Patna, October 31
Don Bosco Academy will face Ashwani Public School in the second round match of the 24th All India Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter school cricket tournament at the DAV Public School, BSEB Colony ground on November 8, according to organising secretary BK Narain 'Chunnu'.
Other fixtures: November 9: Gyan Bharati Public School vs Sunil Jwala Public School; November 10: Adarsh Bharati Academy vs MS Memorial Academy (junior); November 11: Dev Public School vs Satyam International; November 12: Equra Academy vs Residential Prakritik Schoool; National Cambridge School vs Doni Polo Public School.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Dev Priya faces Adamya Vikrant in tennis final
Patna, October 31
Dev Priya Jaiswal of Bihar set up title clash with state-mate Adamy Vikrant in the U-18 boys singles of the All India Tennis Association Talent Series tournament at the Patliputra Colony tennis courts here on the morrow.
Dev Priya quelled the challenge from Amarendra S Chaudhary (Uttar Pradesh) 6-2, 6-2 while Adamya Vikrant got the better of another Bihar lad 6-1, 6-4 in the semi-finals on Thursday.
Dev Priya will take another shot at the boys' U-18 doubles too. Pairing with Ishan Priyadarshi, Dev outplayed the pair of Anish Anupam and Aman Kumar 6-0, 6-2 in the first semi-finals.
The UP-Bihar combination of Amarendra S Chaudhary and Adamya Vikrant drubbed Shri Krishna and Tilak Raj 6-0, 6-1 in the other semi-finals.
Results: Boys U-18 quarter-finals: Dev Priya Jaiswal beat Ishan Ravi 6-0, 6-2; Amarendra Singh Chaudhary beat venkat Siddharth 6-2, 6-2; Ishan Verma beat Rishi Raj 6-7, 6-3, 7-6 and Adamya Vikrant beat Ishan Priyadarshi 5-7, 6-3, 6-1.
Results boys' under-18 (second round): Devpriya Jaiswal beatt Gautam Kumar 6-1, 6-0; Ishan Ravi beat Aman Kumar 6-7 (II), 6-3, 6-3; Venkat Siddharth beat Srikrishna 6-0, 6-2; Amarendra Singh Choudhary bt Rakesh Kumar 6-1, 6-0; Ishan Verma beat Anish Anupam 7-5, 2-6, 6-3; Rishuraj beat Sanskrit Singh 6-4, 6-2; Ishan Priyadarshi beat Quasim Masumi 6-1, 6-1 and Adamya Vikrant beat Kumar Mangalam 6-0, 6-0.
Sub-junior volleyball at Banka
The Bihar Volleyball Association and Banka District Volleyball Association will jointly organise 30th Bihar State sub-junior volleyball championships (boys and girls) at Banka from November 15 to 17.
Bihar Volleyball Association secretary Ramashish Singh said Bihar teams for sub-junior Nationals to be held in Jammu from November 27 would be selected during the Banka meet.
Moinul Haq Trophy football
The 60th Bihar state inter-district football championship for the Moinul Haq Trophy will be held at Gaya from January 4 next, according to Jwala Prasad Sinha, office secretary, Bihar Football Association.
Judo championship
The Bihar state junior judo championship will be held at BMP-5, Phulwarisharif campus from November 6, according to Ram Uday Singh, secretary, Bihar Judo Association. He said that on the basis of the championship the state team would be selected. The state team will take part in the junior National judo championship to be held in Imphal from November 22.
Dev Priya Jaiswal of Bihar set up title clash with state-mate Adamy Vikrant in the U-18 boys singles of the All India Tennis Association Talent Series tournament at the Patliputra Colony tennis courts here on the morrow.
Dev Priya quelled the challenge from Amarendra S Chaudhary (Uttar Pradesh) 6-2, 6-2 while Adamya Vikrant got the better of another Bihar lad 6-1, 6-4 in the semi-finals on Thursday.
Dev Priya will take another shot at the boys' U-18 doubles too. Pairing with Ishan Priyadarshi, Dev outplayed the pair of Anish Anupam and Aman Kumar 6-0, 6-2 in the first semi-finals.
The UP-Bihar combination of Amarendra S Chaudhary and Adamya Vikrant drubbed Shri Krishna and Tilak Raj 6-0, 6-1 in the other semi-finals.
Results: Boys U-18 quarter-finals: Dev Priya Jaiswal beat Ishan Ravi 6-0, 6-2; Amarendra Singh Chaudhary beat venkat Siddharth 6-2, 6-2; Ishan Verma beat Rishi Raj 6-7, 6-3, 7-6 and Adamya Vikrant beat Ishan Priyadarshi 5-7, 6-3, 6-1.
Results boys' under-18 (second round): Devpriya Jaiswal beatt Gautam Kumar 6-1, 6-0; Ishan Ravi beat Aman Kumar 6-7 (II), 6-3, 6-3; Venkat Siddharth beat Srikrishna 6-0, 6-2; Amarendra Singh Choudhary bt Rakesh Kumar 6-1, 6-0; Ishan Verma beat Anish Anupam 7-5, 2-6, 6-3; Rishuraj beat Sanskrit Singh 6-4, 6-2; Ishan Priyadarshi beat Quasim Masumi 6-1, 6-1 and Adamya Vikrant beat Kumar Mangalam 6-0, 6-0.
Sub-junior volleyball at Banka
The Bihar Volleyball Association and Banka District Volleyball Association will jointly organise 30th Bihar State sub-junior volleyball championships (boys and girls) at Banka from November 15 to 17.
Bihar Volleyball Association secretary Ramashish Singh said Bihar teams for sub-junior Nationals to be held in Jammu from November 27 would be selected during the Banka meet.
Moinul Haq Trophy football
The 60th Bihar state inter-district football championship for the Moinul Haq Trophy will be held at Gaya from January 4 next, according to Jwala Prasad Sinha, office secretary, Bihar Football Association.
Judo championship
The Bihar state junior judo championship will be held at BMP-5, Phulwarisharif campus from November 6, according to Ram Uday Singh, secretary, Bihar Judo Association. He said that on the basis of the championship the state team would be selected. The state team will take part in the junior National judo championship to be held in Imphal from November 22.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
20 teams to trake part in PDCA Seniors League
Patna, October 30
Twenty teams will take part in the Patna District Cricket Association (PDCA) senior division league beginning from the second week of November, according to Ajay Narain Sharma, secretary of the association.
The teams are divided into four pools and top two teams will qualify for the quarter-finals. The junior division league, however, will be a mega event with 56 teams participating this season. The teams are divided into eight pools.
Senior Division League
Pool A: Nehru Yuvak Kendra Cricket Club (NYKCC), Hercules Cricket Club, Bata Cricket Club, Amar Cricket Club and Panchsheel Cricket Club.
Pool B: Patna Electric Supply Undertaking (PESU), Patna College, Zaffar Imam Cricket Club (ZICC), Young Men's Cricket Club (YMCC) and Kamla Nehru Cricket Club (KNCC).
Pool C: State Bank of India (SBI), Secretariat Sports Club, East Central Railway, Rising Star and Navshakti Niketan.
Pool D: Exhibition Road Cricket Club (ERCC), Adhikari XI, Vanijya Mahavidyalaya, Prabha XI and Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB).
Junior division League
Pool A: Anisabad CC, Bank of India, Kazipur CC, NMCC, Sinha Biswas CC, Western CC and Citizen Cricket Club.
Pool B: Adalatganj CC, East & West CC, Kedia XI, National SC, Sharma Sporting, Youth Union and Sanskritik Sangh.
Pool C: Alliance CC, Evergreen CC, Kadam Kuan CC, Patna City Students' Club, Sheesh Mahal CC, YAC, Mithapur and Rainbow CC.
Pool D: Blue Star CC, FCI, Khagaul CC, Pirmohani CC, Science College, YAC, Patna City and BSNL.
Pool E: Bhanwar Pokhar CC, GAC, Lal Bahadur CC, Patna Athletic Club, Vinoo Mankad CC, YAC, Rajendra Nagar and Triumphant Cricket Academy.
Pool F: Boring Road CC, Jai Prakash CC, moonlight CC, PMCH, Vaishali CC, YCC, Rajendra Nagar and Crescent CC.
Pool G: Engineering College, Jakkanpur CC, MCC, Pioneer CC, Vidyarthi Ac, YBCC and Kumar Club.
Pool H: Eagle CC, Karbigahiya CC, MC XI, RBNCC, Bijoy Narain XI, Sadhanapuri CC and Kankarbagh CC.
Twenty teams will take part in the Patna District Cricket Association (PDCA) senior division league beginning from the second week of November, according to Ajay Narain Sharma, secretary of the association.
The teams are divided into four pools and top two teams will qualify for the quarter-finals. The junior division league, however, will be a mega event with 56 teams participating this season. The teams are divided into eight pools.
Senior Division League
Pool A: Nehru Yuvak Kendra Cricket Club (NYKCC), Hercules Cricket Club, Bata Cricket Club, Amar Cricket Club and Panchsheel Cricket Club.
Pool B: Patna Electric Supply Undertaking (PESU), Patna College, Zaffar Imam Cricket Club (ZICC), Young Men's Cricket Club (YMCC) and Kamla Nehru Cricket Club (KNCC).
Pool C: State Bank of India (SBI), Secretariat Sports Club, East Central Railway, Rising Star and Navshakti Niketan.
Pool D: Exhibition Road Cricket Club (ERCC), Adhikari XI, Vanijya Mahavidyalaya, Prabha XI and Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB).
Junior division League
Pool A: Anisabad CC, Bank of India, Kazipur CC, NMCC, Sinha Biswas CC, Western CC and Citizen Cricket Club.
Pool B: Adalatganj CC, East & West CC, Kedia XI, National SC, Sharma Sporting, Youth Union and Sanskritik Sangh.
Pool C: Alliance CC, Evergreen CC, Kadam Kuan CC, Patna City Students' Club, Sheesh Mahal CC, YAC, Mithapur and Rainbow CC.
Pool D: Blue Star CC, FCI, Khagaul CC, Pirmohani CC, Science College, YAC, Patna City and BSNL.
Pool E: Bhanwar Pokhar CC, GAC, Lal Bahadur CC, Patna Athletic Club, Vinoo Mankad CC, YAC, Rajendra Nagar and Triumphant Cricket Academy.
Pool F: Boring Road CC, Jai Prakash CC, moonlight CC, PMCH, Vaishali CC, YCC, Rajendra Nagar and Crescent CC.
Pool G: Engineering College, Jakkanpur CC, MCC, Pioneer CC, Vidyarthi Ac, YBCC and Kumar Club.
Pool H: Eagle CC, Karbigahiya CC, MC XI, RBNCC, Bijoy Narain XI, Sadhanapuri CC and Kankarbagh CC.
Anand is Chess King
BONN: October 29
Viswanathan Anand kept the World title with a 24-move draw in the 11th and penultimate game of the 12-game World Chess Championship final in Bonn. The Indian playing with white pieces against Vladimir Kramnik took an unbeatable 6.5-4.5 lead to retain the title.
The game opened in a Sicilian Najdorf, as Anand was expected to go for a draw and Kramnik was expected to thwart all such attempts to try and force a win to keep himself alive in the match and take it to the 12th game and then force a tie-breaker.
The game ended in a draw after 24 moves as Kramnik failed to find a win despite trying to complicate the game.
Anand earlier won three games, the third, fifth and sixth and lost the 10th in a match that looked one-sided till Kramnik brought back some life with a win in 10th game.
In the 11th game, Anand needing only a draw managed that in a game that had a 1. e4 start and led to a Sicilian-Najdorf, which Kramnik rarely plays. Kramnik went all out for a win and tried to create wild and unstable positions to throw Anand off-guard, but the Indian Grandmaster was up to the task.
In fact as Kramnik overstretched in a do-or-die battle, he actually allowed Anand greater play and may well have lost. But in the end the game ended in a 24-move draw.
According to the pre-match rules, the two players share the purse of 1.5 million Euros equally.
