CHENNAI: Though Chennai is under tension in the wake of Jallikattu protests, most of the sporting events scheduled to take place in the city are unlikely to get affected. The Chennai Open Chess which is underway at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium will go on as schedule on Tuesday.
The city is also lined up to host Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament involving Kerala, Andhra, Hyderabad, Goa, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu starting on January 29 and sources in TNCA said as of now there is no threat to the matches. “So far nobody has raised any problem with it. Preparations to host the tournament is going on as usual,” TNCA joint-secretary RI Palani said. The scene is similar for the I-League match involving Chennai City and Aizawl FC on January 28.
Chennai Open chess
Ukraine Grandmaster Adam Tukhaev (7) increased his lead to a full point at the end of the seventh round of the 9th Chennai Open Grandmaster chess tournament for the Sakthi Group Dr N Mahalingam trophy at the JN stadium.
Results: (Round 7): Adam Horvath (Hun, 5.5) lost to Adam Tukhaev (Ukr, 7); Malakhatko Vadim (Bel, 5.5) drew with Sahaj Grover (6); B Kumaran (5) lost to Bernadskiy Vitaliy (Ukr, 6); P Saravana Krishnan (5) lost to Andrei Deviatkin (Rus, 6); S Ajay Krishna (5) lost to Attila Czebe (Hun, 6); Jacek Stopa (Pol, 6) bt N R Vignesh (5); Mithil Ajgaonkar (5.5) drew with Neverov Valeriy (Ukr, 5.5); RR Laxman (5.5) drew with M Kunal (5.5); Sidhant Mohapatra (4.5) lost to Alberto David (Ita, 5.5); Vitaly Sivuk (Ukr, 5.5) bt Anup Deshmukh (4.5).
Sharon on a roll
MS Sharon Mary Cherian, a Schram Academy, Maduravoyal, student, won seven medals at the 29th South Zone Aquatic Championship organised by the Karnataka Swimming Association, affiliated to Swimming Federation of India and Sports Authority of Karnataka, in association with the Belgaum Swimmers Club at Belagavi, held from January 6 to 8.
Her haul included 3 gold (400m freestyle, 800m freestyle, 1500m freestyle), 3 silver (400m Individual Medley, 100m free relay, 200m free relay) and a bronze (200m freestyle). She received a cash award of `75,000 at the Tamil Nadu Sports Authority swimming contest held for the Chief Minister’s Trophy on January 11.
Aswinkumar cracks ton
S Aswinkumar’s 112 enabled AG’s Office to post 231/7 against Triplicane Sports Club on the Day 1 of their Plate group match of the TNCA Senior Division league.
Brief scores: Plate: At VB Nest: AG’s Office 231/7 in 90 ovs (S Aswinkumar 112; Saurabh Kumar 3/55) vs TSC. At SSN: IOB 132 in 59.4 ovs (R Selvam 3/23, Kiran Akash 3/56) vs CromBest 84/2 in 26 ovs. At IC-Guru Nanak: UFCC (T Nagar) 254/9 in 87 ovs (R Sathyanarayanan 72; M Ashwin 4/44) vs Grand Slam.