Kriti Patel records second win in All India FIDE Rating Open Chess Tournament

Woman Candidate Master Kriti Patel recorded a second win to consolidate her position in second round of All India FIDE Rating Open Chess tournament, here on Saturday.

Kirti defeated Devanh Nisar in 54 moves as she played from white pieces with Albin Counter Gambit opening and won an early pawn.

Kriti maintained vantage and exploited situation and and when Devansh defended well, she was in control. She finally went for kill and checkmated Devansh on 54th move to seal win.

International Master Vikramitya Kulkarni (2 points) from Kolhapur, playing with white, scored anor impressive win defeating Kirti Suryarao (1 point) of Thane in anor second round match.

Arena International Master Saikat Nath (2 points) defeated Pragnay Singh (1 point) on eighth board with black pieces.

Results – Top 10: IM Vikramitya Kulkarni (2) beat Kirti Suryarao (1) 1-0; Karan Dassani (1) lost to Atharv Soni (2) 0-1; Yash Watarkar (2) beat Medhansh Poojary (1) 1-0; Naval Vora (1) lost to Sanjeev Mishra (2) 0-1; Arnav Kherdekar (2) beat Vihan Pandey (1) 1-0; AIM Samarth Patodekar (2) beat Saurabh Kulkarni (1) 1-0; Kriti Patel (2) beat Devansh Nisar (1) 1-0; Pragnay Singh (1) lost to AIM Saikat Nath (2) 1-0; Yash Kapi (2) beat Mukul Rane (1) 1-0; Neev Bafna (1) lost to Om Ga (2) 0-1. PTI DDV PDS