NIIT congratulates Mind Champion Anand on retaining title
NEW DELHI: NIIT chairman Rajendra S Pawar congratulated Viswanathan Anand for retaining the world title. In his message Pawar said, “We congratulate NIIT Mind Champion, Vishy Anand on becoming the undisputed World chess champion.”
NIIT have been Anand's sponsors for almost a decade now.
“Anand has displayed a grand strategy in 2008 by choosing the games that he wanted to win, foregoing an important tournament like Bilbao to focus on and win the ultimate match against Kramnik,” he said
Anand beat Kramnik 6.5-4.5 with one game to spare in the 12-game match in Bonn. That helped the Indian Grandmaster retain the title he won in the Linares-Morelia Linares tournament last year. It also makes him the first player to win the official World title in three formats.
He won the World title for the first time in a 128-player championship format in 2000 when it was played in India and Teheran, Iran and the tournament was sponsored by NIIT.
That was followed by a closed tournament in Linares-Morelia last year and now in match-play against Kramnik. It also ended speculation over Anand's ability at the highest level in matchplay.
Viswanathan Anand kept the World title with a 24-move draw in the 11th and penultimate game of the 12-game World Chess Championship final in Bonn. The Indian playing with white pieces against Vladimir Kramnik took an unbeatable 6.5-4.5 lead to retain the title.
The game opened in a Sicilian Najdorf, as Anand was expected to go for a draw and Kramnik was expected to thwart all such attempts to try and force a win to keep himself alive in the match and take it to the 12th game and then force a tie-breaker.
The game ended in a draw after 24 moves as Kramnik failed to find a win despite trying to complicate the game.
Anand earlier won three games, the third, fifth and sixth and lost the 10th in a match that looked one-sided till Kramnik brought back some life with a win in 10th game.
In the 11th game, Anand needing only a draw managed that in a game that had a 1. e4 start and led to a Sicilian-Najdorf, which Kramnik rarely plays. Kramnik went all out for a win and tried to create wild and unstable positions to throw Anand off-guard, but the Indian Grandmaster was up to the task.
In fact as Kramnik overstretched in a do-or-die battle, he actually allowed Anand greater play and may well have lost. But in the end the game ended in a 24-move draw.
According to the pre-match rules, the two players share the purse of 1.5 million Euros equally.
NIIT congratulates Mind Champion Anand on retaining title
NEW DELHI: NIIT chairman Rajendra S Pawar congratulated Viswanathan Anand for retaining the world title. In his message Pawar said, “We congratulate NIIT Mind Champion, Vishy Anand on becoming the undisputed World chess champion.”
NIIT have been Anand's sponsors for almost a decade now.
“Anand has displayed a grand strategy in 2008 by choosing the games that he wanted to win, foregoing an important tournament like Bilbao to focus on and win the ultimate match against Kramnik,” he said
Anand beat Kramnik 6.5-4.5 with one game to spare in the 12-game match in Bonn. That helped the Indian Grandmaster retain the title he won in the Linares-Morelia Linares tournament last year. It also makes him the first player to win the official World title in three formats.
He won the World title for the first time in a 128-player championship format in 2000 when it was played in India and Teheran, Iran and the tournament was sponsored by NIIT.
That was followed by a closed tournament in Linares-Morelia last year and now in match-play against Kramnik. It also ended speculation over Anand's ability at the highest level in matchplay.
Caricature by Syamal Das
-Updates on Viswanathan Anand sent by Team Anand at NIIT
-Updates on Viswanathan Anand sent by Team Anand at NIIT
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Sheikhpura girls emerge champions
Patna, October 29, 2008
Sheikhpura emerged overall champions with 33 points to their credit in the recently concluded Bihar State women’s sports festival in Bettiah. Muzaffarpur finished runners-up with 31 points.
According to information reached here Begusarai girls proved their supremacy in the volleyball event thrashing Bhagalpur in two straight sets in the final. Muzffarpu bagged the bronze medal.
In basketball final, Buxar beat Bhojpur while Tirhut Division trounced Patna Division 8-0 in the women’s soccer final. Bhojpur kabaddi team got the gold in kabaddi beating Buxar 23-16. Santoshi Kumar of Buxar and Puja Kumari of Bhojpur were adjudged best catcher and best raider of the meet.
In badminton singles final, Kumkum of Madhubani struggled hard to down Surabhi Kumari of Bhagalpur 21-18 for the gold. Sushma of Gopalganj had to be satisfied with the bronze medal.
In kho-kho final, Bhagalpur got the better of Muzaffarpur by an innings and three points. Patna girls displayed their superb skill, speed and stamina on the table tennis board to claim the singles and doubles titles. In hocket, Patna had to fight hard to outplay Bhojpur 2-1.
In the track and filed events, Veena Kumari of Saran won the 400m gold while Niti of Muzffarpur clinched the 200m gold medal. In long jump Archana of Nalanda got the gold while Priyanka Bharati of Muzaffarpur and Gyanti Kumari of Gaya bagged the silver and bronze medals respectively.
Muzaffarpur girls won the prestigious 4x100m relay race. Later, Bihar’s Sports Minister Renu Devi and former MP Dr Madan Jaiswal gave away the prizes in colourful closing function.
Sheikhpura emerged overall champions with 33 points to their credit in the recently concluded Bihar State women’s sports festival in Bettiah. Muzaffarpur finished runners-up with 31 points.
According to information reached here Begusarai girls proved their supremacy in the volleyball event thrashing Bhagalpur in two straight sets in the final. Muzffarpu bagged the bronze medal.
In basketball final, Buxar beat Bhojpur while Tirhut Division trounced Patna Division 8-0 in the women’s soccer final. Bhojpur kabaddi team got the gold in kabaddi beating Buxar 23-16. Santoshi Kumar of Buxar and Puja Kumari of Bhojpur were adjudged best catcher and best raider of the meet.
In badminton singles final, Kumkum of Madhubani struggled hard to down Surabhi Kumari of Bhagalpur 21-18 for the gold. Sushma of Gopalganj had to be satisfied with the bronze medal.
In kho-kho final, Bhagalpur got the better of Muzaffarpur by an innings and three points. Patna girls displayed their superb skill, speed and stamina on the table tennis board to claim the singles and doubles titles. In hocket, Patna had to fight hard to outplay Bhojpur 2-1.
In the track and filed events, Veena Kumari of Saran won the 400m gold while Niti of Muzffarpur clinched the 200m gold medal. In long jump Archana of Nalanda got the gold while Priyanka Bharati of Muzaffarpur and Gyanti Kumari of Gaya bagged the silver and bronze medals respectively.
Muzaffarpur girls won the prestigious 4x100m relay race. Later, Bihar’s Sports Minister Renu Devi and former MP Dr Madan Jaiswal gave away the prizes in colourful closing function.
Neha hogs limelight in school swimming
Patna, October 26
Neha Singh of St Karen's School, Ritesh Kumar of St Joseph's School and Ratan Kumar Singh of RN High School, Saran hogged limelight in the first Takshila Inter-School swimming championship at the Delhi Public School pool on Sunday.
Results: (First, 2nd, 3rd respectively): Under-17 Boys 200m freestyle; Rohit Prakash, St. Joseph School, Patna; Ankit Gupta, Govt. School, Begusarai; Himanshu Choudhary, Gyandeep Kendriya Vidyalaya, Shahpur, Patna.
Under-14 Boys 100m freestyle: Ritesh Kumar, St Joseph’s School, Patna; Babloo Kumar, Govt. School Begusarai; Sushant Sagar, Don Bosco, Patna.
Under-14 Girls 100m freestyle: Neha Singh, St Karen’s, Patna; Baby Kumari, Govt. School, Begusarai; Sudha Kumari, Gyandeep Kendriya Vidyalaya, Shahpur, Patna.
Under-14 Girls 100m backstroke: Neha Singh, St Karen’s, Patna; Baby Kumari, Govt. School, Begusarai; Sudha Kumari, Gyandeep Kendriya Vidyalaya, Shahpur, Patna.
Under-17 Boys 100m backstroke: Ratan Kr Singh, R N High School, Saran; Himanshu Choudhary, Gyandeep Kendriya Vidyalaya, Shahpur, Patna; Vishnu, St Dominic, Patna.
Under-14 boys 100m backstroke: Ritesh Kumar, St Joseph’s, Patna; Babloo Kumar, Govt. School, Begusarai; Vaibhav Kumar, Delhi Public School, Patna.
Under-17 Boys 50m butterfly: Ratan Kumar Singh, R N High School, Saran; Rohit Prakash, St Joseph’s, Patna; Vishnu, St Dominic, Patna.
Under-17 Girls 50m butterfly: Bhavani Verma, Delhi Public School, Patna; Antra Prakash, Delhi Public School, Patna.
Neha Singh of St Karen's School, Ritesh Kumar of St Joseph's School and Ratan Kumar Singh of RN High School, Saran hogged limelight in the first Takshila Inter-School swimming championship at the Delhi Public School pool on Sunday.
Results: (First, 2nd, 3rd respectively): Under-17 Boys 200m freestyle; Rohit Prakash, St. Joseph School, Patna; Ankit Gupta, Govt. School, Begusarai; Himanshu Choudhary, Gyandeep Kendriya Vidyalaya, Shahpur, Patna.
Under-14 Boys 100m freestyle: Ritesh Kumar, St Joseph’s School, Patna; Babloo Kumar, Govt. School Begusarai; Sushant Sagar, Don Bosco, Patna.
Under-14 Girls 100m freestyle: Neha Singh, St Karen’s, Patna; Baby Kumari, Govt. School, Begusarai; Sudha Kumari, Gyandeep Kendriya Vidyalaya, Shahpur, Patna.
Under-14 Girls 100m backstroke: Neha Singh, St Karen’s, Patna; Baby Kumari, Govt. School, Begusarai; Sudha Kumari, Gyandeep Kendriya Vidyalaya, Shahpur, Patna.
Under-17 Boys 100m backstroke: Ratan Kr Singh, R N High School, Saran; Himanshu Choudhary, Gyandeep Kendriya Vidyalaya, Shahpur, Patna; Vishnu, St Dominic, Patna.
Under-14 boys 100m backstroke: Ritesh Kumar, St Joseph’s, Patna; Babloo Kumar, Govt. School, Begusarai; Vaibhav Kumar, Delhi Public School, Patna.
Under-17 Boys 50m butterfly: Ratan Kumar Singh, R N High School, Saran; Rohit Prakash, St Joseph’s, Patna; Vishnu, St Dominic, Patna.
Under-17 Girls 50m butterfly: Bhavani Verma, Delhi Public School, Patna; Antra Prakash, Delhi Public School, Patna.
Amit claims East Zone carrom men's singles title
Member of Parliament from Patna, Ram Kripal Yadav (left), giving away prizes to women players in the East Zone carrom championships in Patna on Sunday.
Patna, October 26
Amit Kumar of Uttar Pradesh clinched the men's single title in the Justice PN Singh memorial 8th East Zone carrom championships at the Lohia Nagar Mount Carmel School here on Sunday.
Amit defeated Subhash Chakarvorty (Bengal) in straight sets 25-8, 25-18 in the final.
Khushbu Rani of Jharkhand annexed the women’s singles crown defeating Sandhya Sinha of Bihar 25-0, 25-0.
Earlier, Uttar Pradesh claimed the men's team championship title trouncing Bihar 3-0 in the last match of round robin league.
Manoj Jaiswal of Bihar got the junior boys' title defeating Md R Hasnat (Bengal) 25-17, 25-10 in the final. Khushabu Kumari of Jharkhand claimed the girls’ title thrashing Vibha Kumari (Bihar) 25-12, 25-0 in the final.
Ram Kripal Yadav, MP, distributed the prizes. Bihar State Carrom Association president Ravi P Sinha proposed a vote of thanks. Ashok Kumar Singh presided over the function.
Amit Kumar of Uttar Pradesh clinched the men's single title in the Justice PN Singh memorial 8th East Zone carrom championships at the Lohia Nagar Mount Carmel School here on Sunday.
Amit defeated Subhash Chakarvorty (Bengal) in straight sets 25-8, 25-18 in the final.
