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Rajesh in lead

HYDERABAD: Top seed and FIDE-master V.A.V. Rajesh emerged sole leader with 7.5 points outwitting R. Easwar on the top board in the eighth round of the A2H all-India FIDE-rating chess tournament at VNR VJIT here on Thursday.

Rajesh, playing with black, employed the King’s Indian Defence to get the better of his opponent in 40 moves.

Important results: Eighth round: R. Easwar (6.5) lost to V.A.V. Rajesh (7.5); Pradip Tiwari (6.5) drew with M.Y. Raju (6.5); L. Sandeep Naidu (7) bt S.V.C. Chakravarthi (6); S.K. Saidulu (6) lost to K.S. Anand Reddy (7); S. Chiman Prakash Reddy (5.5) lost to C.R.G. Krishna (6.5); B. Krishnaprasad (6) drew with K. Srikanth (6); J.V. Saikiran (6.5) bt M. Gopinath (5); G.V. Revanth Reddy (5) lost to Uttam Sarker (6); P. Ramakrishna (6) bt Y. Sai Akshay (5); L. Danunjay Rao (6) bt Raghav Srivathsav (5).

Royal Club scores win

Royal Club scored a 2-1 win over Osmania University in the A-2 Division hockey league championship at Gymkhana Grounds here.

Centre-forward Sambasiva Rao and right-out Srikanth scored for the winners. Right-in Sai Kiran reduced the margin.

Teja shines

Teja of Arshad Ayub Cricket Academy claimed a double hat-trick without giving away any run in the under-12 category of the 10th Boston Cup inter-schools cricket tournament at Sports Coaching Foundation (Masab Tank) here.

The scores: Under-12: Arshad Ayub CA 70 for two bt Tulsi High School 40 (Teja six for zero).

Under-14: Sujatha Public School 63 for six lost to Progress High School 64 for four (Mazhar 33).

Chess tournament

Andhra Pradesh Chess Association will organise 36th Brilliant Trophy State open chess championship on May 9 and 10 at Dilsukhnagar here with a total prize money of Rs. 10,000. For details, call 92473 99717 or 97031 57784.

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