International Master Vikramaditya Kulkarni made a positive start defeating Riyansh Kadam in the first round of the All India Chess Masters, Season 2 Mumbai FIDE Classical Tournament which commenced at the Russian House, Pedder Road on Saturday.
IM Aaryan Varshney also got off to a good start scoring a win against Priyansh Sharma to collect the full point.

Om Gada put up a creditable performance to overcome higher ranked ACM Adavya Hemant Ahire to record a deserving win.
In other matches, Mayuresh Parkar got the better of ACM Vihaan Shah, while Pasbola Samvid defeated ACM Akhil Shah to record a first round victory.
All India Chess Masters: Karnataka's Avani Udipi Emerges TriumphantResults top 10:
Priyansh Mukesh Sharma 0 lost IM Aaryan Varshney 1.
IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni 1 beat Riyansh Kadam 0.
Vardaan Agrawal lost ACM Iyer Arvind 1.
Darsh Shetty 1 beat Bang Nitya 0.
AFM Salvi Vedant Nayan 0 lost Kabnurakar Rushikesh 1.
Om Gada 1 beat ACM Adavya Hemant Ahire 0.
ACM Aditya Chakravorty 0 lost AFM Chogle Prashant 1.
Pasbola Samvid 1 beat ACM Akhil Shah 0.
All India Chess Masters: Panvel's Pallavi Yadav Aces Exams With 95.60% While Shining In ChessACM Omysha Anand 0 lost Apurv Desmukh 1.
Parkar Mayuresh 1 beat ACM Vihaan Shah 0.
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