Khushbu Rani of Jharkhand annexed the women’s singles crown defeating Sandhya Sinha of Bihar 25-0, 25-0.
Earlier, Uttar Pradesh claimed the men's team championship title trouncing Bihar 3-0 in the last match of round robin league.
Manoj Jaiswal of Bihar got the junior boys' title defeating Md R Hasnat (Bengal) 25-17, 25-10 in the final. Khushabu Kumari of Jharkhand claimed the girls’ title thrashing Vibha Kumari (Bihar) 25-12, 25-0 in the final.
Ram Kripal Yadav, MP, distributed the prizes. Bihar State Carrom Association president Ravi P Sinha proposed a vote of thanks. Ashok Kumar Singh presided over the function.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Anand loses 10th game, still half point away from world title
Bonn, October 27
Viswanathan Anand suffered a setback as he was beaten in the 10th game of the 12-game World Chess final, where challenger Vladimir Kramnik, playing with white pieces fought his way back into the match with a 29-move win. The win for Kramnik narrowed the gap to 6-4 for Anand.
The NIIT MindChampion, Anand still needs only a draw in one of the two remaining games to emerge champion once again.
Kramnik on the other hand needs to win both the 11th and 12th games to force a tie-breaker in the title match.
Russian Kramnik stayed alive in the match as he struck back by cracking through
Anand's defence in 29 moves from a Nimzo Indian defence. It was Kramnik's first win after three losses and six draws in previous nine games. Anand, who led 6-3 after nine games, faltered as the Russian finally seemed to have found his form.
In the 10th game, which Anand needed just to draw to emerge champion, Kramnik adopted an aggressive posture in the Nimzo Indian defence from the Indian. The game went into the three knights defence, which Garry Kasparov has used effectively in the past against Anand. But Anand on that occassion had salvaged a draw, but here Kramnik went off that line and ensured a lease of life for him in a match that seemed to spell doom for him after three losses in four games from the third to the sixth games.
worked his way into a slight advantage midway through the game and even as Anand continued to have his chances to draw, the Russian forced his way through and took charge of the c4 square and from thereon built the pressure which forced the Indian to resign after 29 moves.
12-game final carries a purse of 1.5 million euros with both getting equal amounts regardless of the result.
Moves of Game 10
Kramnik v Anand
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba614. Rfd1 Qc5 15. e4 Bc4 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qb4 Qh5 18. Re1 c5 19. Qa5 Rfc8 20.Be3 Be2 21. Bf4 e5 22. Be3 Bg4 23. Qa6 f6 24. a4 Qf7 25. Bf1 Be6 26. Rab1c4 27. a5 Na4 28. Rb7 Qe8 29. Qd6 1-0
-- Updates on Viswanathan Anand sent by Team Anand at NIIT
Viswanathan Anand suffered a setback as he was beaten in the 10th game of the 12-game World Chess final, where challenger Vladimir Kramnik, playing with white pieces fought his way back into the match with a 29-move win. The win for Kramnik narrowed the gap to 6-4 for Anand.
The NIIT MindChampion, Anand still needs only a draw in one of the two remaining games to emerge champion once again.
Kramnik on the other hand needs to win both the 11th and 12th games to force a tie-breaker in the title match.
Russian Kramnik stayed alive in the match as he struck back by cracking through
Anand's defence in 29 moves from a Nimzo Indian defence. It was Kramnik's first win after three losses and six draws in previous nine games. Anand, who led 6-3 after nine games, faltered as the Russian finally seemed to have found his form.
In the 10th game, which Anand needed just to draw to emerge champion, Kramnik adopted an aggressive posture in the Nimzo Indian defence from the Indian. The game went into the three knights defence, which Garry Kasparov has used effectively in the past against Anand. But Anand on that occassion had salvaged a draw, but here Kramnik went off that line and ensured a lease of life for him in a match that seemed to spell doom for him after three losses in four games from the third to the sixth games.
worked his way into a slight advantage midway through the game and even as Anand continued to have his chances to draw, the Russian forced his way through and took charge of the c4 square and from thereon built the pressure which forced the Indian to resign after 29 moves.
12-game final carries a purse of 1.5 million euros with both getting equal amounts regardless of the result.
Moves of Game 10
Kramnik v Anand
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba614. Rfd1 Qc5 15. e4 Bc4 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qb4 Qh5 18. Re1 c5 19. Qa5 Rfc8 20.Be3 Be2 21. Bf4 e5 22. Be3 Bg4 23. Qa6 f6 24. a4 Qf7 25. Bf1 Be6 26. Rab1c4 27. a5 Na4 28. Rb7 Qe8 29. Qd6 1-0
-- Updates on Viswanathan Anand sent by Team Anand at NIIT
Monday, October 27, 2008
Anand half point away from retaining world title
Bonn, October 6
World Champion Viswanathan Anand kept his three-point lead intact as he held off challenger Vladimir Kramnik to draw the ninth game on Sunday night. The draw brought Anand closer to the world title, which he gets to keep on reaching 6.5 points.
The draw in ninth game gave NIIT MIndChampion, Anand a 6-3 lead with three more games to go in the 12-game World Chess Championship final in Bonn. Anand needs just one draw to win the title while Kramnik needs to win all three remaining games to send the match into a tie-breaker.
The 45-move ninth game was the second longest after the 47-move win which Anand achieved with white in the sixth game. Anand has won three games, the third, fifth and sixth and drawn the rest.
The ninth game with Anand playing white saw an opening in the Queen's Gambit declined and in the anti- Meran variation. Kramnik held the stronger position towards the end, but was unable to convert that advantage into his first win. Anand played the end perfectly to hold the Russian at bay and keep his three-point lead.
The two players will share a purse of 1.5 million euros regardless of the result.
Kramnik, who has not won with black in last two years, gave a strong display and did have Anand struggling but the Indian held on. Towards the end, Anand played perfect defence, while Kramnik was unable to squeeze the win he so desperately needed to keep some interest alive in the match.
Anand did make an attempt early to see if he could finish off the match in the ninth game itself – having won the third, fifth and sixth games earlier on.
Kramnik accepted the challenge and entered the sharp Anti Moscow Gambit Kramnik finally got a novelty in on 12th move. He got a sharp position that gave him a chance to play for a win, which he gladly accepted.
Black (Kramnik) held a good position for long but Anand managed to stay in and draw the game. In the 10th game, Anand will have black pieces.
Kramnik needs to win all three remaining games to send the match into a tie-breaker.
Game 9
Anand v Kramnik
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Bb4 12. Ne5 Qe7 13. O-O Nxe5 14. Bxe5 O-O 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. f4 Qg7 17. e5 c5 18. Nxb5 cxd4 19. Qxc4 a5 20. Kh1 Rac8 21. Qxd4 gxf4 22. Bf3 Ba6 23. a4 Rc5 24. Qxf4 Rxe5 25. b3 Bxb5 26. axb5 Rxb5 27. Be4 Bc3 28. Bc2 Be5 29. Qf2 Bb8 30. Qf3 Rc5 31. Bd3 Rc3 32. g3 Kh8 33. Qb7 f5 34. Qb6 Qe5 35. Qb7 Qc7 36. Qxc7 Bxc7 37. Bc4 Re8 38. Rd7 a4 39. Rxc7 axb3 40. Rf2 Rb8 41. Rb2 h5 42. Kg2 h4 43. Rc6 hxg3 44. hxg3 Rg8 45. Rxe6 Rxc4 1/2-1/2 (DRAW)
-- Updates on Viswanathan Anand sent by Team Anand at NIIT
World Champion Viswanathan Anand kept his three-point lead intact as he held off challenger Vladimir Kramnik to draw the ninth game on Sunday night. The draw brought Anand closer to the world title, which he gets to keep on reaching 6.5 points.
The draw in ninth game gave NIIT MIndChampion, Anand a 6-3 lead with three more games to go in the 12-game World Chess Championship final in Bonn. Anand needs just one draw to win the title while Kramnik needs to win all three remaining games to send the match into a tie-breaker.
The 45-move ninth game was the second longest after the 47-move win which Anand achieved with white in the sixth game. Anand has won three games, the third, fifth and sixth and drawn the rest.
The ninth game with Anand playing white saw an opening in the Queen's Gambit declined and in the anti- Meran variation. Kramnik held the stronger position towards the end, but was unable to convert that advantage into his first win. Anand played the end perfectly to hold the Russian at bay and keep his three-point lead.
The two players will share a purse of 1.5 million euros regardless of the result.
Kramnik, who has not won with black in last two years, gave a strong display and did have Anand struggling but the Indian held on. Towards the end, Anand played perfect defence, while Kramnik was unable to squeeze the win he so desperately needed to keep some interest alive in the match.
Anand did make an attempt early to see if he could finish off the match in the ninth game itself – having won the third, fifth and sixth games earlier on.
Kramnik accepted the challenge and entered the sharp Anti Moscow Gambit Kramnik finally got a novelty in on 12th move. He got a sharp position that gave him a chance to play for a win, which he gladly accepted.
Black (Kramnik) held a good position for long but Anand managed to stay in and draw the game. In the 10th game, Anand will have black pieces.
Kramnik needs to win all three remaining games to send the match into a tie-breaker.
Game 9
Anand v Kramnik
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Bb4 12. Ne5 Qe7 13. O-O Nxe5 14. Bxe5 O-O 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. f4 Qg7 17. e5 c5 18. Nxb5 cxd4 19. Qxc4 a5 20. Kh1 Rac8 21. Qxd4 gxf4 22. Bf3 Ba6 23. a4 Rc5 24. Qxf4 Rxe5 25. b3 Bxb5 26. axb5 Rxb5 27. Be4 Bc3 28. Bc2 Be5 29. Qf2 Bb8 30. Qf3 Rc5 31. Bd3 Rc3 32. g3 Kh8 33. Qb7 f5 34. Qb6 Qe5 35. Qb7 Qc7 36. Qxc7 Bxc7 37. Bc4 Re8 38. Rd7 a4 39. Rxc7 axb3 40. Rf2 Rb8 41. Rb2 h5 42. Kg2 h4 43. Rc6 hxg3 44. hxg3 Rg8 45. Rxe6 Rxc4 1/2-1/2 (DRAW)
-- Updates on Viswanathan Anand sent by Team Anand at NIIT
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Abhishek excels in Sambhavana School win
Patna, October 26, 2008
Abhishek Kumar took five wickets for 20 runs and then batted well to struck and unbeaten 70 as Sambhavana Residential High School, Ara thrashed BPL Residential Public School, Patna by eight wickets in the 24th Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament at the DAV School (BSEB Colony) ground here on Saturday.
And there was not a iota of doubt when Abhishek deservedly got the man of the match award.
Batting first, BPL boys could manage to score 121 runs off 23.1 overs with brisk contribution from Anand Singh 33 (7x4) runs.
In reply, Ara boys collected the required runs off 18.3 overs losing tow wickets. Kumar Dhananjay 26 not out was the other notable contributor for the winners.
Brief scores: BPL School: 121 all out 23.1 overs ( Anish Kumar 21, Anand Singh 33, Shashi Shekhar 15, Abhishek Kumarc5 for 20, Dhananjay 2 for 20). Sambhavana School: 122 for two (Kumar Prem 17, Abhishek Kumar 70 not out , Dhananjay 26 not out, Raj Kishore 1 for 20)
Gopalpur boys lift volleyball trophy
Army School, Gopalpur (Orissa) won the Clsuter V Inter-Army School volleyball title defeating Army School, Danapur 3-0 at Danapur Cantonment here on Saturday. Army School, Ramgarh, claimed the girls’ crown defeating the hosts by an identical margin.
Brigadier PS Rathi gave away the prizes. P Vikki, captain of the winning team got the best player award while Jyoti Chabra of Ramgarh was adjudged best girl player of the tournament.
Khushbu bags 3000-m gold
Seikhpura’s Khushbu avenged her 1500-meter race defeat winning the 3000-meter tile on the second day of the Bihar State Women’s Sports Festival at Bettiah on Saturday.
Veena of Saran and Sugandha of Seikhpur followed the winner for the silver and bronze medals. Khushbu added a double when she won the 800-m gold medal. Veena and Sugandha once again were at the second and third positions respectively.
