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Anna University in sole lead

Arvind Aaron

VELLORE: Fourth seeded Anna University, Chennai shot into sole lead posting maximum points at the end of the third round in the all-India inter-University chess tournament here on Sunday. It blanked Andhra University in the morning and Punjab University in the evening to reach 12 points and lead by a slender half point.

Second seed Osmania University, Hyderabad should blame its fourth board player Ch. Mahesh Babu for accepting a draw in a winning position against Vinoth Kumar of Manomaniam. With this result Osmania lost a chance to stay in the joint lead. It is now tied for the second place with RSTM Nagpur with 11.5 points.

Leading results: (round three): Manomaniam (8.5) lost to Osmania (11.5) 0.5-3.5, Punjab (8) lost to Anna (12) 0-4, RSTM Nagpur (11.5) bt Cochin (8.5) 3.5-0.5, Calcutta (11) bt Patna (8) 3.5-0.5, Madurai Kamaraj (11) bt Kannur (8) 3.5-0.5, Ranchi (10) bt Visverwaraya (8) 3-1, Gujarat (8.5) lost to Delhi (9.5) 1.5-2.5, Pt Ravishankar (9.5) bt Vinoba Bhave (8.5) 2.5-1.5, Shivaji (8) drew Amaravathi (8) 2-2, Pondicherry (10) bt Venkateswara (6) 4-0, Maharashtra Health (6) lost to Guru Glasidas (10) 0-4, Kurukshetra (7.5) lost to Sholapur (8.5) 1.5-2.5, Madras (8.5) bt GNDU Amritsar (6.5) 3-1, Veer Narmad S.Gujarat (5.5) lost to Rajasthan (9.5) 0-4, SRTMU Nanded (6) lost to Acharya Nagarjuna (8.5) 0.5-3.5.

Round two: Pune lost to Calcutta 0.5-3.5, Osmania bt Dr Ambedkar 4-0, Calicut lost to Madurai Kamaraj 0.5-3.5, Anna bt Andhra 4-0, Acharya Nagarjuna lost to Ranchi 1-3, Guru Glasidas drew Shivaji 2-2, Bangalore lost to RSTM Nagpur 0-4, Delhi bt Barkatullah 3-1, Manomaniam bt Deen Dayal Upadyay 4-0, Bharathidasan lost to Pt. Ravishankar 1-3, Visveswaraya bt Bharathiar 3-1, C.S.J.M lost to Punjab 0-4, Cochin bt Bharati Vidyapeeth 4-0, Kerala lost to Kannur 0.5-3.5, Rajasthan drew Madras 2-2, Patna bt VNIT Nagpur 4-0.

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