Yash Kapadi and Darsh Shetty retained their joint lead at the All India Chess Masters FIDE Rating Championship after their highly anticipated Round 7 encounter ended in a hard-fought draw. The tournament is currently being held at the Mumbai Chess Centre, Russian House, Pedder Road.
Kapadi, playing with the white pieces on the top board, engaged in a tightly contested battle with Shetty that went down to the wire. Following the draw, both players continue to lead the tournament standings with 6.5 points each.
In another notable result, 10-year-old Parv Hakani delivered an impressive performance to defeat Shreyas Kaushik and secure a full point. With this win, Hakani now has five points and shares third place alongside five other contenders.
Results:
Yash Kapadi 5 drew with 5 Darsh Shetty
Om Gada 1 beat 0 Vageesh Swaminathan
Mayuresh Parkar 1 beat 0 WCM Kriti Patel
Deepak Soni 5 drew with Dhruv Muthe
Parv Hakani 1 beat 0 Shreyas Kaushik
Avani Udipi 1 beat 0 Nirvaan Shah
Vansh Jajoo 0 lost 1 Reyaansh Venkat
Yuti Patel 0 lost 1 Daksh Jagesia
Kashyap Alva 0 lost 1 Kush Agarwal
Abhishek Patil 0 lost 1 AIM Krish Butala
Yash Kapadi 5 drew with 5 Darsh Shetty
Om Gada 1 beat 0 Vageesh Swaminathan
Mayuresh Parkar 1 beat 0 WCM Kriti Patel
Deepak Soni 5 drew with Dhruv Muthe
Parv Hakani 1 beat 0 Shreyas Kaushik
Avani Udipi 1 beat 0 Nirvaan Shah
Vansh Jajoo 0 lost 1 Reyaansh Venkat
Yuti Patel 0 lost 1 Daksh Jagesia
Kashyap Alva 0 lost 1 Kush Agarwal
Abhishek Patil 0 lost 1 AIM Krish Butala
