MPL 58th Senior National Chess Championship-2022 on progress at Kanpur, UP

Date : 26 February, 2022

MPL 58th Senior National Chess Championship-2022 Koustav holds top seed Adhiban Kanpur (26 Feb 22) :- International Master Koustav Chatterjee of West Bengal held top seed Grandmaster B Adhiban of PSPB to a creditable draw in the third round of the ongoing MPL 58th Senior National Chess Championship here at Ganges Club on Saturday. Playing white side of the English Opening, Adhiban agreed to sign the peace treaty with his West Bengal opponent after 73 moves in an opposite colour bishop and rook ending. Meanwhile second seed Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi of Telangana beat International Master Sayantan Das of Railways to occupy the pole position of the point table along with Grandmasters Abhijeet Gupta of PSPB, D Gukesh of Tamil Nadu, Aryan Chopra of Delhi, Harsha Bharathakoti of Telangana, International Master Ravi Teja of Railways, Utsab Chatterjee and Anustoop Biswas of West Bengal with perfect score of three points. Gupta defeated P Shyaamnikhil of Railways while Gueksh, Aryan and Harsha accounted for Sammed Jaykumar Shete of Maharashtra, Anuj Shrivatri of Madhya Pradesh and Harshad S of Tamil Nadu respectively. Ravi Teja outwitted Suyog Wagh of Maharashtra. Utsab and Anustoop stunned Grandmasters Swapnil Dhopade and Visakh N R of Railways to join top of the point table. Former champions Karthikeyan Murali, Sethuraman S P, Lalith Babu M R and defending champion Aravindh Chithambaram satisfied with half points in their third-round outing against RR Laxman, Srijit Paul, Srihari L R and Shahil Dey respectively. Mayor of Kanpur Smt Pramila Pandey inaugurated the third round matches of this 30 lakh prize money championship sponsored by MPL Sports Foundation. Earlier in the second round, Jeet Jain of Gujarat held Grandmaster Abhimanyu Puranik while Grandmaster P Iniyan suffered a shock defeat by the hands of Suyog Wagh of Maharashtra.