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Kunal outwits Singh

Tuticorin: Fifteen-year-old M. Kunal of Neyveli outwitted IM D.P. Singh to become the sole leader, with 7.5 points, at the end of 8th round in the SPIC 20th Fide-rated chess tournament here on Friday. The young lad outwitted

In the non-medallist section, T. Vishnu Priya of Kanyakumari scored against Kannan of Villupuram to be the sole leader with 6.5 points from 7 rounds.

Important results (eighth round): P. Maheswaran (Svks) 6.5 drew with R.R. Laxman (Chn) 7; M. Kunal (Ney)7.5 bt D.P. Singh (S. Rly) 6; S. Mari Arul (S.Rly) 6.5 drew with C. Praveen Kumar (Chn) 6; P. Phoobalan (Cbe) 6 drew with A.G. Nimmy (Ker) 6; H. Venkatesh (Kan) 6 drew with T.J. Suresh Kumar (ICF) 6; N. Surendran (Tlr) 5 lost to A. Shankar (S.Rly) 6; C. Natarajan (ICF) 5 lost to C.V. Raguram Balaji (Kan) 6; Vinoth Kumar (Che) 6 bt J. Arun (Tnv) 5; Venkat Sundaram (Chn) 5.5 drew with Navalgund Niranjan (Kar) 5.5; T. Jeyasagar (Tut) 6 bt R. Pounraj (Cbe) 5; B. Sekar (Tlr) 5 lost to Sa Kannan (Svg) 6.

Prabhu shines

An all-round performance by K. Prabhu (69 runs and six for 32) helped Karapettai Nadar HSS defeat Government HSS (Sivaiaperi) by 10 runs in the TDCA inter-school Trophy cricket tournament at Tuticorin on Friday.

The scores: Karapettai Nadar HSS 160 in 20.1 overs (K. Prabhu 69, Arumugam three for 22) bt Govt. HSS (Sivaiaperi) 150 in 24 overs (T. Murugan 41, P.S. Raja three for 26, K. Prabhu six for 32).

Govt. HSS (Vilathikulam) 109 in 18.5 overs (Sivaram four for 23) lost to Sri Ramakrishna Chidambareswar HSS (Udangudi) 110 for one in 14.1 overs (Ramkumar 36 not out, Suresh Kumar 36 not out).

Lady Doak triumphs

Lady Doak College beat Sri Meenakshi College 3-0 in the last match of the four-team league to clinch the title with an all-win record (9 points) in the women’s football tournament at the University ground in Madurai on Friday.

The results (League): LDC 3 (Priya, Jasmine, Mukthar Begum) bt Sri Meenakshi College 0; LDC 4 (Manimehalai 3, Mukthar Begum) bt Fatima College 0; LDC 5 (Priya Darshini 2, Muthumari, Mukthar Begum 2) bt Thiagarajar Arts College 0; Fatima 0 drew with Sri Meenakshi College 0; Fatima 3 (Purnima 2, Malarvizhi) bt Thiagarajar Arts 0; Sri Meenakshi 1 (Geetha) bt Thiagarajar Arts 0.

Raju’s College triumphs

Raju’s College (Rajapalayam) beat host Ayya Nadar Janakiammal College 82-48 for the title in the final of the Madurai Kamaraj University ‘D’ zone basketball tournament at Sivakasi on Friday.

The results:

Final: Raju’s College 82 (Udaya Kumar 37, Venkatesh 16) bt ANJA College 48 (Prasad 11, Alagudurai 11).

Easy for Tiruvarur

Tiruvarur defeated Krishnagiri 25-13, 25-12 in a boys’ league encounter of the 34th junior inter-district volleyball championship, jointly conducted by the Poondi Memorial Volleyball Club and Tiruvarur District Volleyball Association, at Koradacheri on Friday.

League results: Boys: Madurai bt Tirunelveli 26-24, 25-17; Salem bt Perambalur 25-22, 22-25, 25-21; Coimbatore bt Villupuram 25-16, 25-6; Dharmapuri bt Nagapattinam 25-18, 25-22; Vellore bt Thanjavur 25-17, 25-21; Dindigul bt Cuddalore 23-25, 25-18, 25-18; Kancheepuram bt Kanyakumari 25-13, 25-8; Tiruvarur bt Krishnagiri 25-13, 25-12; Namakkal bt Ramanathapuram 25-15, 25-17; Chennai bt Pudukottai 25-17, 25-19; Salem bt Tiruvallur 25-13, 25-20; Coimbatore bt Thanjavur 25-11, 25-17; Madurai bt Kanyakumari 25-22, 25-21; Perambalur bt Krishnagiri 25-14, 25-17; Namakkal bt Villupuram 25-19, 25-17; Tiruchi bt Cuddalore 25-21, 25-23; Kancheepuram bt Dharmapuri 25-27, 25-21, 25-13; Vellore bt Ramanathapuram 25-5, 25-13; Salem bt Krishnagiri 25-13, 25-15.

Girls: Chennai bt Dindigul 25-8, 25-13; Coimbatore bt Madurai 25-12, 25-21; Tiruvarur bt Tiruvallur 25-17, 23-25, 25-18; Chennai bt Cuddalore 25-15, 25-7; Madurai bt Nagapattinam 23-25, 25-13, 25-23; Perambalur bt Thanjavur 25-22, 25-19.

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