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Top seeds post wins

KOZHIKODE: Top seeds posted victories in the opening round of the Calicut FIDE rating all-India open chess tournament at the V.K. Krishna Menon Indoor Stadium here on Monday.

No. 1 seed D.P. Singh, who represented India at the last Olympiad in Italy, beat R. Aparna with black pieces, second seed and local lad K. Ratnakaran defeated K. Arjun, third seed R.R. Laxman outwitted K. Athish and fourth seed G.N. Gopal overcame E. Athul. Nine rounds remain in this Swiss tournament.

The results (first round): R. Aparna lost to D.P. Singh; K. Ratnakaran bt K. Arjun; K. Athish lost to R.R. Laxman; G.N. Gopal bt E. Athul; S. Athul Krishna lost to O.T. Anil Kumar; M.B. Muralidharan bt V. Avinash; M.V. Azhar Ahmed lost to Ram S. Krishnan; M. Vinod Kumar bt C.V.K. Balakrishnan; K. Balakrishnan lost to E.P. Nirmal; U.C. Mohanan bt S. Bharadwaj; R.V. Bimal Das lost to S. Nitin; P.V. Gireesh bt P.T. Gangadharan; Ittyora Paul lost to K. Sujeesh; A. Haridas bt K. Jaikeerth; P. Jasla lost to M.A. Joy Lazer; A.K. Jagadeesh bt P. Jishnu Sankar; V.M. Jishore drew with T. Gautham; Naveen S. Hegde bt K. Joushith; Jude Antony Paul lost to P.M. Pradeep Kumar; Jayankur Choughale bt K. Kanakaraj. — Principal Correspondent

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