Jahavi soneji

All India Chess Masters FIDE: The top ten players got off to a positive start winning their respective first round matches on the first 10 board in the All India Chess Masters FIDE Rating Chess Championship held at the Mumbai Chess Centre, here on Friday.

Dakash Jagesia, playing with the black pieces, defeated Mayan Jha 1-0 on the top board. On the second board, Yash Kapadi, with the white pieces, defeated Sandeep Arth. The 16-year-old Daksh Jagesia from Mumbai has entered the tournament as the top seed and with a commendable FIDE rating of 1882.

The other winners are Darsh Shetty, Om Gada, Jahavi Soneji, Abhishek Patil, Sidharth Kumar, Swaminathan Vageesh, and Mayuresh Parkar.