Date:05/07/2009 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/05/stories/2009070556181400.htm

Sport - Sports : General

Shalini and Priyanka in joint lead

VIJAYAWADA: East Godavari’s R. Shalini and West Godavari’s S. Priyanka emerged joint leaders with three points after three rounds in the girls’ section of the AP State under-11 chess tournament at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan hall at Tadepalligudem, according to information reaching here on Saturday.

Three players — Priyamvada, S. Kavya and Sanjana are trailing with 2.5 points apiece.

In the boys’ section, Hyderabad’s Prathush Srivastav, Sai Agni Jeevethash, N. Krishna Teja, Raghav Srivastav, Visakhapatnam’s M.S.S.V. Vivek and V. Pranavanand are in the joint lead with three points.

Important results (third round): Boys: Sai Agni Jeevethesh (Hyd) 3 bt Hemanth Kumar (Vizag) 2; Pratush Srivastav (Hyd) 3 bt S. Chandrasekhar (WG) 2; N. Krishna Teja (Hyd) 3 bt C. Naga Sampath (Vizag) 2; Raghav Srivastav (Hyd) 3 bt Jana Mohan Reddy (Hyd) 2; V. Pranavanand (Vizag) 3 bt K. Sai (Guntur) 2.

Girls: S. Priyanka (WG) 3 bt Toshali (Vizag) 2; R. Shalini (EG) 3 bt Vignashree (Hyd) 2; Priyamvada (Gun) 2.5 bt V. Sridevi (WG) 1.5; S. Kavya (Hyd) 2.5 bt Anu Reddy (Hyd) 1.5; Sanjana (Kri) 2.5 bt M. Sahiti (WG) 1.5.

Sandeep to lead

V. Sandeep will lead the Krishna District Cricket Association’s u-22 team in the ACA Central Zone inter-district tournament for Nazibullah Khan Trophy from July 31.

The team: V. Sandeep (captain), D. Prabhukiran (vice-captain), M. Dinesh Kumar, T.K. Ganesh Kumar, N.V. Mahesh, Y. Abhimanyu, M. Vikas Babu, Ch. Ramesh, K. Harish, B. Krishna Teja, N. Jyothi Sai Krishna, K. Murali Krishna, V. Laxman, S. Bhaskar Swamy, N. Meghasyam.

Standbyes: Ayub Khan, T. Venugopal, B. Vidyasagar, T. Nagendra Babu, P. Sudheer Kumar, K. Nanchari. Coach-cum-Manager: B. Bapiraju. — Principal Correspondent