Sunil wins open title of Avijai chess
LUCKNOW: Sunil Srivastava with maximum possible five points in the open category of the 48th leg of Avijai Active Chess Tournament emerged victorious here on Sunday. At the Avijai Chess Academy, David Yung, Vinay Mishra and Farooq with four points each finished second, third and fourth, respectively.
In the under-20 category, Satwik Gupta of Mumbai finished top with four points, Yash Bajpai scored 3.5 points to finish second, whereas Somendra Shekhar with three points finished third. In the under-18 category, Suyash Shukla from Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthaan scored three and finished first. Harsh Vardhan and Rohit Singh finished second and third, respectively.
Sahil Mishra scored three points to emerge victorious in under-12 category. He was followed by Utkarsh Dixit and Kartik Mishra. In the under10 category Saksham Mishra, Agrima Srivastava and Ansh Awasthi stood first, second and third, respectively. DISTRICT CHESS The Avijai Chess Academy would be conducting the 4th Ramkripal Tewari Memorial District Chess Tournament from December 2 to 6. More details can be had from the academy office in Hazratganj. BSNVIC WIN Favourites BSNV Inter College (BSNVIC) lifted the Mallick Memorial Inter-Collegiate Cricket Cup, defeating Indian Public Inter College (IPIC) by 23 runs, at the Chandra Bhanu Gupta Ground here on Sunday. Batting first after winning the toss, BSNV College managed 126 for two in the stipulated 20 overs. In reply, IPIC could make 103 for eight. BRIEF SCORES BSNVIC 126 for 2 in 20 overs (Deepak Samant 51, Abhishek 41*)
beat IPIC 103 for 8 in 20 overs (Nawab 35, Anil Kumar 20, Anand Prakash 2 for 13, Avinash Parwat 2 for 18, Prabhat 2 for 30). EASY WIN Mechanical Fuel XI defeated Signal Towers XI by five wickets in a league match of the North Eastern Railway’s Inter-Departmental Cricket Tournament, at the NER Stadium here on Sunday in Aishbagh. Signal Towers XI collapsed for just 55 while batting first after winning the toss, and in reply, Mechanical Fuel XI romped home in 12 overs, losing five wickets. CRICKET TOURNEY A twenty20 cricket tournament in memory of Pt Raas Bihari Tewari begins on Monday, at the Pt Raas Bihari Tewari here under the auspices of the DAV College. The final is slated for December 10. SCHOOL TENNIS The Millennium School girls won the Under-10 title in the Inter-School Tennis Championship here on Sunday. Loreto Convent claimed the under-12 title, whereas CMS (Gomti Nagar) girls bagged the under-18 and under-14 teams titles. In the boys category, LMC won the under-10 and 12 titles, whereas DPS got u-14 crown.