Raut upsets third seed Kherdekar in Fide rating chess

NAGPUR: Vaibhav Raut stunned third seed Saurabh Kherdekar in the fourth round of the Indiana FIDE Rating Chess tournament here on Sunday.
Raut surprised Kherdekar in 34 moves on the third board. On the top board, Vinay Kumar outwitted Mayur Shelke in 37 moves. Yash Dhoke and Pawan Dodeja settled for a draw after marathon 82 moves.
RESULTS (Round 4)
Matta Vinay Kumar (4) bt Mayur Shelke (3), Yash Dhoke (3.5) drew with Pawan Dodeja (3.5), Saurabh Khherdekar (3) lost to Vaibhav Raut (4), Girish Dakliya Yogesh (3) lost to Atul Dahale (4), Pujjam Bansod (4) bt Dilip Pagay (3), Aayush Agarwal (3) lost to Kantilal Dave (4), Srishti Pandey (4) bt TS Patil (3), Aditya Savalkar (3) lost to Awadh Chaitanya (4), Sparsh Khandelwal (4) bt Niharika Ch (3), Pagay Shail (4) bt Anshul Nigam (3), Sreeshwan Maralakshikari (3.5) drew with Nikam Sudhanshu (3.5), Sai Agni Jeevitesh (3.5) bt Pracheta Agarwal (2.5), Sahithya G (2.5) lost to Devansh Ratti (3.5), Vinay Barhanpure (3.5) bt Raut Ishwar (2.5).