JAIPUR, Jan 20: International Master Varghese Koshy played true to his top billing and won comfortably in the first round of the Rs 1.5 lakh prize money third Pink City International Chess Tournament which got underway at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium here today.Koshy, playing with white pieces, defeated Kumardeep Chakraborty in an English opening game in just 31 moves.
Important results (first round): S R Kidambi bt Y R Royalnd (Bangladesh); Sriram Jha bt Chaitanya Vaidya; R K Mishra bt Rohit Bhargava; Vedanta Goswami bt S Upadhyaya; S Sinha bt N Jay Raj; Swati Ghate bt Abhishek Sharma.
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