selection Chess Championship 2019 organised by Nagpur District Chess Association (NDCA) in association with Dhanwate National College began at NDCA Hall, DNC Sports Complex, Congress Nagar here on Friday.
Earlier the tournament was inaugurated at the hands of NDCA organising secretary and chief arbiter. Pravin Pantawane.
On top board top seed Parth Lonkar defeated Addhyay Damke. On second board, second seed Sumedh Ramteke out classed Divyanshi Chandankhee whereas Manthan Kale recorded victory over Harshal Raut.
Results (round 1)
Lonkar Parth (1) btAddhyay Vinay Damke (0), Chandankhede Divyanshi (0) lost to Ramteke Sumedh (1), Manthan Vijayrao Kale (1) bt Harshal Raut (0), Khobragade Srushti (0) lost to Kulkarni Nilay (1), Lohit Rushikesh (1) bt Meshram Vibudh (0), Meshram Tushar (0) lost to Ankush Chore (1), Ramteke Ayush (0) lost to Misulkar Shantanu (1), Savinay Meshram ( 0) lost to Chandankhede Yashika (1), Jha Kushagra (1) bt Shende Tanmay (0), Shravani Sirpurwar (0) lost to  Harshavardhan Ravindra Chatte (1).