Shreyansh Somaiya continues winning run in All India Chess Masters

MUMBAI, May 25: Top seeded Shreyansh Somaiya (1973) maintained his unbeaten run with a convincing victory over Nikhil Joshi (1645) in the fourth season of the Mumbai FIDE Rated All India Chess Masters here on Monday.
In other contests, Reyaansh Venkat (1906) beat Samarth Patkar (1624) to remain among leaders.
Kush Ajay Agarwal (1835) scored a valuable win against Bhardwaj Saksham (1594). Meanwhile, AGM Rajveer Pinkesh Nahar (1801) overcame Deepak Jadhav Aditya (1588) to stay in contention.
Janhavi Soneji (1792) and Ashish Jain Tvesha (1576) played out a draw in a closely fought contest while Mayuresh Parkar (1781) got the better of Nihal Bhosale (1580).
Om Nilesh Deorukhakar (1726) defeated Soham Sudarshan Sahamate (1540) after a tight battle, while Aryan Sista (1658) registered an important win against Priyarsh Priyansh (1475).
Manya Balani (1653) impressed with a strong victory over Ved Ambre (1453) and Adhavan Oswal (1546) notched a win against Arya Amol Bagayatkar (1773) in one of the notable upsets of the round. (PTI)