Lokhande stuns third seed

MUMBAI, Oct 24: Chetan Lokhande stunned third seed and current Maharashtra under-9 champion Rohit Bhat of Abhinav Vidyalaya, Dombivli, in...

MUMBAI, Oct 24: Chetan Lokhande stunned third seed and current Maharashtra under-9 champion Rohit Bhat of Abhinav Vidyalaya, Dombivli, in the third round of Bounvita Inter-School chess tournament at the Don Bosco High School, Matunga, today.

In a game of Nimzo Indian opening, Rohil made an error in the opening and had to surrender a piece. He then went on to lose the game after 38 moves as Chetan played consistently thereafter to hold on to the advantage.Meanwhile, the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) has announced prizes for the best

boy and best girl in each of the four age categories in which the tournament is being conducted.

Results (5th round)

U-8: Sayali Phadke (4) lost to Akshay Bhor (5), K P Nimidev (5) bt Ronak Gala (4), Viviktesh Agwan (5) bt Kashi Kishore Sah (4), Anish Menon (3.5) lost to Omkar Parab (5), Priyanka De Souza (3.5) lost to Ananth Shankar (4.5).

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U-12: Sameer Thakkar (4) lost to Amar Kamat (5), Nilesh Yevle (4) lost to Vaibhav Saxena (5), IshanNadkarni (4) lost to Amit Kamat (5), Varun Dattani (4.5) drew with Vinay Kumar Mohandas (4.5), Aditya Vora (3.5) lost to R Chandrashekhar (4.5), Omkar Kulkarni (4) drew with Yashodhan Gogte (4), Rushikesh Varde (3.5) lost to Ninad Puranik (4.5), Akash Khalwadekar (4.5) bt Chetan Lokhande (3.5), Devendra Sathe (4.5) bt Swanand Phadke (3.5), Srinivas Menon (4.5) bt Ambar Khalwadekar (3).

Thakur, Khan shine: Fine bowling performances by medium-pacers Iqbal Thakur and Hakim Khan helped Cricket Club of India to restrict Islam Gymkhana to 149 in the third-round of the Police Shield Invitational cricket tournament, sponsored by Jayantilal Khandwala & Sons and Khandwala Securities, at the Brabourne Stadium, today.

Brief scores

Group A: Parsee Gymkhana 197 for 9 in 47 overs (Ajay Kadam 31, Arun Shetty 94; Maroof Khan 4-61) vs Victory.

P J Hindu Gymkhana 155 for 6 in 43 overs (Raja Adatrao 59, Tushar Shringare 35; Faizal Shaikh 3-41) vs MCA Colts.

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Group B: National 256 for 3 in 45 overs (Wasim Jaffer95, Rajesh Pawar batting 115) vs Bombay Gymkhana.

Islam Gymkhana 149 in 39.4 overs (Nilesh Masurkar 42; Iqbal Thakur 4-51, Hakim Khan 3-34, Iqbal Khan 2-18) vs CCI.