Top seed Vikramaditya Kulkarni, with an ELO rating of 1875, began his campaign in the 4th event of the 360 One Wealth Grand Prix Series with a fluent win over Ahaan Kataruka from the black side of the Philidor's Defense, in just 30 moves.
The other seeded players; Arvind Iyer, K Raja, Yohan Boricha, Sanjeev Mishra also followed suit with comfortable victories over their respective rivals at the Russian Centre for Science & Culture.
For Misha it was a double success in this round as his game against Omkar Andhere was distinguished as the 'best game' of round 1, a recognition conferred by Grandmaster Pravin Thipsay.
The last leg of this series, offering prize money of Rs 2.50 lakhs and organised by the Indian Chess School, has attracted 101 participants, including 55 FIDE rated players.
