
MUMBAI, AUG 8: Fide-master Avinash Awate defeated Sashikant Kutwal in the seventh round of the Maharashtra State Selection Chess Tournament to increase his lead to 6.5 points and moved one point clear of the field.Rashmin Pulekar, Kartik Vishwanathan, Ramakrishna Kashelkar, Ketan Boricha, Vinayak Ghate and G Balaji share the second position with 5.5 points.
Results seventh round
Awate 6.5 bt Kutwal 5; Kashelkar 5.5 drew Balaji 5.5; Karthik 5.5 drew Pulekar 5.5; Bhurke 4.5 lost to Boricha 5.5; Andurkar 4.5 lost to Ghate 5.5; Aidasani 5 drew Uday K 5; G Deshpande lost to Mokal 5; Gohad 4 lost to Thatte 5; Bhilare 4 lost Shalekar 5; Subramanium 4 lost to Mandre 5; Kolambkar 4 lost to Deshmukh 5; Naik 4 lost to Nevgi 5; Prasanna 5 bt Chandnani 4.
St Augustine, St Mary win
St Augustine and St Mary8217;s, Mira Road registered comfortable victories in the under-14 4-K Inter-Schools Football League match at the Azad Maidan here today. While StAugustine drubbed Cathedral amp; John Connon 5-0, St Mary8217;s routed Schjolar 4-0.
Results Under-16 3-A: Our Lady of Health, Sahar 10 Sheldon Alfonso 5, Jayesh Swamy 3, Colin Noronha, Robin D8217;Souza bt Greenlawn8217;s, Worli 0. 3-B: St. Joseph8217;s, Wadala 1 Kasmani Reyaaz bt St. Xavier8217;s Boys Academy 0. 4-E: St. lawrence, Borivli 2 Omkar Sambare, Ankit Kothari bt St. Xavier8217;s, Borivli 0. 4-F: St. Pius X, Mulund 2 Anchal Nihael Dexter, Roshan Baretto drew Antonio D8217;Silva, Dadar 2 Sagar Khatri, Sailesh Bhosale. 4-J: St. Aloysius, Bandra 1 Vivek Saldanha bt Bombay Scottish, Powai 0.
Under-14 2-A: Seventh Day Adventist 2 Ansari Zaid, Irfan Shaikh bt St. Francis D8217;Assisi, Borivli B8217; 0. 2-B: St. Lawrence, Vashi 1 Lavjit Singh Sodhi bt St. Joseph8217;s, Vikhroli 0. 4-D: Victoria, Mahim 0 drew Greenlawns BP 0. 4-K: St. Augustine, Nerul 5 Jithin Verghese, Irshad Dave, Daewood Basha, Ajendra Nanitiyal Ramshankar Verma bt Cathedral amp; John Connon 0; St. Mary8217;s, Mira Road 4 Ranjit Kuttikattu, Prakash Chand,Mitesh Bangera, Subhash Kahar bt Scholar 0.