International Master Aaryan Varshney recorded his second successive win defeating Sunil Vaidya on the top board in the second round of the All India Chess Masters, Season 2 Mumbai FIDE Classical Tournament played at the Mumbai Chess Centre, Russian House, Pedder Road on Sunday.
Darsh Shetty also enjoyed a successful day as he got the better of Deepak Raina for his second straight win.
Pasbola Samvid was another second round victor as he outwitted Mohsin Yunus Shaikh to maintain his winning run.
Om Gada and AFM Sahil Prashant Chogle were the other two players to taste success. Gada playing with the black pieces defeated Shubh Patel while Chogle overcame Anil Suchit to post his second win.
Results top-10 round 2:
IM Aaryan Varshney 2 beat Sunil Vaidya 1;
ACM Arvind Iyer 2 beat Azad Marazban Irani 1;
Deepak Raina 1 lost Darsh Shetty 2;
Kabnurakar Rushikesh 1.5 drew AFM Idhant Vishal Parmar 1.5;
Shubh Patel 1 lost Om Gada 2;
AFM Sahil Prashant Chogle 2 beat Anil Suchit 1;
Mohsin Yunus 1 lost Pasbola Samvid 2;
Apurv Desmukh 2 beat Mayan S Jha 1;
Manya Balani 2 beat Mayuresh Parkar, 1;
AIM Jaiveer Patil 1.5 drew with Kabir Chouksi 1.5.
