JOIN USInternational Master Thejkumar M S of Karnataka beat State-mate Eulalia A J Pereira in the opening round of the third UKCA Cup all-India FIDE-rated Open chess tourney in Mangalore on Tuesday.
Tamil Nadu’s IM Nitin S, meanwhile, eased past Avdoot Lendhe.
Results (first round): Tarun V Kanth (TN) 0 lt to IM Shyam Nikil P (TN) 1; IM Thejkumar M S (Kar) 1 bt Eulalia A J Pereira (Kar) 0; Muhammed Reja C (Ker) 0 lt to IM Rathnakaran K (Ker) 1; IM Nitin S (TN) 1 bt Avdhoot Lendhe (0); Yashaskara Jois K R (Kar) 0 lt to IM Himanshu Sharma (SWR) 1; IM Sharma Dinesh K (LIC) 1 bt Ram Vishwanathan (Kar) 0; Akash K Shetty (Kar) 0 lt to Kunal M (TN) 1; Kulkarni Chinmay (Mah) 1 bt Tulsi M (Kar) 0; Krishna Chaitanya G S (AP) 0 lt to Praveen Prasad P (AP) 1; Surendran N (TN) 1 bt Rajeev S (Kar) 0; Sheshathri (TN) 0 lt to Deshpande Aniruddha (Mah) 1; Anilkumar O T (Ker) 1 bt Krishna M K Ramanatha (AP) 0; Prathipa L (TN) 0 lt to Sekar B (TN) 1; Lokesh N (TN) 1 bt Sachin Pradeep (Ker) 0; Arun Harishankar Tripathi (Mah) 0 lt to Jyothilal N (Ker) 1; Augustin A (Kar) 1 bt Venkatesh Upadyaya T V (Kar) 0; Vimlesh Kumar Singh (Bih) 0 lt to Madhusoodanan K R (Ker) 1; Ritviz Parab (Goa) 1 bt Prasad Govind (Raj) 0; Mohanan A (Ker) 0 lt to Raghunandan K S (Kar); Santoshkashyap H G (KAR) 1 bt Mandnikar Atreya (Mah) 0.