MUMBAI: International Master and former National Challengers chess champion, Vikramaditya Kulkarni of Railways, will spearhead the challenge in the 2nd edition of the Accurate Springs Classical FIDE Rating Chess Tournament, which gets underway here at the Russian Centre for Science & Culture from Saturday.
He will face a stiff challenge from the reigning National amateur chess champion, Amardeep Bartakke, who has the 2nd seeding. The other notable players are Pratik Shenvi, Saurabh Lokhande and Yash Kapadia.