Rucha shocks Fide-Master Joshi

MUMBAI, FEB 13: At the end of third-round of the Tanvi Satva All-India Rating chess tournament, organised by the Thane District Chess Ass...

MUMBAI, FEB 13: At the end of third-round of the Tanvi Satva All-India Rating chess tournament, organised by the Thane District Chess Association under the aegis of the Bombay Chess Association, seven players jointly led the field of 110 players with three points each.

Those who won all their three games were: fifth seed VKN Solanki MTNL, IWM Swati Ghate Pune, RS Kashelkar, Vikramaditya Kamble, Ashish Thatte and Ninad Konakanchi, all of Dombivli, and Yashraj Aidasani of Mumbai.Earlier in the second-round of Friday night, Rucha, a twin sister of Isha Karwade and a sixth standard student of Bal Shiksan Mandir Pune, shocked FIDE-Master Sajandas Joshi Bank Sports Board. Rucha won the game with white pieces in 55 moves of French Defence 8211; advance variation.

Rucha and Isha, who held IM Sharad Tilak in the first-round and seized a half point of the IM, did not do well today. Both of them lost without fighting in the third-round to eighth seed Yashraj Aidasani and Akshay Deshmukh a fourth standard studentof Abhinav Vidyalaya, Dombivli.On the second board Solanki, with white pieces, defeated Dhanajay Ramraje in a Nimzo 8211; Indian game in 44 moves.

On the third board, IWM Swati Ghate used Sicilian defence with black pieces to outwit Amruta Mokal Pune in only 33 moves.

IM Sharad Tilak beat Venkatesh Rao and took his tally to 2.5 points to clinch the joint second spot with six others.

Top table results:

Third-round: Amar Kamat 2 vs S Sahu 2; VKN Solanki 3 bt D Ramraje 2; Amruta Mokad 2 lost to Swati Ghate 3; Anand V 2 lost to R Kashelkar 3; Y Aidasani 3 bt Rucha Karvate 2; Shirish Kumar 2.5 drew with Arju Uberoi 2.5; Shradha Somani 2 lost to N Konakanchi 3; Ashish Thatte 3 beat S Rajarao 2; V Rao 2 lost to IM Sharad Tilak 2.5.

Neil D8217;Costa excels

Rose XI, Sewri, routed St Stephen8217;s 5-0 in the pre-quarter-finals of the Don Bosco Senior Challenge Cup football tournament, organised by Don Bosco Youth Centre Kurla and played at the St Joseph8217;s ITI ground, Kurla, today.Rose, who next meetColaba Young Stars on Sunday, led 2-0 at half-time. Deepak Diwakaran 2, Remmy Fernandes, Francis Fernandes and Chintamani

Adarkar scored.

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In another match of the same competition, Rumania bt Bala XI 6-1. Neil D8217;Costa scored five goals in a row and Johnny Fernandes rounded-off the tally. Rumania moved into the quarter-finals and now meet the winner of the Kirol-Fr Agnel match.

Training camp

Olympian Sports Charitable Trust will conduct a training camp for teachers in competitive air rifle and air pistol in May. Applications should reach before March 1 and should be addressed to Secretary, Olympic Sports Charitable Trust, Yeshwant Sadan, SM Jadhav Road, Naigaum, Dadar, Mumbai-14.

Carrom meet

Shiv Chhatrapati Krida Kala Kendra and Prohibition Propaganda Department will jointly organise the Vyasanmukti Trophy Inter-club carrom tournament from March 6-7 at Sanskar Kendra Hall, Matunga Labour Camp.Entries may be sent to Mangesh Chindarkar/Balkrishna Panchal, 10/3, SrikrishnaNiwas, Pingle Marg, Chinchpokli East. Tel: 3775528 or Sanjay Charat, secretary, Mumbai District Carrom Association, Vanmali Hall, Dadar. Tel: 4305634. Last date for entries is February 22.