Indians experience mixed day

New Delhi: World Under-12 champion Sayantan Das started his campaign on a winning note as Indians put up a mixed performance on the opening day of Ravana International Open Chess Tournament in Colombo today. FM Das beat local contender Shanaka Munasinghe, while compatriot IM Saptarshi Roy overcame another local S D

Ranasinghe and woman GM Soumya Swaminathan defeated Egodage Keshan, also of Sri Lanka, in their respective matches. The tournament, which began today, is the first-ever international open chess tournament in the island country, a release said. Besides, IM D K Sharma and FM P Maheswaran were the other Indians who won their opening matches. Meanwhile, Kushagra Sharma lost to local competitor G C Anuruddha, while woman CM Ivana Maria Furtado failed to overcome GM Murshed Niaz of Bangladesh. M Vivek went down to German Koch Markus in his opening encounter. Bureau Report