Mumbai, November 1: Macrina Lobo of Canossa High School, Mahim has emerged as the sole leader in the under-8 girls category of the sixth Bournvita Inter School chess tournament organised by the Kalina Recreation & Sports Club jointly with the Bombay Chess Association at the Prabodhankar Thackeray Krida Sankul, Vile Parle on Wednesday.Playing on the top board with White pieces against Abigail Fernandes of Fr. Agnel, Vashi, Macrina launched an all out attack from the word `go'. Abigail could not resist the onslaught and lost the game after 26 moves. Macrina leads the table with 5 points from as many games.Sneha Gada of Gopi Birla Memorial, Walkeshwar, could have easily joined Macrina in the leadership position, but let go her opponent Kavya Pai. Playing on the second board, Sneha handled the opening and middle game very well to arrive at what was a clear winning position. Then, to everyone's surprise, she offered a draw to her opponent which Kavya accepted and lapped up gratefully. The loss of the half point has placed Sneha in second position in the under-8 girlswith 4.5 points.Abigail Fernandez, top sed Siddhali Shetye, Sayali Shetye, Sayali Dolas and Fathima Sirin are in joint third position with 4 points each.Results of top five boards:Girls u-8 (Round V): 1. Macrina Lobo (5) bt Abigail Fernandes (4), 2. Sneha Gada (4.5) drew Kavya Pai (3.5), 3. Filisha Shah (3) lost to Siddhali Shetye (4), 4. Sayali Dolas (4) bt Anjana Dattani (3), 5. Fathima Sirin (4) bt Neha Sharma (3).U-12 (Round V): 1. Purva Variyar (5) bt Priyanka Punjabi (4), 2. Trichi Chawla (5) bt Tania Fernandes (3.5), 3. Gayatri Velu (3.5) lost to Ketki Kulkarni (4), 4. Ruchi Shah (3) lost to Mugdha Variyar (4), 5. Steesha Bhojwani (4) bt Sai Ghate (3).Boys U-8 (Round V): 1. Karan Ajinkya (5) bt Ashit Pandya (4), 2. Nadeem Abdullah (4) lot to Sudarshan Lamture (5), 3. Prathamesh Kulkarni (4) lost to Aditya Udeshi (5), 4. Vikrant Pawaskar (4) lost to Suraj Borate (5), 5.Parag Manudhane (4.5) bt Aditya Mokashi (3.5).U-12 (Round VI): 1. Ashwin Ganapathy (5.5) drew Akash Khalwadekar (5.5), 2. Sachin Kamath (5) lost to Ninad Puranik (5.5), 3. Sanju Malaikal (5) drew Rohil Bhat (5), 4. Ishan Nadkarni (5) drew Sahil Mujumdar (5), 5. Anuj Moralwar (4.5) lost to Aditya Vora (5.5).Medico chessMedico Chess Federation is going to organise second Open Medico Rapid Chess Tournaments for registered Medical Practitioners from all Over Maharahtra on Sunday November 12, 2000 at Mulund Gymkhana, Navghar Road, Near Highway, Mulund (East), Mumbai-400081.It will be a single day event between 8.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. Game duration shall be 60 minutes i.e. 30 minutes on each clock (player). He shall be looser if his flag falls earlier irrespective of his position. He can claim for a draw, which should be made before the flag falls.Entries are accepted up to November 11, 2000. Interns, paramedical and undergraduate students are not eligible to take part. Registered Medical Practitioners from any pathy are eligible. For more details and queries, contact Dr. Prakash Vaze on 5685044 or 5642826.
