Sumit wins

PANJIM: Goa’s Sumit Asnodkar (1999), playing black pieces got the better of Archie Bhupat Shanklesha (Mah) employing the petroff defence lasting 38 moves in All-India (below 2000) rating tournament for Sweta Sudesh Bandekar Rolling Trophy at Curchorem, Wednesday.

Second seed, Wilson Cruz (Goa) smashed through the defences of Arun Tripathi (Maha) in 24 moves.

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Ex-Goa under-7 champion, Jayesh Shettigar caused the biggest upset scalping Sadhu N Vishal (1737) of Gujarat.

 Bhakti Naik created an upset of sorts drawing with highly rated Ajeesh Antony (1903) from Kerala. Third seed Halsagar Chincholimath (1979) from Karnataka beat unrated Ashar Grishma (Mah) while 4th and 5th seeds Tahmankar Viraj (1965) and Ashraf Subhani spanked Ashvek Asnodkar and Saiesh Audi respectively.

In all, 110 international rated players from all over India are participating. There are also two from Sri Lanka amongs 255 players. There is even an entry of a blind player from Karnataka in Shashidhar K M (1632).

The tournament was inaugurated by Rajan Kodamal, Executive Engineer PWD, Fatorda in the presence of  Swapnil Desai, Rajesh Bandekar, Sanjay Kavlekar, Arvind Mhamal, Kishor Bandekar, Amrut Naik.