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Srikanth gets the better of Manoj Ananth Ram

HYDERABAD: K. Srikanth outwitted Manoj Ananth Ram in the first round of the All India Open FIDE rating chess tournament at VNRJIT (Bachupally) here on Monday.

Earlier, Maj K. A. Shiva Prasad, president of Chess Association of Andhra Pradesh, inaugurated.

Important results: First round: V.A.V. Rajesh 0.5 drew with K.V. Kranthi Kumar 0.5; N. Krishna Karthik 0 lost to C.R.G. Krishna 1; Manas Gundala 0 lost to Uttam Sarkar 1; I. Manish Sai 0 lost to K. Vijaykanth 1; K. Srikanth 1 bt Manoj Ananth Ram 0; K. Manoj Kumar K 0 lost to Sandeep Naidu 1.

Dhatrak hits ton

Venkat Dhatrak cracked 100 off just 38 balls to help State Bank of Hyderabad record a convincing, 65-run win over Airtel in the SBH T-20 Power cricket tournament at Lal Bahadur Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday.

The scores: The Hindu 78 for eight (Faiz Ahmed 30) lost to Wipro 80 for two (Sendil 56); Fima 115 for four (Shaker 38, Surender 37) lost to Wipro 117 for no loss (Ramakanth 72, Sendil 39); SCB 86 for seven (Viren 31, Samiullah three for 13) lost to Fima 90 for six; SBH 138 for three (Venkat Dhatrak 100) bt Airtel 73 for six; Techpoint 118 for two (Shane 37 not out) bt HMIE 71 for six; HMIE 68 for seven lost to Genpact 69 for two (Vijay 35 not out); Tera Data 72 (Srikanth Reddy 30) lost to Magna Quest 73 for five; Genpact 138 for three (Chalapathi 69 not out, Phani 31) bt Ramky Group 63 for nine; Dell 131 for one (Lionel 60 not out, Prasad 37 not out) bt Reliance 48 for nine (Mithun three for eight); Karvy 136 for four (Sanjeev 41) bt Country Oven 32 (Suresh three for five, Sanjeev three for eight); Airtel 126 for six (Ramu 63) bt Tata Indicom 61 for four (Charan 35); Techpoint 80 for seven (Dinish 3 three for nine) lost to Microsoft 81 for four (Srikanth 37 not out); The Hindu 106 for four (Krishna Rao 37, Sudhir 31) bt NCR 68; SCB 68 for nine lost to Wipro 71 no loss (Ramakanth 54 not out).

Walk-over for AC Guards

AC Guards Welfare Association got a walk-over from Deccan Blues when the latter did not turn up for the match in the A-2 Division hockey league championship at Gymkhana Grounds in Hyderabad.

Boston Cup cricket

The 10th Boston Cup floodlit cricket tournament organised by Boston Mission School at Sports Coaching Foundation (Masab Tank) will commence from May 6. About 100 teams will take part in the different age groups. Former India wicketkeeper M. S. K. Prasad will inaugurate.

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