Hyderabad: Grandmaster RR Laxman (Tamil Nadu), International Master Gusain Himal (Chattisgarh), CM Kushagra Mohan, IM Ratnakaran (Kerala), IM Saravanakrishnan (Tamil Nadu) comfortably won their first round matches in 3rd Hyderabad All India FIDE Rating Chess Tournament here in Joy International School, Bachupally Saturday. This event was inaugurated earlier by Siraj Ur Rehman, Vice President of Telangana State Chess Association.
Important results (1st round): GM RR Laxman (1) bt Dhruone Reddy (0), B Kirthika (0) lost to IM Gusain Himal (1), CM Kushagra Mohan (1) bt Vinaykumar Gold (0), Suryasaahas Reddi ( 0) lost to IM Ratnakaran (1), IM Saravanakrishnan (1) bt Ashwinth Michael (0), Karthikeya Krapa (0) lost to Kaustav Kundu (1), Utsab Chatterjee (1) bt Dhanyashree .H (0), Adipta Saha (0) lost to CM Niraj Saripalli (1), Dhananjay (1) bt Rishith Narayanan (0), Chitti Phanibhushan (0) lost to Srihari .L (1)
Source: Telangana Today