By Praful Zaveri in Mumbai
Day Three
Sole Leader Spotted
At the end of day three of the VI Bournvita Inter-School Chess Tournament
2000 being held here at Prabhodhankar Thackeray Sports Complex, Vile-Parle
(E), Mumbai, Macrina Lobo of St.Joseph High School was the only player
to emerge as the sole leader in the Girls Under-8 section whereas in the
other three groups (Boys U-8, U-12 & Girls U-12) the lead is shared
by a group of players.
In the fifth round, which was the last round of day three, Macrina Lobo defeated Abhigail Fernandes to remain on top with five points. Sneha Gada, who was also one of the co-leader at the start of the round, had a chance to join Macrina but she surprisingly offered a draw to her opponent, Kavya Pai in a completely winning position. Kavya was too happy to accept the offer. Sneha is on the 2nd spot with 4.5 points. She is followed by a three players who are on four points including the top seed Siddhali Shetye who was defeated by Sneha Gada in the 4th round.
In the Boys Under-8 group, top-seeded Karan Ajinkya of Gokuldham High School was lucky to escape with a full point against 6th seeded Ashit Pandya. Ashit blundered a piece in a completely winning position to throw away a full point. 4th seeded Aditya Udeshi, 5th seeded Vikrant Pawaskar and 7th seeded Sudarshan Lamture joined Karan in the lead.
The domination of the Variyar sisters from the Gokuldham High School continued in the Girls Under-12 section, the top-seeded Purva had no difficulty in defeating Priyanka Punjabi of St.Joseph to lead with full points. She is however, sharing lead with Trichi Chawla who scored over Tania Fernandes. Gayatri Velu bowed out to former British (U-8) champion Ketaki Kulkarni of Chandrakant Patkar Vidyalaya after a fine show on day two. The twin sister of Purva, 2nd seeded Mugdha bounced back into contention by scoring over Ruchi Shah.
The Boys Under-12 section entered a decisive phase with four players sharing the lead with 5.5 points at the end of the 6th round. Top-seeded Ashwin Ganapathy missed a clear chance to go into the sole lead as he went for simplification against his opponent Akash Khalwadekar of St.Stanilaus, who was in a horrible time scramble. The 2nd seeded Ninad Puranik scored over Ashwin’s colleague, Sachin Kamath. While Aditya Vora of Don Bosco also joined with the leaders with a fine victory over Anuj Moralwar. A big pack of players are closely on the heels of the leaders with five points. The proceedings are expected to hot up with the completion of 50% of rounds.
Key Results:
Boys Under-8 (After 5th round)
Karan Ajinkya (5) beat Ashit Pandya (2)
Nadeem Abdullah (4) lost ot Sudharshan Lamture (5)
Prathamesh Kulkarni (4) lost to Aditya Udeshi (5)
Vikrant Pawaskar (5) beat Suraj S. Borate (4)
Boys Under-12 (After 6th round)
Ashwin Ganapathy (5.5) drew Akash Khalwadekar (5.5)
Sachin Kamath (5) lost to Ninad Puranik (5.5)
Sanju Malaikal (5) drew Rohil Bhat (5)
Ishan Nadkarni (5) drew Sahil Majumdar (5)
Anuj Moralwar (4.5) lost to Aditya Vora (4.5)
Girls Under-8 (After 5th round)
Macrina Lobo (5) beat Abhigail Fernandes (4)
Sneha Gada (4.5) drew Kavya Pai (3.5)
Filisha Shah (3) lost to Siddhali Shetye (4)
Sayali Dolas (4) beat Anjana Dattani (3)
Girls Under-12 (after 5th round)
Purva Variyar (5) beat Priyanka Punjabi (4)
Trichi Chawla (5) beat Tania Fernades (3.5)
Gayatri Velu (3.5) lost to Ketaki Kularni (4)
Ruchi Shah (3) lost to Mugdha Variyar (4)
Steesha Bhojwani (4) beat Sai Ghate (3)
Schedule for 02/11/2K:
Under 12 Boys: Round No. 7& 8 – 10.30 hours onwards
Under-12 Girls: Round 6 & 7 – 10.30 hours and onwards.
Under-8 Boys and Girls: Round 6 & 7 – 10.30 hours and onwards.
Venue: Prabhodhankar Thackeray Sports Complex,
Shahaji Raje Road,
Vile-Parle (East),
Mumbai – 400 057.