In high jump, Saran’s Sambhavi clinched the gold while Shanti Kanja of Patna won the javelin throw event gold medal. Rani (Purina) and Rina (Muzaffarpur) got the silver and bronze medals respectively.
Nishad women’s soccer
East central Railway (Hajipur) crushed Khagaria 9-0 in the opening match of the Prem Nishad memorial women’s football championships at Akshaya Vat Stadium in Hajipur on Saturday.
Abhishek Kumar took five wickets for 20 runs and then batted well to struck and unbeaten 70 as Sambhavana Residential High School, Ara thrashed BPL Residential Public School, Patna by eight wickets in the 24th Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament at the DAV School (BSEB Colony) ground here on Saturday.
And there was not a iota of doubt when Abhishek deservedly got the man of the match award.
Batting first, BPL boys could manage to score 121 runs off 23.1 overs with brisk contribution from Anand Singh 33 (7x4) runs.
In reply, Ara boys collected the required runs off 18.3 overs losing tow wickets. Kumar Dhananjay 26 not out was the other notable contributor for the winners.
Brief scores: BPL School: 121 all out 23.1 overs ( Anish Kumar 21, Anand Singh 33, Shashi Shekhar 15, Abhishek Kumarc5 for 20, Dhananjay 2 for 20). Sambhavana School: 122 for two (Kumar Prem 17, Abhishek Kumar 70 not out , Dhananjay 26 not out, Raj Kishore 1 for 20)
Gopalpur boys lift volleyball trophy
Army School, Gopalpur (Orissa) won the Clsuter V Inter-Army School volleyball title defeating Army School, Danapur 3-0 at Danapur Cantonment here on Saturday. Army School, Ramgarh, claimed the girls’ crown defeating the hosts by an identical margin.
Brigadier PS Rathi gave away the prizes. P Vikki, captain of the winning team got the best player award while Jyoti Chabra of Ramgarh was adjudged best girl player of the tournament.
Khushbu bags 3000-m gold
Seikhpura’s Khushbu avenged her 1500-meter race defeat winning the 3000-meter tile on the second day of the Bihar State Women’s Sports Festival at Bettiah on Saturday.
Veena of Saran and Sugandha of Seikhpur followed the winner for the silver and bronze medals. Khushbu added a double when she won the 800-m gold medal. Veena and Sugandha once again were at the second and third positions respectively.
In high jump, Saran’s Sambhavi clinched the gold while Shanti Kanja of Patna won the javelin throw event gold medal. Rani (Purina) and Rina (Muzaffarpur) got the silver and bronze medals respectively.
Nishad women’s soccer
East central Railway (Hajipur) crushed Khagaria 9-0 in the opening match of the Prem Nishad memorial women’s football championships at Akshaya Vat Stadium in Hajipur on Saturday.
Bihar girls clinch East Zone carrom title
Patna, October 26, 2008
Hosts Bihar girls displayed an impressive and overwhelming performance winning the team championships title in the Justice PN Singh memorial 8th East Zone carrom championships here on Saturday.
In the title clash, Bihar girls outsmarted neighbours Jharkahnd 2-1. In the girls singles final, however, Bihar suffered a jolt when favourite Vibha Kumar lost to Jharkhand’s Khushbu Kumari 12-25, 0-25.
In the boys’ section, Bengal’s Raihan Hasth booked his ticket for the final. In the boys’ team event, Bihar beat Jharkhand 3-0 while Bengal beat Chhattisgarh 3-0.
Earlier, PR Kanth, deputy auditor general (Bihar) inaugurated the tournament playing a board with Bihar State Carrom Association secretary Bharat Bhushan. India’s Chess Queen Rashmi Kumari, who recently won the three titles in the International Carrom Federation (ICF) Cup in Colombo and Bharat Bhaushan, who was the coach of the Indian team in Sri Lanka, were felicitated at the opening function.
Results: Women’s team championships: Bihar beat Jharkhand 2-1( Kajal beat Amrita 18-15, 25-0; Sandhya lost to Khushbu Rani 5-25, 14-20; Deepa and Guriya Rani beat Manisha and Kiran 25-0, 25-10).
Bihar beat Chhattisgarh 3-0 (Guriya Rani beat Pinki Devang 25-0, 25-0; Sandhya beat Ankita Sharma 25-0, 25-0; Kajal and Deepkia beat Sushma and Manisha 25-0, 25-0).
Jharkhand beat Chhattisgarh 3-0 (Khushbu Rani beat Ankita 25-0, 25-0; Mansi Kumari beat Sushma 25-0, 25-0; Amrita and Kiran beat Rinki and Manisha 25-0, 25-0).
Hosts Bihar girls displayed an impressive and overwhelming performance winning the team championships title in the Justice PN Singh memorial 8th East Zone carrom championships here on Saturday.
In the title clash, Bihar girls outsmarted neighbours Jharkahnd 2-1. In the girls singles final, however, Bihar suffered a jolt when favourite Vibha Kumar lost to Jharkhand’s Khushbu Kumari 12-25, 0-25.
In the boys’ section, Bengal’s Raihan Hasth booked his ticket for the final. In the boys’ team event, Bihar beat Jharkhand 3-0 while Bengal beat Chhattisgarh 3-0.
Earlier, PR Kanth, deputy auditor general (Bihar) inaugurated the tournament playing a board with Bihar State Carrom Association secretary Bharat Bhushan. India’s Chess Queen Rashmi Kumari, who recently won the three titles in the International Carrom Federation (ICF) Cup in Colombo and Bharat Bhaushan, who was the coach of the Indian team in Sri Lanka, were felicitated at the opening function.
Results: Women’s team championships: Bihar beat Jharkhand 2-1( Kajal beat Amrita 18-15, 25-0; Sandhya lost to Khushbu Rani 5-25, 14-20; Deepa and Guriya Rani beat Manisha and Kiran 25-0, 25-10).
Bihar beat Chhattisgarh 3-0 (Guriya Rani beat Pinki Devang 25-0, 25-0; Sandhya beat Ankita Sharma 25-0, 25-0; Kajal and Deepkia beat Sushma and Manisha 25-0, 25-0).
Jharkhand beat Chhattisgarh 3-0 (Khushbu Rani beat Ankita 25-0, 25-0; Mansi Kumari beat Sushma 25-0, 25-0; Amrita and Kiran beat Rinki and Manisha 25-0, 25-0).
Sukhdeo cricket: Holy Mission School move up
Patna, October 25
Holy Mission High School, Samastipur, had an easy seven-wicket victory over Residential Siksha Niketan, Begusarai in the 24th Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament at the DVA School (BSEB Colony) ground here on Friday.
Amit Kumar of the winning team, who captured four wickets for 25 runs, got the man of the match award.
Batting first, Residential Siksha Niketan boys mustered 132 runs off 25.3 overs. In reply, Holy Mission boys surpassed the target losing three wickets. Manish (34) was the top scorer for the winners.
Brief scores: Residential Siksha Niketan: 132 off 25.3 overs ( Saif Ali 27, Mukesh Kumar 22, Sanjit Ranjan 19, Amiya Ranjan 20, Amit Kumar four for 25, Sudhir Kumar 2 for 32, Avinash Kumar 2 for 28 and Santosh Kumar 2 for 20).
Holy Mission High School: 133 for 3 off 23 overs (Manish 34, Atmeshwar Kumar 17, Amrit Ranjan 15, Sanjit Kumar 2 for 15).
Concept Academy win
Concept Academy, Patna beat SS High School, Bhagwanpur by six wickets in the Super 30 Challenge Cup school cricket tournament at the Patna College ground on Friday.
In the other match, Gayatri International School, Patna crushed Rajshri School, Bhabhua by seven wickets.
Kishlay Kishore (Concept Academy) and Munchun (Gayatri International) were awarded man of the man of the match.
Brief scores: SS High School, Siwan: 92 all out off 22.4 overs (Chhotu 11, Mukesh 20, Kishlay Kishore 4 for 10, Tushar 3 for 23). Concept Academy: 95 for 4 off 21. 4 overs (Kishlay Kishore 20, Rahul 14, Sunny 10, Ranjit 1 for 16)
Rajshri High School: 101 for 9 off 22.4 overs (Wasim Ali 29, Satyendra 14, Arup 2 for 20, Sudarshan 2 for 11, Khushwar 2 for 11). Gayatri International : 102 for 3 (Saurav 21, Munchun15).
Bina races to 1500-m gold
Bina Kumari of Saran cornered glory on the opening day of the three-day Bihar State Women’s Sports Festival at Bettiah on Friday. Bina claimed the 1500-metre race gold medal.
Khushbu and Sugandha got the second and third positions respectively. Earlier, State Cooperative Minister Giriraj Singh declared the meet open in colourful function. Sports Minister Renu Devi was also present at the opening ceremony.
Karate championships from November 14
Sports Karate Do Association will organize first inter-school karate championships in Patna from November 14 to 16.
Inter-Army school volleyball
Gopalpur chalked out a fighting 27-25, 20-25 and 25-15 win over Army School, Danapur in the Cluster V Inter-Army school volleyball tournament on Friday.
In the girls’ section, Ramgarh School beat hosts Danapur by 25-18, 25-20. Earlier, Brigadier PS Rathi inaugurated the tournament.
Anand settles for a draw in 8th game
Bonn, October 24
Viswanathan Anand took yet another step, coming within one game of retaining his world title, as he drew the eighth game and took his tally to 5.5 points as against Vladimir Kramnik's 2.5 in the 12-game World Chess Championship final in Bonn.
Anand, the NIIT MindChampion, now needs just one point from remaining four games to be crowned world chamion yet again.
The game ended in a 39-move draw from Queen's gambit declined as Anand chose the sharp Vienna variation.
There was much speculation if Anand would once again play in Slav, as he did in previous two black games, which he won. But he was clearly not going to overdo it.
The next game is slated for Sunday with Anand having white pieces.
Anand showing tremendous preparation with black came up with a novelty on the 10th move and in the middle game he was testing Kramnik with sharp play. Anand did not to castle yet again.
But Kramnik made no mistakes but was not able to find a win he so desperately needed to keep himself in the fight.
Kramnik attacked on the king-side while Anand had managed to open a file on queenside and 'connect' his pieces well. When the draw was agreed upon, Kramnik did have slight advantage but enough to squeeze a win.
Anand won third, fifth and sixth games and the rest have been drawn.
The match consists of twelve games, played under classical time controls: 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game plus an additional 30 seconds per move starting from move 61.
The prize fund is 1.5 million Euro (approximately $2.35 million), including taxes and FIDE license fees, and is split equally between the players.
Game eight: Draw in 39 moves
Kramnik,V (2772) - Anand,V (2783)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qa5 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxf6 Bxb5 11.Ndxb5 gxf6 12.0-0 Nc6 13.a3 Bxc3 14.Nxc3 Rg8 15.f4 Rd8 16.Qe1 Qb6+ 17.Rf2 Rd3 18.Qe2 Qd4 19.Re1 a6 20.Kh1 Kf8 21.Ref1 Rg6 22.g3 Kg7 23.Rd1 Rxd1+ 24.Nxd1 Kh8 25.Nc3 Rg8 26.Kg2 Rd8 27.Qh5 Kg7 28.Qg4+ Kh8 29.Qh5 Kg7 30.Qg4+ Kh8 31.Qh4 Kg7 32.e5 f5 33.Qf6+ Kg8 34.Qg5+ Kh8 35.Qf6+ Kg8 36.Re2 Qc4 37.Qg5+ Kh8 38.Qf6+ Kg8 39.Qg5+ Kh8 draw.
-- Updates on Viswanathan Anand sent by Team Anand at NIIT
Viswanathan Anand took yet another step, coming within one game of retaining his world title, as he drew the eighth game and took his tally to 5.5 points as against Vladimir Kramnik's 2.5 in the 12-game World Chess Championship final in Bonn.
Anand, the NIIT MindChampion, now needs just one point from remaining four games to be crowned world chamion yet again.
The game ended in a 39-move draw from Queen's gambit declined as Anand chose the sharp Vienna variation.
