rohith krishna shot into sole lead with 7.5 points after completion of the 9th round of the 2nd maharashtra international open grandmasters chess tournament being played at naivedhyam northstar in koradi. krishna defeated overnight joint leader fm vedant panesar while im szpar milosz, the overnight third joint leader, was held to a draw by neelash shah. milosz, mayank chakraborty follow behind the leaders with 7 points each. thirteen-year-old cm mayank chakraborty of assam became the first player of this to
sports reporterthe title already in his basket, nagpur’s grandmaster raunak sadhwani finished the maharashtra challenge match against experienced briton nigel short taking a total of 20 points. in the last round battle, raunak roun
sports reporter it was a day of mixed fortunes for the two indian super gms vidit gujrathi and raunak sadhwani on day five of the maharshtra challenge match where two rapid and four blitz games were played at naivedhyam northstar,
sports reporterthe fourth and final classical games of the maharashtra challenge match — peter svidler versus vidit gujrathi and raunak sadhwani versus nigel short were intense and hard-fought but ended in draws. both vidit and rau
sports reporterthe indians collectively put up a good display on third day of the maharashtra chess festival in progress at the naivedyam north star in nagpur raunak sadhwani and vidit gujrathi and were once again at their dazzling best