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Parimarjan Negi for Sigeman tournament

NEW DELHI: Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi will provide the Indian interest when the prestigious Sigeman chess tournament begins at Malmo, Sweden, on April 18.

The 14-year-old Negi is the youngest in the 10-man field that includes three-time winner and defending champion Dutch veteran Jan Timman. In 2005, K. Sasikiran tied for the title with Timman.

To be played on a round-robin format, the nine-round competition features Bulgaria's Ivan Cheparinov as the top seed.

Before leaving for Malmo, the eighth seeded Parimarjan said, "the field will be tougher than the one I faced in Corus `C' (at Wijk ann Zee, near Amsterdam) in January. Since I have played only two players, Erwin L'Ami (the second seed from Holland) and Emanuel Berg (the third seed from Sweden), from this field, I am looking forward to a good learning experience."

Fresh from a three-week training stint under British GM Nigel Short in Athens in March, Parimarjan is looking to gain some rating points from this tough field. He also has a series of strong invitational events lined up in the year ahead.

The players: 1. Ivan Cheparinov (Bulgaria, 2646), 2. Erwin L'Ami (Holland, 2617), 3. Emanuel Berg (Sweden, 2574), 4. Vassilios Kotronias (Greece, 2570), 5. Tiger Hillarp-Persson (Sweden, 2552), 6. Jan Timman (Holland, 2545), 7. Jonny Hector (Sweden, 2537), 8. Parimarjan Negi (India, 2515), 9. Pontus Carlsson (Sweden, 2506), 10. Emil Hermansson (Sweden, 2475).

India triumphs

India defeated Barbados 2-1 in the three-match Tera Caribbean polo Test series after having lost the opener in Barbados.

The Indian team comprising Uday Kalaan, Basheer Ali, Simran Shergill and Gaurav Sahgal, rallied well after having settled with the horses provided by the host.

In the final of the Tera Caribbean series, India defeated Barbados 7-6. Captain Kalaan was adjudged most valuable player of the tournament.

Hind Club posts win

Hind Club beat RCN Club by 15 runs in the Elite Group I match in the DDCA cricket league championship here.

The scores: Elite I: Hind Club 136 for eight in 40 overs bt RCN Club 121 in 37.1 overs (Puneet Khari 54).

Super Plate II: Malik Sports 155 in 29.4 overs (Mohd. Shakir 52, Avtar Singh four for 11) lost to Rani Bagh Club 157 for five in 24.2 overs (Avtar Singh 64 not out, Sanjay Kumar 44).

Rehman, Lavasa shine

Fine batting by Tariq-ur Rehman and Aabir Lavasa helped Gush Club to a two-wicket victory over KN Colts in the 17th all-India Om Nath Sood memorial cricket tournament at the Sri Guru Gobind Singh College ground here.

The scores: KN Colts 209 in 39.4 overs (Saurabh Srivastava 62) lost to Gush CC 214 for eight in 39.5 oves (Tariq-ur Rehman 59, Aabir Lavasa 43 not out).

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