There was much speculation if Anand would once again play in Slav, as he did in previous two black games, which he won. But he was clearly not going to overdo it.
The next game is slated for Sunday with Anand having white pieces.
Anand showing tremendous preparation with black came up with a novelty on the 10th move and in the middle game he was testing Kramnik with sharp play. Anand did not to castle yet again.
But Kramnik made no mistakes but was not able to find a win he so desperately needed to keep himself in the fight.
Kramnik attacked on the king-side while Anand had managed to open a file on queenside and 'connect' his pieces well. When the draw was agreed upon, Kramnik did have slight advantage but enough to squeeze a win.
Anand won third, fifth and sixth games and the rest have been drawn.
The match consists of twelve games, played under classical time controls: 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game plus an additional 30 seconds per move starting from move 61.
The prize fund is 1.5 million Euro (approximately $2.35 million), including taxes and FIDE license fees, and is split equally between the players.
Game eight: Draw in 39 moves
Kramnik,V (2772) - Anand,V (2783)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qa5 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxf6 Bxb5 11.Ndxb5 gxf6 12.0-0 Nc6 13.a3 Bxc3 14.Nxc3 Rg8 15.f4 Rd8 16.Qe1 Qb6+ 17.Rf2 Rd3 18.Qe2 Qd4 19.Re1 a6 20.Kh1 Kf8 21.Ref1 Rg6 22.g3 Kg7 23.Rd1 Rxd1+ 24.Nxd1 Kh8 25.Nc3 Rg8 26.Kg2 Rd8 27.Qh5 Kg7 28.Qg4+ Kh8 29.Qh5 Kg7 30.Qg4+ Kh8 31.Qh4 Kg7 32.e5 f5 33.Qf6+ Kg8 34.Qg5+ Kh8 35.Qf6+ Kg8 36.Re2 Qc4 37.Qg5+ Kh8 38.Qf6+ Kg8 39.Qg5+ Kh8 draw.
-- Updates on Viswanathan Anand sent by Team Anand at NIIT
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Smooth sailing for Cambridge Public School
Patna, October 23
Cambridge Public School had an easy 30-run win over Delhi Model Public School in the 24th Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament at the DAV Public School, BSEB Colony ground here on Thursday.
Amit Kumar of Cambridge Public School, who claimed six wickets for 30 runs off six overs, was declared man of the match.
Put into bat Cambridge boys scored 149 all out off 29 overs. Bishwajeet Anand’s swashbuckling 39 (7x4) was the hightlight of Cambridge innings.
In reply, needing 150 runs for victory in 30 overs, Delhi Model lads crumbled at 119 runs off 22 overs. Sundries top scored with 52. Amit was the wrecker-in-chief for Cambridge School claiming six wickets for 30 runs.
Brief scores: Cambridge Public School: 149 all out in 29 overs (Ritesh Raj-20, Bishwajeet-39, Saurav Kunal-13, Manibhushan-15, Rajesh Kumar-23, Vikas Anand-3/23, Ravi Shekhar-3/30, Surya Raj-2/35). Delhi Model Public School: 119 all out in 22 overs (Mohit-16, Surya Mani-10, Himanshu Roy-12, Amit-6/30)
RK Public School beat Lucent School
RK Public School, Patna City notched up 16-run victory over Lucent Senior Secondary School in the Super 30 Challenge Cup inter-school cricket tournament at the Patna College ground here on Thursday.
Balram of RKP School, who scored 45 (7x4) runs and took three wickets, was adjudged man of the match.
In the second match, Residential Bal Niketan, Bihta got the better of Ramanand High School, Saran by seven wickets. Anish of Bihta, who claimed four wickets for three runs, was declared man of the match.
Brief scores: RKP School, Patna City: 134 all out in 24.2 overs (Balram-45, Amar-32, Rishi-22, Rahul Sinha-5/14, Rishabh-2/16, Adarsh-2/27). Lucent SS School: 118 all out in 22.2 overs (Rahul-18, Ranjit-16, Vivek-2/24, Amar-2/16)
Ramanand High School, Saran: 77 all out in 13 overs (Nandan-48, Anish-4/3, Amit-2/16, Appu-2/2). Residential Bal Nketan: 78 for 3 (Saurav 16, Bablu 13, Kaushal 2 for 8).
Cambridge Public School had an easy 30-run win over Delhi Model Public School in the 24th Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament at the DAV Public School, BSEB Colony ground here on Thursday.
Amit Kumar of Cambridge Public School, who claimed six wickets for 30 runs off six overs, was declared man of the match.
Put into bat Cambridge boys scored 149 all out off 29 overs. Bishwajeet Anand’s swashbuckling 39 (7x4) was the hightlight of Cambridge innings.
In reply, needing 150 runs for victory in 30 overs, Delhi Model lads crumbled at 119 runs off 22 overs. Sundries top scored with 52. Amit was the wrecker-in-chief for Cambridge School claiming six wickets for 30 runs.
Brief scores: Cambridge Public School: 149 all out in 29 overs (Ritesh Raj-20, Bishwajeet-39, Saurav Kunal-13, Manibhushan-15, Rajesh Kumar-23, Vikas Anand-3/23, Ravi Shekhar-3/30, Surya Raj-2/35). Delhi Model Public School: 119 all out in 22 overs (Mohit-16, Surya Mani-10, Himanshu Roy-12, Amit-6/30)
RK Public School beat Lucent School
RK Public School, Patna City notched up 16-run victory over Lucent Senior Secondary School in the Super 30 Challenge Cup inter-school cricket tournament at the Patna College ground here on Thursday.
Balram of RKP School, who scored 45 (7x4) runs and took three wickets, was adjudged man of the match.
In the second match, Residential Bal Niketan, Bihta got the better of Ramanand High School, Saran by seven wickets. Anish of Bihta, who claimed four wickets for three runs, was declared man of the match.
Brief scores: RKP School, Patna City: 134 all out in 24.2 overs (Balram-45, Amar-32, Rishi-22, Rahul Sinha-5/14, Rishabh-2/16, Adarsh-2/27). Lucent SS School: 118 all out in 22.2 overs (Rahul-18, Ranjit-16, Vivek-2/24, Amar-2/16)
Ramanand High School, Saran: 77 all out in 13 overs (Nandan-48, Anish-4/3, Amit-2/16, Appu-2/2). Residential Bal Nketan: 78 for 3 (Saurav 16, Bablu 13, Kaushal 2 for 8).
This Diwali Win a Dinner with Cricket Legend Sourav Ganguly using Vyke.com
New Delhi, October 23
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"A lucky draw on Diwali will determine the winner, who walks away with a return ticket to Kolkata and a dinner date with cricket legend Sourav Ganguly. Another 20 lucky winners walk away with $50 worth Vyke.com credit. Final 50 runners-up walk away with a cap or other cricket gear signed by Sourav Ganguly.
Source: Business Wire India
Vyke.com a premier online VOIP service provider with its headquarters in Norway launched a unique life-time offer for all their users. This Diwali you can make calls free of cost to your near and dear ones back home using Vyke.com and get lucky to win a dinner and a photo shoot with the cricket legend Sourav Ganguly.
There are other fabulous prizes to be won, a signed cricket memorabilia and a $50 worth credit (10 hours of free talk time, PC to phone or mobile VoIP on Vyke.com) for 20 lucky winners.
The process is quite simple and can be done in 3 easy steps.
-- Sign up for a free Vyke account on www.vyke.com
-- Using your Vyke account send a mail to Sourav.ganguly@vyke.com (please include your Vyke Account Username) stating in not more than 50 words, why you should be the winner.
-- Although no purchases are required to qualify entry into the competition, every Vyke dollar purchased between October 1 and 28, entitles you to an additional competition entry.
For example $10 gives you 10 extra chances to a win. Hence, you end up getting more.
Speaking on the occasion Mr. Aaron Powers, Head of Business Development, Vyke Communications, said, "expats frequently call their friends and loved ones overseas but at exorbitant costs. With Vyke, text costs from their mobiles will be reduced to fractions of a penny, plus they can text abroad for free via the web. As an avid user of Vyke, we're very pleased to have Sourav Ganguly flying the Vyke flag."
Sourav Ganguly, Indian cricketer and former captain of the Team India said "What better way to celebrate the festival of lights than phoning friends and loved ones back home to wish them “Happy Diwali” and sharing the spirit of the festival, all for FREE?
"A lucky draw on Diwali will determine the winner, who walks away with a return ticket to Kolkata and a dinner date with cricket legend Sourav Ganguly. Another 20 lucky winners walk away with $50 worth Vyke.com credit. Final 50 runners-up walk away with a cap or other cricket gear signed by Sourav Ganguly.
Source: Business Wire India
Friday, October 24, 2008
Anand draws seventh game, still leads by three points
Bonn, October 23
Viswanathan Anand was unable to make it a hat-trick of wins, but nevertheless moved closer to retaining his world title with a draw in the seventh game that gave him a 5-2 lead over Vladimir Kramnik in the 12-game World Chess championship final.
With the match moving into the second half, Anand had white for the second game in a row. This is because the games are played in pairs and the regulations switch the day that the players have white in this pair at the half way stage.
NIIT Brand Ambassador Anand now needs just 1.5 points from five games to close the match and win the world title yet again. The draw gives Anand a 5-2 lead with the Indian needing just 1.5 points from five games to retain his world title. Anand has won the third, fifth and sixth games in the 12-game final.
The game opened in the slav defence, and Kramnik played a line which was more safer. Kramnik invited complications and no sooner had he done that, Anand decided he also wanted to fight.
Kramnik slowly began to look confused. By the 15th move, Anand had a little extra space and for the moment Black's knight is not on a great circuit.
Anand playing in a dominating manner, did so once again. Kramnik had to jettison the c pawn for counterplay. This however prevented any chances Black (Kramnik) may have had on the kingside. Ultimately, neither gave way and it looked like a fortress.
The duo finally agreed to split the point after 37 moves.
The World Chess Championship is taking place from October 14 – November 02, 2008 in the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn.
The match consists of twelve games, played under classical time controls: 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game plus an additional 30 seconds per move starting from move 61.
The prize fund is 1.5 million Euro (approximately 2.35 million US Dollars) including taxes and FIDE license fees, and is split equally between the players.
Moves of Game 7
Anand,V (2783) - Kramnik,V (2772) [D19]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 0-0 11.Bd3 Bh5 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Qe3 Re8 15.Ne1 Bg6 16.Bxg6 hxg6 17.Nd3 Qb6 18.Nxb4 Qxb4 19.b3 Rac8 20.Ba3 Qc3 21.Rac1 Qxe3 22.fxe3 f6 23.Bd6 g5 24.h3 Kf7 25.Kf2 Kg6 26.Ke2 fxe5 27.dxe5 b6 28.b4 Rc4 29.Rxc4 dxc4 30.Rc1 Rc8 31.g4 a5 32.b5 c3 33.Rc2 Kf7 34.Kd3 Nc5+ 35.Bxc5 Rxc5 36.Rxc3 Rxc3+ 37.Kxc3 draw.
Source: Team Anand in Bonn
Viswanathan Anand was unable to make it a hat-trick of wins, but nevertheless moved closer to retaining his world title with a draw in the seventh game that gave him a 5-2 lead over Vladimir Kramnik in the 12-game World Chess championship final.
With the match moving into the second half, Anand had white for the second game in a row. This is because the games are played in pairs and the regulations switch the day that the players have white in this pair at the half way stage.
NIIT Brand Ambassador Anand now needs just 1.5 points from five games to close the match and win the world title yet again. The draw gives Anand a 5-2 lead with the Indian needing just 1.5 points from five games to retain his world title. Anand has won the third, fifth and sixth games in the 12-game final.
The game opened in the slav defence, and Kramnik played a line which was more safer. Kramnik invited complications and no sooner had he done that, Anand decided he also wanted to fight.
Kramnik slowly began to look confused. By the 15th move, Anand had a little extra space and for the moment Black's knight is not on a great circuit.
