Yash Kapadi and Darsh Shetty retained their joint lead at the All India Chess Masters FIDE Rating Chess Championship after their highly anticipated Round 7 encounter ended in a hard-fought draw. The tournament is currently being held at the Mumbai Chess Centre, Russian House, Pedder Road.
Kapadi, playing with the white pieces on the top board, engaged in a tightly contested battle with Shetty that went down to the wire. Following the draw, both players continue to lead the tournament standings with 6.5 points each.
In another notable result, 10-year-old Parv Hakani delivered an impressive performance to defeat Shreyas Kaushik and secure a full point. With this win, Hakani now has five points and shares third place alongside five other contenders.
Results:
Yash Kapadi (ILO 1879) .5 drew with .5 Darsh Shetty (ILO 1833)
Om Gada (ILO 1814) 1 beat 0 Vageesh Swaminathan (ILO 1763)
Mayuresh Parkar (ILO 1757) 1 beat 0 WCM Kriti Patel (ILO 1695)
Deepak Soni (ILO 1753) .5 drew with Dhruv Muthe (ILO 1674)
Parv Hakani (ILO 1671) 1 beat 0 Shreyas Kaushik (ILO 1736)
Avani Udipi (ILO 1669) 1 beat 0 Nirvaan Shah (ILO 1711)
Vansh Jajoo (ILO 1656) 0 lost 1 Reyaansh Venkat (ILO 1697)
Yuti Patel (ILO 1646) 0 lost 1 Daksh Jagesia (ILO 1882)
Kashyap Alva (ILO 1506) 0 lost 1 Kush Agarwal (ILO 1850)
Abhishek Patil (ILO 1779) 0 lost 1 AIM Krish Butala (1642)
