CHENNAI: RAM S Krishnan won the first Chennai District Chess Association FIDE-rated rapid chess tournament held at Kumara Rani Meena Muthiah Arts and Science College (Adyar) on Saturday. Krishnan was tied on eight points with three other players — Tarun V Kanth, Hari Madhavan and Hari Krishnan — but pipped them via the Buchcholz tie-break system. IM Manuel Aaron and WGM Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi gave away the prizes.
Radeesh shines
R Radeesh Manikandan’s 73 helped Bharathi Cricket Club beat Triplicane United Club by 60 runs in their TNCA Fourth Division C Zone league match. Brief scores: IV Division C: Bharathi Cricket Club 238/9 in 50 ovs (R Radeesh Manikandan 73, MN Abdul Latheef Irfan 46; V Sriram 6/48) bt Triplicane United Club 178 in 45.4 overs (Himalaya 58; A Jash 3/42, SR Sabarish 3/37, A Mohan Babu 3/43), Prasad Cricket Club 242 in 50 ovs (G Raja Gopal 71, Gaurav Jain 50, V Venkatesan 40; S Sathyamoorthy 4/35) bt T Srinivasaraghavan Memorial Sports Club 229/9 in 50 ovs (CV Vinay 108, S. Ajeeth Doss 3/58). V Division C: Universal Recreation Club 181/8 in 50 ovs (TK Durga Prasad 64, R Radha Krishnan 3/36) bt Eccentrics Cricket Club 154 in 39.5 ovs (PR Venkatsubramanian 4/41, Mahenthiran Selvam 4/40), Globe Cricket Club 229/9 in 50 ovs (R. Sathish Kumar 51 n.o, R Vigneshwaran 43; Thulasai Dass Aravamudhan 3/46) lost to Egmore Excelsiors 231/6 in 47.3 ovs (M Suganesh 64, A Vignesh 46), IAF (Tambaram) 102 in 37.3 ovs (M. Kumaresan 4/29; D Deeban 3/28) lost to HSBC Recreation Club 103/2 in 24.4 ovs, TV Sivaprakasam Memorial Sports Club 117 in 39.1 ovs (S. Karthik 6/15) lost to Hunters XI 121/2 in 18.1 ovs (C Karthick 78 n.o).
College cricket
Gurunanak College will organise the third Pavit Singh Nayar Memorial T20 state-level inter-collegiate tournament from March 5 to 10 at their premises.