Anand playing in a dominating manner, did so once again. Kramnik had to jettison the c pawn for counterplay. This however prevented any chances Black (Kramnik) may have had on the kingside. Ultimately, neither gave way and it looked like a fortress.
The duo finally agreed to split the point after 37 moves.
The World Chess Championship is taking place from October 14 – November 02, 2008 in the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn.
The match consists of twelve games, played under classical time controls: 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game plus an additional 30 seconds per move starting from move 61.
The prize fund is 1.5 million Euro (approximately 2.35 million US Dollars) including taxes and FIDE license fees, and is split equally between the players.
Moves of Game 7
Anand,V (2783) - Kramnik,V (2772) [D19]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 0-0 11.Bd3 Bh5 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Qe3 Re8 15.Ne1 Bg6 16.Bxg6 hxg6 17.Nd3 Qb6 18.Nxb4 Qxb4 19.b3 Rac8 20.Ba3 Qc3 21.Rac1 Qxe3 22.fxe3 f6 23.Bd6 g5 24.h3 Kf7 25.Kf2 Kg6 26.Ke2 fxe5 27.dxe5 b6 28.b4 Rc4 29.Rxc4 dxc4 30.Rc1 Rc8 31.g4 a5 32.b5 c3 33.Rc2 Kf7 34.Kd3 Nc5+ 35.Bxc5 Rxc5 36.Rxc3 Rxc3+ 37.Kxc3 draw.
Source: Team Anand in Bonn
Mahant Harihar Das School in Sukhdeo cricket second round
Ptana, October 23, 2008
Mahant Harihar Das High School cruised into the second round of the 24th Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament defeating Kids Care Residential Academy, Hajipu by six wickets at the DVA School (BSEB Colony) ground here on Wednesday.
Batting first, Kids Care boys garnered only 76 runs while Mahant Harihar Das boys reached the victory target losing only four wickets on the way. Anand Kumar, who captured three wickets and made 18 runs for winning team, got the man of the match award. Former Bihar Ranji Trophy player Vishnu Shankar presented the award.
Brief scores: Kids Care Academy: 76 all out 21.2 overs (Sameer Kumar 12, Suraj 14, Anand Kumar 3 for 20, Ranjit Kumar 2 for 20, Munna 2 for 19 and Chandan Kumar 2 for 14). Mahant Haihar Das School: 77 for 4 off 11.4 overs (Anand 18, Sanjeev 22, Munna 16, Atul Ranjan 2 for 25).
St Dominic Savio School advance
St Dominic Savio School, Danapur, chalked out a fighting 11-run win over Mount Carmel School, Patna City, in the Super 30 Challenge Cup inter-school cricket tournament at the Patna College ground on Wednesday.
Rajnish of St Dominic Savio was adjudged man of the match of his impressive 32 runs.
In the second match of the day St Joseph’s School outplayed NS School by 45 runs. Rajshekhar of St Joseph’s, who bagged four wickets for only 7 runs was awarded man of the match for his distinguished performance.
All Bihar Squash Association
Bihar Squash Association renamed itself as All Bihar Squash Association in meeting of the body held on Wednesday. Sanjeev Shankar has been chosen as president of the association.
Other office bearers: Rajesh Kumar (vice-president), Kasuhal Kishore Singh (secretary), Arunav Ganguly (joint secretary), AK Dehloni (treasurer), Rajnath Khanna, Manindar Singh, Vaidyanath Prasad and Virendra Prasad Sinha (all members).
Mahant Harihar Das High School cruised into the second round of the 24th Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament defeating Kids Care Residential Academy, Hajipu by six wickets at the DVA School (BSEB Colony) ground here on Wednesday.
Batting first, Kids Care boys garnered only 76 runs while Mahant Harihar Das boys reached the victory target losing only four wickets on the way. Anand Kumar, who captured three wickets and made 18 runs for winning team, got the man of the match award. Former Bihar Ranji Trophy player Vishnu Shankar presented the award.
Brief scores: Kids Care Academy: 76 all out 21.2 overs (Sameer Kumar 12, Suraj 14, Anand Kumar 3 for 20, Ranjit Kumar 2 for 20, Munna 2 for 19 and Chandan Kumar 2 for 14). Mahant Haihar Das School: 77 for 4 off 11.4 overs (Anand 18, Sanjeev 22, Munna 16, Atul Ranjan 2 for 25).
St Dominic Savio School advance
St Dominic Savio School, Danapur, chalked out a fighting 11-run win over Mount Carmel School, Patna City, in the Super 30 Challenge Cup inter-school cricket tournament at the Patna College ground on Wednesday.
Rajnish of St Dominic Savio was adjudged man of the match of his impressive 32 runs.
In the second match of the day St Joseph’s School outplayed NS School by 45 runs. Rajshekhar of St Joseph’s, who bagged four wickets for only 7 runs was awarded man of the match for his distinguished performance.
All Bihar Squash Association
Bihar Squash Association renamed itself as All Bihar Squash Association in meeting of the body held on Wednesday. Sanjeev Shankar has been chosen as president of the association.
Other office bearers: Rajesh Kumar (vice-president), Kasuhal Kishore Singh (secretary), Arunav Ganguly (joint secretary), AK Dehloni (treasurer), Rajnath Khanna, Manindar Singh, Vaidyanath Prasad and Virendra Prasad Sinha (all members).
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Kisku shines as Lilua lift Bernard Shield
Lilua soccer team with Bernard Shield in Danapur (Patna) on October 21, 2008
Patna, October 21
Striker S Kisku struck three in row to help Lilua (West Bengal) clinch Bernard Shield football tournament title defeating local favourites Danapur 4-0 in a one-sided final at the Jagjivan Stadium, Khagaul on Tuesday.
Lilua were leading 3-0 at the end of the first half.
Kisku, who had an excellent run in this all-Railway teams tournament, scored in 26th, 36th and 43rd minutes. S N Haldar completed the tally in the 70th minute through a penalty kick. Haldar, who rose to the expectations of his team as a midfielder, declared man of the match.
East Central Railway General Manager Girish Bhatnagar, who was the chief guest at the closing function, distributed the prizes. He announced that the championship would be organised by East Central Railway from the next year instead of the Danaur Division and top teams of the country would be invited in the championship.
Dayanand School win
Dayanand High School, Patna, defeated Mount Carmel School, Ranchi, by 36 runs in the Super 30 Challenge Cup inter-school cricket tournament at the Patna College ground here.
Ravi of Dayanand High School, who scored 64 (3x6, 3x4) runs, was declared man of the match.
Dayanand High School, Patna, defeated Mount Carmel School, Ranchi, by 36 runs in the Super 30 Challenge Cup inter-school cricket tournament at the Patna College ground here.
Ravi of Dayanand High School, who scored 64 (3x6, 3x4) runs, was declared man of the match.
In the second match, East & West School edged past DR Academy by one wicket. Nagendra Babu of East & West, who made 31 runs and took two wickets, was declared man of the match.
Brief scores: Dayanand High School: 217 for eight in 25 overs (Ravi 64, Vikas 34, Ajit 24, Mayank 3/24, Sanjay 2/16). Mount Carmel, Ranchi: Deepak 33, Sanjay 30, Sanpat 28, Ajit 3/36, Raj 3/16).DR Academy: 124 all out in 24.5 overs (Ranjit 18, Ashish 19, Yogankar 4/9, Rahul 2/15). East & West School: 126 for nine wickets in 24.5 overs (Nagendra Babu 31, Nilesh 30, Ajit 5/26).
Airtel Mastermind school chess
The fourth Airtel Mastermind inter-school chess championship will be held at the Government High School, Rajendra Nagar premises here from December 4, according to Pranav Prakash, general secretary, Association for People's Welfare and Development (APWAD)—the organizers of the 64 squares battle.
The fourth Airtel Mastermind inter-school chess championship will be held at the Government High School, Rajendra Nagar premises here from December 4, according to Pranav Prakash, general secretary, Association for People's Welfare and Development (APWAD)—the organizers of the 64 squares battle.
The championship will be organised for under-10, under-12, under-14 and under-16 boys and girls. Interested players may contact Rakesh Ranjan, tournament director for entry and other details.
Mehta is new BOA president
Patna, October 20
A sea change has been witnessed in the annual quadrennial general meeting of the Bihar Olympic Association as all the veteran office-bearers kept themselves off from seeking re-election. Instead they gave the responsibility to relatively younger lot to keep BOA flag flying. The meeting was held in Muzaffarpur.
Prasenjit Mehta of Muzaffarpur was elected unopposed the new president of BOA. Mehta replaced Arjun Bikram Shah, who, however, was named life president of the BOA. Md Mushtaque Ahmad of Patna was unanimously elected the new secretary while Manoj Kumar Sharma of Begusarai was elected the treasurer. Mushtaque was elected executive committee member of the Indian Olympic Association recently.
Mushtaque replaced S Ejaz Hussain, who, along with Dr Prem Kumar and Dr Akhauri Bhuvaneshwar Prasad, was named life patrons of the association. Arjun Bikram Shah presided over the meeting. Secretary General of the Jharkhand Olympic Association and executive member of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), S Matloob attended the meeting as official observer of the IOA. Dr Prem Kumar proposed a vote of thanks.
A sea change has been witnessed in the annual quadrennial general meeting of the Bihar Olympic Association as all the veteran office-bearers kept themselves off from seeking re-election. Instead they gave the responsibility to relatively younger lot to keep BOA flag flying. The meeting was held in Muzaffarpur.
Prasenjit Mehta of Muzaffarpur was elected unopposed the new president of BOA. Mehta replaced Arjun Bikram Shah, who, however, was named life president of the BOA. Md Mushtaque Ahmad of Patna was unanimously elected the new secretary while Manoj Kumar Sharma of Begusarai was elected the treasurer. Mushtaque was elected executive committee member of the Indian Olympic Association recently.
Mushtaque replaced S Ejaz Hussain, who, along with Dr Prem Kumar and Dr Akhauri Bhuvaneshwar Prasad, was named life patrons of the association. Arjun Bikram Shah presided over the meeting. Secretary General of the Jharkhand Olympic Association and executive member of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), S Matloob attended the meeting as official observer of the IOA. Dr Prem Kumar proposed a vote of thanks.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Anand continues his good show, takes 3 point lead
Bonn, October 21
Viswanathan Anand may well have shut Vladimir Kramnik out of the match with a third win in the sixth game of the World Chess Championships as he continued his complete domination over his rival.
At the midway stage of the 12-game match NIIT Brand Ambassador Anand moved onto a three-point lead with a win in the sixth game that put him 4.5-1.5 ahead, surely a massive lead at this stage.
Playing with white and with a two-point advantage Anand piled on more misery as he played a solid game in the Nimzo Indian. Anand knowing his rival was at his lowest played a sharp line and went in for a positional game.
as the game looked interestingly poised with Kramnik playing solid in reply, Anand unleashed yet another novelty on the ninth move. Kramnik took up the challenge, probably in the hope that since he was already way behind he might as well be aggressive with black. Anand went for the jugular and accepted the challenge to attack.
Anatoly Karpov in the analysis room felt white (Anand) would be clearly better after the exchange of queens on d5. That's what happened. It was now clear that Anand had come out of the opening way better.
Black (Kramnik) needed to play for control of white squares. Into the middle game around move 17, Anand was better but not winning.
Kramnik, trailing in the match, went in risking giving a pawn, which he had no way of getting back.
By move 21 it seemed Anand with white was in a position to go three points up. He kept the pawn and Kramnik by now was fighting to survive. Anand on the prowl also did not castle – he had castled in only three of the six games!
By move 27 Anand was clearly better but he had no need to force things.
As the game progressed Anand was going up two pawns and he was keeping them and waiting. Over the next few moves from 37 onwards it was clear Anand was in winning position. And the computer was showing a win, too.
For his 40th move Kramnik had just 90 seconds, but time no longer mattered as Anand was almost home for a third win.
Anand kept it simple and went in for a crowd pleasing winning line and made it 4.5-1.5 for a three-point lead, which is surely too much for an outplayed Kramnik.
Wednesday is a day of rest and seventh game will resume on Thursday with Kramnik having white and Anand black. Anand has won last two games with black.
