Dahale jumps to sole lead in Fide Rating chess

NAGPUR: Atul Dahale emerged as sole leader with six points to his credit at the end of Round 6 of the second Indiana All India Fide Rating Chess tournament at the Hedgewar Smarak Samiti Hall, Reshimbagh, here on Monday.
Pune’s Dahale was followed by Srushti Pandey with 5.5 points. On the top board, Dahale, playing with Sicilian defence, downed Matta Vinay Kumar of Andhra Pradesh in 44 moves.On the second board, local lass Srushti settled for a draw with Rajasthan’s Kantilal Dave in 75 moves.
On the third board, Sreeshwan Maralaxikari of AP and Amravati’s Pawan Dodeja split point after 15 moves. Experienced city player Sourabh Kherdekar carved out a 27-move win over Pujam Bansod.
On Tuesday, seventh round matches will begin at 10 am, while Round 8 will start at 3 pm.
RESULTS (Round 6)
Matta Vinay Kumar (5) lost to Atul Dahale (6), Srishti Pandey (5.5) drew with Kantilal Dave (5), Sreeshwan Maralakshikari (5) drew with Pawan Dodeja (5), Yash Dhoke (5) drew with Tarun Kanyamarala (5), Saurabh Kherdekar (5) bt Pujjam Bansod (4.5), Aditi Patel (4.5) drew with Dilip Pagay (4.5), Vatsal Singhania (4) lost to Vaibhav Raut (5), Priyanshu Patil (4) lost to Chetan Sharma (5), Saurabh Lokhande (4.5) drew with T Chandran (4.5), Vinay Barhanpure (4.5) drew with Ojas Mahavir Karnavat (4.5), Avhra Biswas (4) lost to Awadh Chaitanya (5), Sparsh Khandelwal (5) bt Abhay Bandewar (4), Jatin Deshpande (4) lost to Anshul Nigam (5), Shail Pagay (5) bt Mayur Shelke (4).