PANJIM: Rohan Ahuja, Ritviz Parab and Anant Prabhudesai won their first round matches at the 15th Bangkok Chess Club open tournament, in Bangkok, on Monday.
Rohan Ahuja and Ritviz Parab defeated Sandhiratne Akkarawut of Thailand and Jumpathong Chayanon also of Thailand respectively while Anant Prabhudesai got the better of FM Praggnanadhaa R of India.
GM’s Wang Hao of China, Vallejo Pons Fransico of Spain and Nigel Short of England are the top seeds in the tournament.