Moves of Game 6
Anand v Kramnik
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Qf5 7.Qb3 Nc6 8.Bd2 0-0 9.h3 b6 10.g4 Qa5 11.Rc1 Bb7 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Qd5 14.Qxd5 Nxd5 15.Bd2 Nf6 16.Rg1 Rac8 17.Bg2 Ne7 18.Bb4 c5 19.dxc5 Rfd8 20.Ne5 Bxg2 21.Rxg2 bxc5 22.Rxc5 Ne4 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Nd3 Nd5 25.Bd2 Rc2 26.Bc1 f5 27.Kd1 Rc8 28.f3 Nd6 29.Ke1 a5 30.e3 e5 31.gxf5 e4 32.fxe4 Nxe4 33.Bd2 a4 34.Nf2 Nd6 35.Rg4 Nc4 36.e4 Nf6 37.Rg3 Nxb2 38.e5 Nd5 39.f6 Kf7 40.Ne4 Nc4 41.fxg7 Kg8 42.Rd3 Ndb6 43.Bh6 Nxe5 44.Nf6+ Kf7 45.Rc3 Rxc3 46.g8Q+ Kxf6 47.Bg7+ 1-0
Updates on Viswanathan Anand sent by Team Anand at NIIT
Viswanathan Anand may well have shut Vladimir Kramnik out of the match with a third win in the sixth game of the World Chess Championships as he continued his complete domination over his rival.
At the midway stage of the 12-game match NIIT Brand Ambassador Anand moved onto a three-point lead with a win in the sixth game that put him 4.5-1.5 ahead, surely a massive lead at this stage.
Playing with white and with a two-point advantage Anand piled on more misery as he played a solid game in the Nimzo Indian. Anand knowing his rival was at his lowest played a sharp line and went in for a positional game.
as the game looked interestingly poised with Kramnik playing solid in reply, Anand unleashed yet another novelty on the ninth move. Kramnik took up the challenge, probably in the hope that since he was already way behind he might as well be aggressive with black. Anand went for the jugular and accepted the challenge to attack.
Anatoly Karpov in the analysis room felt white (Anand) would be clearly better after the exchange of queens on d5. That's what happened. It was now clear that Anand had come out of the opening way better.
Black (Kramnik) needed to play for control of white squares. Into the middle game around move 17, Anand was better but not winning.
Kramnik, trailing in the match, went in risking giving a pawn, which he had no way of getting back.
By move 21 it seemed Anand with white was in a position to go three points up. He kept the pawn and Kramnik by now was fighting to survive. Anand on the prowl also did not castle – he had castled in only three of the six games!
By move 27 Anand was clearly better but he had no need to force things.
As the game progressed Anand was going up two pawns and he was keeping them and waiting. Over the next few moves from 37 onwards it was clear Anand was in winning position. And the computer was showing a win, too.
For his 40th move Kramnik had just 90 seconds, but time no longer mattered as Anand was almost home for a third win.
Anand kept it simple and went in for a crowd pleasing winning line and made it 4.5-1.5 for a three-point lead, which is surely too much for an outplayed Kramnik.
Wednesday is a day of rest and seventh game will resume on Thursday with Kramnik having white and Anand black. Anand has won last two games with black.
Moves of Game 6
Anand v Kramnik
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Qf5 7.Qb3 Nc6 8.Bd2 0-0 9.h3 b6 10.g4 Qa5 11.Rc1 Bb7 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Qd5 14.Qxd5 Nxd5 15.Bd2 Nf6 16.Rg1 Rac8 17.Bg2 Ne7 18.Bb4 c5 19.dxc5 Rfd8 20.Ne5 Bxg2 21.Rxg2 bxc5 22.Rxc5 Ne4 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Nd3 Nd5 25.Bd2 Rc2 26.Bc1 f5 27.Kd1 Rc8 28.f3 Nd6 29.Ke1 a5 30.e3 e5 31.gxf5 e4 32.fxe4 Nxe4 33.Bd2 a4 34.Nf2 Nd6 35.Rg4 Nc4 36.e4 Nf6 37.Rg3 Nxb2 38.e5 Nd5 39.f6 Kf7 40.Ne4 Nc4 41.fxg7 Kg8 42.Rd3 Ndb6 43.Bh6 Nxe5 44.Nf6+ Kf7 45.Rc3 Rxc3 46.g8Q+ Kxf6 47.Bg7+ 1-0
Updates on Viswanathan Anand sent by Team Anand at NIIT
Facile win for Leeds Asian School
Patna, October 20
Leeds Asian School notched up facile 56-run victory over RKC High School in the 24th Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament at the DAV Public School, BSEB Colony ground here on Monday.
Dinesh Kumar of Leeds Asian School, who scored 35 (2x4) runs and claimed three wickets, was adjudged man of the match. Put into bat Leeds Asian boys scored 163 for eight wickets off 30 overs and then restricted their rivals for paltry 107 runs off 28 overs.
Brief scores: Leeds Asian School: 163 for eight wickets in 30 overs ((Kundan Kumar-24, Ganesg Gautam-26, Dinesh Kumar-35, Saurav suman-31, Mukesh Kumar Kumar-22, Kamal-2/20). RKC High School: 107 all out in 28 overs (Subhash-28, Naresh Kumar-16, Dinesh-3/20, Ganesh-2/18, Kislay Sharan-2/18, Kundan-2/20)
Sardar Patel Inter-School athletics
The 7th Sardar Patel inter-school athletic championships will be held at the Moinul Haq Stadium in Patna from December 12, according to KC Mahajan, secretary, Sardar Patel Sports and Cultural Foundation.
St Michael's High School triumph
A blazing 84-run (6x3, 8x4) by Fahad helped St Michael’s Hgh School, Patna drub Millennium Public School, Buxar by 42 runs in the Super 30 Challenge Cup inter-school cricket tournament at the Patna College ground on Monday.
For his brilliant performance, Fahad got the man of the match award.
Earlier, in the first match, International School thrashed Kendriya Vidyalaya, Bailey Road by 64 runs.Md Ashjad of International School, who made 34 runs and took two wickets, was declared man of the match.
Brief scores: St Michael's: 219 for three wickets in 24 overs (Fahad-84, Tejsawati-52, Nikhil-21, Jayant-29, Vishal-4/31). Millennium PS, Buxar: 177 all out in 20.2 overs (Ashwani-38, Sonu-30, Amarjit-2/24, Nitin-2/24).
International School: 140 for eight wickets in 24 overs (Ashjad-34, Rahul-28, Gaurav-19, Ashutosh-15, Ajit-1/6). Kendriya Vidyalaya: 76 all out in 24 overs (Vineet-22, Aditya-10, Anand-12, Ashjad-2/16, Rahul-2/20).
Cycling bronze for Bihar
Bihar bagged the bronze medal in the senior 70km team time trial event of the 14th National cycling championship at Jamkhandi in Karnataka on Monday, according to Vikram Aditya, president, Cycling Association of Bihar. Narendra Singh, Yashbir Singh, Satyabir Singh and Dharmendra Kumar made the Team Bihar for the event.
Bihar team excels in ball badminton
Bihar performed well in the 28th sub-junior National ball badminton championship in Amaritsar recently. Md Tajammul Haque, secretary, Bihar Ball Badminton Association said Bihar defeated Haryana 29-10, 29-8, Orissa 29-6, 29-8 and Uttrakhand 29-0, 29-0 in their pool matches.
Coaches seminar on November 16
Coaches Association of Bihar will organize its annual meeting and a seminar at the meeting hall of Patna Museum on November 16, according to Abhishek Kumar, secretary, Coaches Association of Bihar.
The NIS trained coaches and sports experts will take part in the seminar which will discuss the state of Bihar sports and the possible measures for the uplift. Kumar said that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar would inaugurate the meet.
Leeds Asian School notched up facile 56-run victory over RKC High School in the 24th Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament at the DAV Public School, BSEB Colony ground here on Monday.
Dinesh Kumar of Leeds Asian School, who scored 35 (2x4) runs and claimed three wickets, was adjudged man of the match. Put into bat Leeds Asian boys scored 163 for eight wickets off 30 overs and then restricted their rivals for paltry 107 runs off 28 overs.
Brief scores: Leeds Asian School: 163 for eight wickets in 30 overs ((Kundan Kumar-24, Ganesg Gautam-26, Dinesh Kumar-35, Saurav suman-31, Mukesh Kumar Kumar-22, Kamal-2/20). RKC High School: 107 all out in 28 overs (Subhash-28, Naresh Kumar-16, Dinesh-3/20, Ganesh-2/18, Kislay Sharan-2/18, Kundan-2/20)
Sardar Patel Inter-School athletics
The 7th Sardar Patel inter-school athletic championships will be held at the Moinul Haq Stadium in Patna from December 12, according to KC Mahajan, secretary, Sardar Patel Sports and Cultural Foundation.
St Michael's High School triumph
A blazing 84-run (6x3, 8x4) by Fahad helped St Michael’s Hgh School, Patna drub Millennium Public School, Buxar by 42 runs in the Super 30 Challenge Cup inter-school cricket tournament at the Patna College ground on Monday.
For his brilliant performance, Fahad got the man of the match award.
Earlier, in the first match, International School thrashed Kendriya Vidyalaya, Bailey Road by 64 runs.Md Ashjad of International School, who made 34 runs and took two wickets, was declared man of the match.
Brief scores: St Michael's: 219 for three wickets in 24 overs (Fahad-84, Tejsawati-52, Nikhil-21, Jayant-29, Vishal-4/31). Millennium PS, Buxar: 177 all out in 20.2 overs (Ashwani-38, Sonu-30, Amarjit-2/24, Nitin-2/24).
International School: 140 for eight wickets in 24 overs (Ashjad-34, Rahul-28, Gaurav-19, Ashutosh-15, Ajit-1/6). Kendriya Vidyalaya: 76 all out in 24 overs (Vineet-22, Aditya-10, Anand-12, Ashjad-2/16, Rahul-2/20).
Cycling bronze for Bihar
Bihar bagged the bronze medal in the senior 70km team time trial event of the 14th National cycling championship at Jamkhandi in Karnataka on Monday, according to Vikram Aditya, president, Cycling Association of Bihar. Narendra Singh, Yashbir Singh, Satyabir Singh and Dharmendra Kumar made the Team Bihar for the event.
Bihar team excels in ball badminton
Bihar performed well in the 28th sub-junior National ball badminton championship in Amaritsar recently. Md Tajammul Haque, secretary, Bihar Ball Badminton Association said Bihar defeated Haryana 29-10, 29-8, Orissa 29-6, 29-8 and Uttrakhand 29-0, 29-0 in their pool matches.
Coaches seminar on November 16
Coaches Association of Bihar will organize its annual meeting and a seminar at the meeting hall of Patna Museum on November 16, according to Abhishek Kumar, secretary, Coaches Association of Bihar.
The NIS trained coaches and sports experts will take part in the seminar which will discuss the state of Bihar sports and the possible measures for the uplift. Kumar said that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar would inaugurate the meet.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Bihar's Rashmi is Carrom Queen
Patna, October 21, 2008
Bihar Rashmi Kumari created a history in the International Carrom Federation (ICF) Cup claiming three titles--women singles, women’s doubles and women’s team championship-in Colombo on Monday.
According to information sent by Bharat Bhushan, Team India coach and secretary Bihar State Carrom Association, Rashmi, a Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL, a Government of India owned telecom giant) employee in Patna, first helped India win the women’s team championships crown and then bagged two more gold medals to her bag winning the women’s singles and doubles titles.
In the women’s singles, Rashmi defeated her teammate P Nirmala. In the doubles, combining with P Nirmala, she outplayed another Indian pair of I.Ilavazhaki and Revathi.
The tournament ended today witnessed Indian carom players stamping their authority in all the events making it a clean sweep.
