By our sports Reporter
GUWAHATI, Oct 8: After the usual smooth sailing in the first round, the top seed players faced tough challenge in the second round of the GTC Classic Chess 2016 at Gauhati Town Club auditorium today. As many as 5 top seed players were held to a draw while another had to concede defeat at the hands lesser seeded player. Mahanrv Deka of Gauhati Town club Chess foundation forced third seed Bhogen Singh of Manipur to settle for a draw on the third board while Lohit Gogoi also held fifth seed I Sanosaoba of Manipur to a draw on the fifth board. Another trainee of Gauhati Town Club Chess Foundation Gunjan Deb put up an excellent performance and was able to hold fourteenth seed Laishram Atembi of Manipur in a King Pawn opening. Arkapravo Rajkhowa drew his game with higher seed Bipin Singh while Ankit Kumar Lahon defeated Ravi Kant Tiwari and Rishita Sinha drew with Ranjit Chutia.