Mumbai, October 16: Mumbai challengers IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni and Arnav Kherdekar won their respective seventh-round matches and jointly share the lead at the top in the Mumbai Chess Centre School organized 1 st All India FIDE Rating Open Chess Tournament 2024, played at the Russian House, Peddar Road, Mumbai, on Wednesday.The top-ranked Kulkarni (2185) playing with the black pieces opted for the Nizmo Indian Classic opening against Delhi’s Saikat Nath (1829) on the top board. The Delhi player under pressure made a mistake on the 29 th move and Kulkarni pounced on the opportunity to force the win.

Results – Top 10: Round 7 AIM Saikat Nath (5.5) lost IM Vikramaditya  Kulkarni (6.5) 0-1

Atharv Soni (6) drew Yash Watarkar (6) 0.5-0.5

Arnav Kherdekar (6.5) beat Yash Kapadi (5)

Udupi Acharya (5) lost Sanjeev Mishra (6)

Darsh Shetty (6) beat Atish Laddad (5) 1-0