CHENNAI: Syed Anwar Shazuli of ICF, Chennai, emerged champion on superior tie-breaks with seven points after the eighth and final round of the St Peter’s School’s 1st All-India Open FIDE rated chess tournament, held at St Peter’s International School, Kodaikanal here on Sunday. Shazuli will take home the trophy and a cash prize of `35,000. Sharing the top spot with Shazuli was local star Lakshmi Narayanan and Ram S Krishnan (BSNL Chennai) at 7 points apiece. Half a point behind were seven players which included top-seed N L o k e s h a n d I M R Balasubramaniam. Final placings: 1-3: Syed Anwar Shazuli, MV Lakshmi Narayanan, Ram S Krishnan (7pts); 4-10: N Lokesh, SK Kanishk, R Balasubramaniam, R Anup Shankar, Y Saranya, KK Gowtham, B Vignesh (6.5 pts).
Adithya cracks 56
Adithya Manikandan’s 56 helped Prahlad B beat YSCA B by two wickets in the 48th all-India YSCA Trophy tournament. Brief scores: YSCA B 154/9 in 30 ovs (Balasubramani 3/40, Siddharth Games 3/61) lost to Prahlad B 155/8 in 28.4 ovs (Adithya Manikandan 56; S Thyagarajan 4/51, R Satish Kumar 4/38). MoM: Adithya Manikandan; KRC 129 in 29 ovs (S Suresh Kumar 3/53, K Vignesh 3/20) lost to Sree Lokadayaksha Builders 131/5 in 21.2 ovs (J Sureshkumar 54; Jamal 3/27). MoM: J Suresh Kumar.
Sabarinath shines
N Sabarinath’s 3 for 10 enabled Kedar Cricket Academy to beat Little Masters Cricket Academy B by eight wickets in the U-14 quarterfinals of the LMCA Trophy, played at Little Masters-KVT grounds, Madhavaram. Brief scores: U-14: Quarterfinals: Little Masters Cricket Academy B 48 in 18.4 ovs (N Sabarinath 3/10) lost to Kedar Cricket Academy 51/2 in 10.2 ovs. U-16: Savya Sachi Cricket Academy 137/4 in 20 ovs (D Sushil Rhaj 65; KN Pradeep 3/23) bt Evergreen Cricket Academy 115/7 in 20 ovs (P Sai Kiran 41); Little Masters Cricket Academy A 134/6 in 20 ovs (Pavan Suresh Babu 61) bt Jai Sriram Cricket Academy (Suvrat Bafna 3/16).
Mani stars in Apollo win
Manikandan’s 3 for 19 helped Apollo Tyres to a nine-wicket win over Ashok Leyland in the GR Kuppuswamy Memorial league cum knock-out tournament. Brief scores: YSCA 152 in 28.3 ovs (V Naveen Kumar 45; Raja 3/27) bt IBM 96 in 21.3 ovs (Vinay Loganathan 3/18). MoM: V Naveen Kumar; Ashok Leyland 58 in 18 ovs (Manikandan 3/19) lost to Apollo Tyres 61/1 in 7.4 ovs (C Kubendran 38). MoM: C Kubendran.