Shraddha beats Kirti in third round of All India FIDE Rating Open Chess

Mumbai, Oct 13 (PTI) Shrdha Pvekar (3 points) defeated Woman Candidate Master Kriti Patel (2 points) in a third-round match of All India FIDE Rating Open Chess Tournament here on Sunday.

Palghar-based Shrdha (rating 1588) started with English opening, while Kirti (1829) opted for a neo-Catalan defence in ir contest.

Shrdha was able to come out on top against Kirti, who h recorded impressive victories earlier, to win in 63 moves on sixth board.

Delhi's Arena International Master Saikat Nath (2 points) and Mumbai's International Master Vikramitya Kulkarni (2 points) maintained ir winning form, recording ir third successive wins.

AIM Nath (1829) defeated Mumbai's Shravana Agraval (1582) on seventh board, while IM Vikramitya (2185) brushed aside challenge from Agharkar Shriyans (1612) on top board.

Top 10 results (round-3): Agharkar Shriyans (2) lost to IM Vikramitya Kulkarni (2) 0-1; Atharv Soni (2) drew with Shubham Baviskar (2) 0.5-0.5; Shubham Kane (2) lost to Yash Watarkar (2) 0-1; Sanjeev Mishra (2) beat Hridaan A Shah (2) 1-0; Manya Balani (2) lost to Arnav Kherdekar (2) 0-1; Shrdha Pvekar (2) beat WCM Kriti Patel (2) 1-0; AIM Saikat Nath (2) beat Shravana Agraval (2) 1-0; Yuti Patel (2) beat Yash Kapi (2) 1-0; Om Ga (2) beat Dhruv Tahilianey (2) 1-0; Sunil Vaidya (2) lost to Darsh Shetty (2) 0-1.