Maharashtra State Senior Open Selection FIDE Rating Chess Championship 2022 began yesterday in Kolhapur. More than 100 players have participated in this tournament. Total 8 rounds will be played in this tournament. The Chief Guests present for the Opening Ceremony were, Asst. General Manager (Bank of Maharashtra) Mr. Abhinav Kale & Adv. Baba Indulkar. Chief Arbiter for this Tournament is IA. Nitin Shenvi (Pune).Seeded players who have participated are Top seed Akshay Borgaonkar (Pune), Second Seed Anjaneya Pathak (Pune), Third Seed Indrajit Mahendrakar (Aurangabad), Fourth Seed Aniruddha Potwad (Mumbai), Fifth Seed Shriraj Bhosale (Kolhapur).The Tournament will be concluded on 21^st October 2022. Top 4 players will be selected to represent Maharashtra State in the forthcoming MPL National Senior Chess Championship 2022.