TAMIL NADU ROUND-UP
Kanishkaraj holds Sarveshwaran
KARIAPATTI: V. Kanishkaraj held top seed V. Sarveshwaran to a draw in the third round of the 33rd Tamil Nadu State under-17 chess championship, organised by Sethu Institute of Technology and Sivakasi Chess Club, on Thursday.
Important results (third round): Open: V. Kanishkaraj 2.5 drew with V. Sarveshwaran 2.5; Jai Sankar Subramanian 3 bt Karthikeyan Sakthivel 2; M. Richard Solomon 2.5 drew with Kavin Vijayakumar 2.5; S. Haridev 3 bt S.A. Thanish 2; Shawn Pravin 2 lost to V.S. Nandish 3.
Girls: T. Dhakshniga 2 lost to Keerti Shree Reddy 3; S. Shanmathi Sree 3 bt S.
Pranavasri 2; R. Charudharshini 2 lost to S. Kanishka 3; K. Sindhusree 3 bt J. Shiyonika 2; S.M. Sahanaa 2 lost to V.C. Nivedita 3.
Anovankar’s ton lights up Rainbow’s win
RAMANATHAPURAM: V. Anovankar’s century was the highlight of Rainbow’s 184-run win over Master Thunder in the RDCA rst division league.
The scores: I div.: Rainbow
P. Anandraj (Sivakami SA, 5/34); Anovankar (Rainbow, 100); S. Dinesh (CSI CE, 5/31).
299/9 in 45 overs (S. Chandru 47, V. Anovankar 100, S. Asif Rahman 32, M. Thahir Ali 3/50) bt Master Thunder 115 in 28.2 overs (R. Kabildev 33, R. Arunkumar 4/10). II div.: New Ilampuyal 146/9 in 25 overs (P. Rajeshkumar 42, S. Senthilkumar 3/15, S. Seeni Abdullah 3/18) bt Mamannar Maruthupandiyar 125/9 in 25 overs (S. Madamurugan 36, A. Mujibur Rehman 3/28).
Syed Ammal EC 173/7 in 25 overs (R. Thamizharasan 39, U. Poopandiyan 47, A. Ragavan
3/50) bt Syed Ammal ASC 164/7 in 25 overs (N. Srimukilan 96). Rainbow KTKM 187/3 in 25 overs (P. Rabinkumar 91, C. Selvakumar 42, M. Kajith Aswa 32 n.o.) bt Keelai Kings 161/9 in 25 overs (S. Jaleel 38, M. Kajith Aswa 4/28).
Dinesh stars with a five-for
UDHAGAMANDALAM: S. Dinesh’s ve for 31 enabled CSI College of Engineering score a
one-wicket win over Kenthorai SA in the NDCA third division league recently.
In another match, P. Anandraj (5/34) bowled a similar spell in Sivakami SA’s 30-run win over Blue Venom CC.
The scores:
Kenthorai SA 194 in 34.2 overs (H. Magesh 39, S. Dinesh 5/31) lost to CSI CE 198/9 in 27.2 overs (V. Deepak 66, G. Arokiya Aruldas 30, R. Rakesh 3/27).
Sivakami SA 248 in 32.5 overs (M. Manigandan 52, N. Sivakumar 37, R. Madhan Kumar 33, S. Rethish 3/55) bt Blue Venom CC 218 in 32.3 overs (D. Manoj 44, M. Sujeesh 40, P. Anandraj 5/34).
ENGAGEMENTS
State under-17 championship, Sethu Institute of Technology, 9.30 a.m.