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Atish and Raju share top spot

BANGALORE: The race for the title is poised for an exciting finish in the Innovators Chess Academy's open championship, with Atish Das Sharma and M. Raju in joint lead with 9.5 points each, at the end of the penultmiate round at the State Youth Centre here on Thursday.

Atish outplayed the top seed S. Raghavendra, while Raju scraped past Suvojith Paul on the second board. The second seed, V. Raghavendra, was held to a draw by the less-fancied Sushrutha Reddy in another key game.

The fourth seed, Prajwal Pramanik, beat Akash Das Sharma to ease into the second spot with nine points.

The results: Atish Das Sharma (9.5) bt S. Raghavendra (8.5); M. Raju (9.5) bt Suvojith Paul (8.5); V. Raghavendra (8) drew with Sushrutha Reddy (8.5); Prajwal Pramanik (9) bt Akash Das Sharma (7); Vishnu Ramanath (8) drew with P.K. Shankaran (7.5); S. Venkatesh (7) lost to K.M. Umesh (8); Satvik (6) lost to Gavi Siddaiah (8).

Contrasting wins

Dakshina Kannada and Mysore Districts posted contrasting victories in group B fixtures of the inter-district football tournament conducted by the Karnataka State Football Association.

At the Football stadium here on Thursday, while Dakshina Kannada was at its fluent best and won 4-1 against a ragged Kodugu, the once famed Mysore District frittered away chances galore and even survived a few scares in recording a 1-0 win over Shimoga.

Mysore managed to break the deadlock in the 42nd minute through a Rozario strike. Both teams had its chances of scoring but hasty attempts proved their undoing.

For Dakshina Kannada Shahnaz opened the account in the 21st minute and Nishanth made it 2-0 at half-time. Kodagu pulled one back when Srinivasa converted a penalty after stopper Hakeem had felled Chandra inside the box in the 65th minute.

But this setback did not deter the Dakshina Kannada lads who struck twice late in the match to seal a fine win.

Terrance's terrific show

Terrance Anthony Joseph of JSS College, Ooty Road, clinched the `Mr. MCICT' best physique title 2005-06 in the Mysore City inter-collegiate best physique competition at Mysore on Thursday. Terrance Anthony also won the gold in the 65kg.

The results: 60kg: 1. Md. Jaffer Sadiq (VVFGC); 2. H.R. Arun Kumar (St. Philomena's FGC); 3. R. Pratap (VVFGC); 65kg: 1. Terrance Anthony Joseph (JSS Ooty Road); 2. Syed Ali (VVIET); 3. Ani Raj (SVC); 70kg: 1. M.B. Punith Raj (Maharaja's); 2. S.E. Nandeesh (Maharaja's); 3. Tanzeem Akram (St. Philomena's); 80kg: 1. N. Vinod Raj (SBRR Mahajana PU); 2. B. Praveen (VVFGC).

`Mr. Mysore City Inter-collegiate': T.A. Joseph (JSS Ooty Road); Team championship: VVFGC 9 points.

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