Mumbai players shine at all-India chess meet

MUMBAI: Hriday Sheth (1339 Elo ) and Hriday Bhuta (1357 Elo) of Mumbai caused major upsets in the second round of the All India Open Fide Rating tournament, that is being held at the Dharavi Sports Complex. Hriday beat Goa's candidate master Bhakti Kulkarni (2284 Elo) while his citymate Bhuta outplayed FM Nitish Belurkar.
A total of 190 players are vying for top honours in the Rs three-lakh tournament.Top Results (after second round): Yuti Mayur Patel (1) lost to IM Saptarshi Roy (2); Nitish Belurkar(1) lost to Bhuta Hriday (2); Hriday Dharmesh Sheth (2) beat Bhakti Kulkarni (1); Chakravarthy Reddy (2) beat Shubham Bari (1); Krishna Prabhakar (1) lost to IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni (2).