NAGPUR’S Sanskar Gaigore led the pack with full six points at end of the sixth round of All India Open Below 1600 FIDE Rating Chess Tournament at 7 Vachhan Hall in Wardhaman Nagar on Sunday. The event is being hosted by Jai Sai Welfare Foundation. In the sixth round on Day 2 of the national tourney, playing with white pieces, Sanskar outwitted Aahana Pachchigar on second board to keep his slate clean.

A host of players including city’s Nilay Kulkarni and Mradul Yadav followed sole leader Sanskar with 5.5 points in their kitty. Nilay split point with Aradhya Tikam (5.5) on the top board while Mradul outsmarted Telangana’s Jayanth Suravarapu (4.5) in the sixth round. Uttar Pradesh’s Abhishek Kumar Mishra and Saket Atul Kumar of Madhya Pradesh were the other players with 5.5 points.

Results (Rd 6) (N denotes Nagpur player): Tikam Aradhya (5.5) drew with Kulkarni Nilay (5.5, N), Gaigore Sanskar (6, N) bt Pachchigar Aahana (5), Chandwani Prateek (5) drew with Abhishek Kumar Mishra (5.5), Shamkuwar YM (4.5, N) lost to Saket Atul Kumar (5.5), Sagar Shenoy (5) drew with Sahil Thakur (5), Mradul Yadav (5.5, N) bt Jayanth Suravarapu (4.5), Bhaskar NS (5) bt Gala Vansh (4.5), Saikat Nath (5) bt Rishi Rukhiyana (4), Wasnik Umesh (4, N) lost to Joshi Nikhil (5), Tanishq Amit Maheshwari (4) lost to Pavan C (5), Kush Ajay Agarwal (5) bt Palash Nagdevte (4), Yash Dnyanesh Chaware (4) lost to Yashsva Anil Kanholkar (5), Ramteke Sumedh (5, N) bt Maras Sahejveer Singh (4, N), Deogade Aryan (4) lost to Mayank Santosh Hedau (5, N), Arnav Drolia (5) bt Aditya Meshram (4), Amitav Harshal Ramteke (4, N) lost to Gaurav Danu (5), Ramteke Ayush (5, N) bt Ved Ravi Gakare (4), Ojas Jibhenkar (4) lost to Kushagra Paliwal (5, N).