Kotwal corners glory

AUG 29: Mumbai's Shashikant Kutwal won the 32nd Maharashtra State Selection Chess Tournament, organised by the Nagpur District Chess Association here at the Joshi Mangal Karyalaya on Tuesday.

On the top board, Kutwal agreed to split the point with Paranjpe in 28 moves but Soman downed Sushant Banerjee in 41 moves to take his tally to seven points. Pankaj Joshi outclassed G Balaji in 30 moves but Bartakke and Thakur had to struggle hard before earning the crucial seventh point. Bartakke beat Yashraj Aidasani in 75 moves, while Thakur prevailed over Rushmin Pulekar in 60 moves.

Important results (Round 9)

Shashikant Kutwal (7) drew with Pradeep Paranjpe (6.5), Sushant Banerjee (6) lost to SS Soman (7), G Balaji (6) lost to Pankaj Joshi (7), Ketan Boricha (6.5) drew with Mahesh Bhitande (6.5), Yashraj Aidasani (6) lost to Amardeep Bartakke (7), Rushmin Pulekar (6) lost to Akash Thakur (7), Umesh Panbude (6) drew with Mugdha Dolas (6), T Chandran (5) lost to D Ravishankar (6), Omkar Patwardhan (5.5) drew with Rahul Joshi (5.5), Santosh Shelke (6) bt Swapnil Birange (5), VK Wasnik (5) lost to Sumukh Gaekwad (6), Vikrant Chole (5.5) drew with BK Shrivastava (5.5), Pratik Shriwas (6) bt DG Bhandarkar (5), Ashwini Kulkarni (5.5) drew with Umesh Kulkarni (5.5), Chetan Deodhagale (5) lost to Pawan Dodeja (6).

Final standings: Shashikant Kutwal, 2. Pankaj Joshi, 3. SS Soman, 4. Akash Thakur, 5. Amardeep Bartakke, 6. Ketan Boricha, 7. Pradeep Paranjpe, 8. Mahesh Bhitande, 9. Sushant Banerjee, 10. Yashraj Aidasani.

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