By Praful Zaveri in Mumbai
Day Seven
The day seven of the Sixth Bournvita Inter School Chess tournament, organised by the Kalina Recreation & Sports Club jointly with the Bombay Chess Association at the Prabodhankar Thackeray Sports Complex, Vile Parle, Mumbai, witnessed upsets galore as many seeded players were brought to ground realities.
The big shock of the day was registered in the Boys Open Category when the current Maharashtra State Under-15 champion, Parag Terwarkar of Father Agnel crashed to Anand Sundar of Hiranandani School in the 2nd round. Anand Sundar, an unknown player in the Mumbai chess circuit, who had a very good outing in the Under-12 category, continued his run of success in the more stronger group. Meanwhile, the three rated players; Amar Kamat 2167), Vaibhav Saxena (2158) and Kartik Vishwanathan (2050) had little difficulty in winning their first two rounds.
In the Girls Open Category it was the turn of top-seeded Tanvi Thakur of St.Annes High School to suffer a defeat against 8 year old Trichi Chawla of Father Agnel. 13 year old Tanvi, the runners-up of the last edition here, succumbed to the guile of her younger opponent who is improving with her every outing.
In the under 10 Girls category, 4th seeded Sayali Phadke joined the list of seeded player’s who were defeated when she lost to Ruchita Lalmalani. Top-seeded, Saba Mhate, Gayatri Velu, Sharvari Desai, Priyanka D’souza marched into the round 4 with all-win record.
The Boys Under-10 category also witnessed a mild shock as top-seeded Nitesh Bhat and 4th seeded Karan Ajinkya were held to a draw by Salim Ali Siddiq and Yuktesh Pawar. 2nd seeded Vivektesh Agwan, Anuj Tawri, Mohan Rao, Snehal Bhosale, Amit Soman, Meghan Gupte and Amogh Vajandar are leading the field with 4/4 at the end of the day.
Under 10 Girls – Round 3
1. Siddhali Shetye (2) lost to Saba Mhate (3)
2. Gayatri Velu (3) beat Sayali Dolas
3. Macrina Lobo (2) lost to Sharvari Desai (3)
4. Monica Maskeri (2.5) drew with Rajvi Mehta (2.5)
5. Priyanka D'Souza (3) beat Ruchita Lalmalani (2)
Open Girls – Round 3
1. Tanvi Thakur (2) lost to Trichi Chawla (3)
2. Vrushali Kulkarni (2) lost to Saloni Balgi (3)
3. Rinku Yadav (3) beat Vandita Agarwal (2)
4. Aditi Vira (3) beat Priyanka Punjabi (2)
5. Priyanka Vora (2.5) drew with Leann Almeida (2.5)
Open Boys – Round 3
1. Amar Kamat (3) beat Amber Khalwadekar (2)
2. Srinivas Menon (2) lost to Vaibhav Saxena (3)
3. Karthik Vishwanathan (3) beat Sagar Tendulkar (2)
4. Sundar Anand (3) beat Parag Terwadkar (2)
5. Sagar Sadavarte (3) beat Kunal Patankar (2)
Under 10 Boys – Round 4
1. Ananth Shankar (3) lost to Viviktesh Agwan (4)
2. Anuj Tawari (4) beat Abhishek Kenkre (3)
3. Anish Menon (3) lost to Rohan Rao (4)
4. K.P. Nimidev (3.5) drew with Abhishek Ravi (3.5)
5. Snehal Bhosale (4) beat Parth Agarwal (3)
Schedule for 06/11/2K:
9:00 am to 6:00 pm : Open Boys : Round Nos. 4,5,6
10:00 am to 4:30 pm : Under 10 Boys : Round Nos. 5, 6
10:00 am to 3:30 pm : Under 10 Girls : Round Nos. 4, 5
10:00 am to 4:00 pm : Open Girls : Round Nos.4,5
Venue: Prabhodhankar Thackeray Sports Complex,
Shahaji Raje Road,
Vile-Parle (East),
Mumbai – 400 057.