Chess title for Zakir Husain

NEW DELHI, December 6: Zakir Husain College won the inter-college chess championship for the third year running to maintain their suprema...

NEW DELHI, December 6: Zakir Husain College won the inter-college chess championship for the third year running to maintain their supremacy among the Capital’s colleges.

In the final round of eight teams played on Swiss league system, Zakir Husain College team, comprising Sandeep Chitkara (captain), Krishan Soni, Mohd Sulaiman, Rajesh Roshan, Ghanshyam Bhardwaj and Marshal Abraham, gave an excellent performance and collected 16.5 points out of the maximum possible 20 points.

Zakir Husain College were followed by Hansraj (12.5), Kirori Mal (11.5) and Swami Shradhanand (11.5).

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Pelican triumph
Pelican and Pioneer won their matches beating Delhi Blues and Ravi Brothers, respectively, in the DDCA league.

Brief Scores: Delhi Blues: 182 (Prayank Gupta 42, Sandeep Dogra 26, Dinesh Khattar 2 for 18, I P Singh 2 for 32, Ashwani Kapoor 2 for 28).

Pelican: 186 for 6 (Ashwani Tyagi 66, Jitender Pandey 28, Ansul Lamba 4 for 30).

Ravi Brothers: 172 (Yogender Chauhan 48, Shalabh Gupta 47, Jaideep Singh 27, Ashok Lamba 5 for 19, Khurshid Khan 3 for 36).

Pioneer: 175 for 5 (Ashok Lamba 58, Umesh Sharma 38, Khurshid Khan 20 not out, Yogender Chauhan 2 for 23).

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Cambridge win
Fine all-round display by Neeraj Awana (5 for 10, 41) and good batting by Kunal Bhalla (54: 8×4, 1×6) helped hosts Cambridge School (Noida) beat Vishwabharati School (Vasant Kunj) by three wickets in the final of the second A C Deb memorial tournament at Cambridge School (Noida).