Arnav Kherdekar Emerges Champion in All India FIDE Chess Rating Tournament

Mumbai's Arnav Kherdekar emerged champion in All India FIDE Rating Open Chess Tournament here on Thursday.

Kherdekar and International Master Vikramitya Kulkarni finished with 7.5 each at end of eighth and final round. competition was organised by SMCA Chess School and was held at Russian House.

Kherdekar, with a better progressive tie-breaker score of 41.25 compared to Kulkarni's 36.75, was declared champion.

On second board, Kherdekar (1846) defeated Darsh Shetty (1798) to stay in contention for top position.

On top board, Kulkarni (2185) maintained his fine winning streak and defeated Darsh Shetty (1968), but his inferior progressive score of 36.75 saw him finish second.

Pune's Yash Watarkar (1963) came third with seven points. Watarkar beat Yuti Patel (1580) to finish third with seven points.

Results (top-10 final round): IM Vikramitya (7.5) beat Atharv Soni (6) 1-0; Arnav Kherdekar (7.5) beat Darsh Shetty (6) 1-0; Yash Watarkar (7) beat Yuti Patel (6) 1-0; Gurupras Kulkarni (6.5) drew with Sanjeev Mishra (6.5) 0.5-0.5; Kartik Kumbhar (6.5) drew with Kshaunish Jaiswal (6.5) 0.5-0.5; AIM Saikat Nath (5.5) lost to Ishaan Tendolkar (6.5) 0-1; Akash Whwani (6) drew with Om Ga (6) 0.5-0.5; Dhruv Mu (5) lost to Saurabh Kulkarni (6) 0-1; Yash Kapi (6) beat Parv Hakani (5) 1-0; Shubham Baviskar (6) beat Deepak Soni (5) 1-0.