Results
Women team championship: 1st Place – India; 2nd Place – Sri Lanka; 3rd Place – Malaysia
Women’s singles: 1st Place – India (Rashmi Kumari); 2nd Place – India (P. Nirmala); 3rd Place – India (I.Ilavazhaki)
Women’s doubles: 1st Place – India (P. Nirmala & Rashmi Kumari); 2nd Place – India (I.Ilavazhaki & Revathi)
Men team championship: 1st Place – India; 2nd Place – Sri Lanka; 3rd Place – France
Men’s doubles: 1st Place – India (Yogesh Pardeshi & Prakash Gaekwad); 2nd Place – India (B. Radhakrisnan & Nataraj); 3rd Place – Sri Lanka (Chamil Cooray & Nishantha Fernando)
Men’s singles: 1st Place – India (Prakash Gaekwad); 2nd Place – India (B. Radhakrisnan); 3rd Place – India (Yogesh Pardeshi)
Swiss League: 1st Place – India (M. Nataraj); 2nd Place – India (Prakash Gaekwad); 3rd Place – India (Yogesh Pardeshi)
Bihar Rashmi Kumari created a history in the International Carrom Federation (ICF) Cup claiming three titles--women singles, women’s doubles and women’s team championship-in Colombo on Monday.
According to information sent by Bharat Bhushan, Team India coach and secretary Bihar State Carrom Association, Rashmi, a Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL, a Government of India owned telecom giant) employee in Patna, first helped India win the women’s team championships crown and then bagged two more gold medals to her bag winning the women’s singles and doubles titles.
In the women’s singles, Rashmi defeated her teammate P Nirmala. In the doubles, combining with P Nirmala, she outplayed another Indian pair of I.Ilavazhaki and Revathi.
The tournament ended today witnessed Indian carom players stamping their authority in all the events making it a clean sweep.
Results
Women team championship: 1st Place – India; 2nd Place – Sri Lanka; 3rd Place – Malaysia
Women’s singles: 1st Place – India (Rashmi Kumari); 2nd Place – India (P. Nirmala); 3rd Place – India (I.Ilavazhaki)
Women’s doubles: 1st Place – India (P. Nirmala & Rashmi Kumari); 2nd Place – India (I.Ilavazhaki & Revathi)
Men team championship: 1st Place – India; 2nd Place – Sri Lanka; 3rd Place – France
Men’s doubles: 1st Place – India (Yogesh Pardeshi & Prakash Gaekwad); 2nd Place – India (B. Radhakrisnan & Nataraj); 3rd Place – Sri Lanka (Chamil Cooray & Nishantha Fernando)
Men’s singles: 1st Place – India (Prakash Gaekwad); 2nd Place – India (B. Radhakrisnan); 3rd Place – India (Yogesh Pardeshi)
Swiss League: 1st Place – India (M. Nataraj); 2nd Place – India (Prakash Gaekwad); 3rd Place – India (Yogesh Pardeshi)
Anand consolidates lead, wins second time with black
Bonn (Germany), October 20
Viswanathan Anand may well have scored a decisive second win in the World Chess Championships with a stunning second win with black pieces over Vladimir Kramnik to go two full points ahead in the 12-game championship match.
The NIIT Brand Ambassador once again stayed in the Slav opening and as Kramnik attempted to try the same as he had in the third game, he was dealt another surprise by the Indian ace. Anand came in with a novelty and then crushed Kramnik once more to go 3.5-1.5 up in the match.
Kramnik, pushed to the wall, tried to create a lot of complications but in the end managed only to create a web for him and perished in 35 moves.
Anand indicated that he was once again in a preparation as he was also ahead on clock as Kramnik struggled with time, too.
Kramnik did have opportunities to equalize but he trued to take Anand into complex position, but instead of confusing his rival, he paid a stuff penalty as the Indian wrapped up the game. Kramnik erred grievously on the 29th move and then hung in hoping for an error from across the table, but it did not happen and he resigned in 41 moves.
There are seven more games in the match with Anand having white pieces in Game 6. The two players will share a purse of 1.5 million Euros equally regardless of the result of the match.
Moves of Game 5
Vladimir Kramnik vs Viswanathan Anand
Game Five, Semi-Slav D49
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 gxf6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. Bxb5 Rg8 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bg3 f5 18. Rfc1 f4 19. Bh4 Be7 20. a4 Bxh4 21. Nxh4 Ke7 22. Ra3 Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Ra1 Qc5 25. Qg4 Qe5 26. Nf3 Qf6 27. Re1 Rc5 28. b4 Rc3 29. Nxd4 Qxd4 30. Rd1 Nf6 31. Rxd4 Nxg4 32. Rd7+ Kf6 33. Rxb7 Rc1+ 34. Bf1 Ne3 35. fxe3 fxe3 0-1.
Viswanathan Anand may well have scored a decisive second win in the World Chess Championships with a stunning second win with black pieces over Vladimir Kramnik to go two full points ahead in the 12-game championship match.
The NIIT Brand Ambassador once again stayed in the Slav opening and as Kramnik attempted to try the same as he had in the third game, he was dealt another surprise by the Indian ace. Anand came in with a novelty and then crushed Kramnik once more to go 3.5-1.5 up in the match.
Kramnik, pushed to the wall, tried to create a lot of complications but in the end managed only to create a web for him and perished in 35 moves.
Anand indicated that he was once again in a preparation as he was also ahead on clock as Kramnik struggled with time, too.
Kramnik did have opportunities to equalize but he trued to take Anand into complex position, but instead of confusing his rival, he paid a stuff penalty as the Indian wrapped up the game. Kramnik erred grievously on the 29th move and then hung in hoping for an error from across the table, but it did not happen and he resigned in 41 moves.
There are seven more games in the match with Anand having white pieces in Game 6. The two players will share a purse of 1.5 million Euros equally regardless of the result of the match.
Moves of Game 5
Vladimir Kramnik vs Viswanathan Anand
Game Five, Semi-Slav D49
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 gxf6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. Bxb5 Rg8 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bg3 f5 18. Rfc1 f4 19. Bh4 Be7 20. a4 Bxh4 21. Nxh4 Ke7 22. Ra3 Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Ra1 Qc5 25. Qg4 Qe5 26. Nf3 Qf6 27. Re1 Rc5 28. b4 Rc3 29. Nxd4 Qxd4 30. Rd1 Nf6 31. Rxd4 Nxg4 32. Rd7+ Kf6 33. Rxb7 Rc1+ 34. Bf1 Ne3 35. fxe3 fxe3 0-1.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Narrow win for St Karen's School boys
Patna, October 20, 2008
St Karen’s School, Patna struggled hard to post 8-run victory over Monastic High School, Muzaffarpur in the the 24th Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament at the DAV Public School (BSEB) ground on Sunday.
Batting first St Karen’s boys made 159 for nine off stipulated 30 overs and then bundled out their rivals for 151 runs off 27.1 overs. Tusharkant of St Karen’s, who top scored with 43 runs, was adjudged man of the match.
Brief scores: St Karen’s School: 159 for 9 off 30 overs (Tusharkant 43, Akash 38, Kabir Sanyal 14, Jainendra 12, Faisal Gani 3 for 7, Vikram 2 for 22). Monastic School: 151 all out off 27.1 overs (Vikas Ranjan 42, Faisal Gani 41, Imroz 11, Vikram Shahi 11, Abhishek 2 for 14, Kabir Sanyal 2 for 20, Harpreet 2 for 26)
Bhagalpur, Ara teams win
Sadbhawna Academy, Bhagalpur and RPS Residental School, Ara stromed into the next round of the Super 30 Challenge Cup inter-school cricket tournament at the Patna College ground here.
Sadbhawna Academy clinched a convincing eight-wicket win over RK Public School, Begusarai while RPS Residential School thrashed St Joseph’s School, Samastipur by huge 196 runs. Ranajit Kumar and Varun Kumar of the winning teams got the man of the match awards respectively.
Brief scores: RK School: 39 off 12.3 overs (Saurav 13, Moti 4 for 11, Ranjit 4 for 9). Sadbhawna Academy: 41 for 2 off 6.4 overs (Ranjit 15, Uday 14).
RPS School: 217 for off 25 overs (Varun 85, Ravi 22, Dhananjay 24) St Joseph’s School: 34 all out off 8 overs (Firoj 10, Dhananjay 4 for 16, Ravi 4 for 10)
Lilua in Bernard Shield final
Lilua (West Bengal) booked their appointed slot in the final of the Bernard Shield football tournament defeating Siwan 3-1 in an exciting semi-final at the Jagjiwan Stadium, Danapur.
S Kisku, who struck twice ( 40th 70th minutes) for the winners, got the best player of the match award. A Hussin scored the second goal for Lilua in the 45th minute.
At the breathet, Lilua were leading 2-0. N Minz reduced the margin for Siwan at the closing moments of the game.
PDCA club transfer
As many as Sixtysix players sought transfer from one club to other on the final day of the three-day club transfer programme of the Patna District cricket Association.
PDCA secretary Ajay Naryan Sharma said Triumphant was the big loser as nine players from this club itself sought transfer to other club. Saurav Chakraborty, Kumar Mridul, Saket Kumar, Sahil Srivastava, Nishant Mohan, Raj Kumar and Anant Priya were among the leading transfer seekers.
St Karen’s School, Patna struggled hard to post 8-run victory over Monastic High School, Muzaffarpur in the the 24th Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament at the DAV Public School (BSEB) ground on Sunday.
Batting first St Karen’s boys made 159 for nine off stipulated 30 overs and then bundled out their rivals for 151 runs off 27.1 overs. Tusharkant of St Karen’s, who top scored with 43 runs, was adjudged man of the match.
Brief scores: St Karen’s School: 159 for 9 off 30 overs (Tusharkant 43, Akash 38, Kabir Sanyal 14, Jainendra 12, Faisal Gani 3 for 7, Vikram 2 for 22). Monastic School: 151 all out off 27.1 overs (Vikas Ranjan 42, Faisal Gani 41, Imroz 11, Vikram Shahi 11, Abhishek 2 for 14, Kabir Sanyal 2 for 20, Harpreet 2 for 26)
Bhagalpur, Ara teams win
Sadbhawna Academy, Bhagalpur and RPS Residental School, Ara stromed into the next round of the Super 30 Challenge Cup inter-school cricket tournament at the Patna College ground here.
Sadbhawna Academy clinched a convincing eight-wicket win over RK Public School, Begusarai while RPS Residential School thrashed St Joseph’s School, Samastipur by huge 196 runs. Ranajit Kumar and Varun Kumar of the winning teams got the man of the match awards respectively.
Brief scores: RK School: 39 off 12.3 overs (Saurav 13, Moti 4 for 11, Ranjit 4 for 9). Sadbhawna Academy: 41 for 2 off 6.4 overs (Ranjit 15, Uday 14).
RPS School: 217 for off 25 overs (Varun 85, Ravi 22, Dhananjay 24) St Joseph’s School: 34 all out off 8 overs (Firoj 10, Dhananjay 4 for 16, Ravi 4 for 10)
Lilua in Bernard Shield final
Lilua (West Bengal) booked their appointed slot in the final of the Bernard Shield football tournament defeating Siwan 3-1 in an exciting semi-final at the Jagjiwan Stadium, Danapur.
S Kisku, who struck twice ( 40th 70th minutes) for the winners, got the best player of the match award. A Hussin scored the second goal for Lilua in the 45th minute.
At the breathet, Lilua were leading 2-0. N Minz reduced the margin for Siwan at the closing moments of the game.
PDCA club transfer
As many as Sixtysix players sought transfer from one club to other on the final day of the three-day club transfer programme of the Patna District cricket Association.
PDCA secretary Ajay Naryan Sharma said Triumphant was the big loser as nine players from this club itself sought transfer to other club. Saurav Chakraborty, Kumar Mridul, Saket Kumar, Sahil Srivastava, Nishant Mohan, Raj Kumar and Anant Priya were among the leading transfer seekers.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Rashmi misses SAARC carrom title narrowly
Patna, October 19, 2008
Twice world champion Rashmi Kumari of Bihar still has the hunger to accumulate a few more crowns to her kitty. In the recently concluded SAARC carrom championships in Colombo, she once again hogged the limelight. The slim and silky Patna girl missed narrowly the women’s singles title losing to her teammate I.Ilavazhaki in the final.
Before the final debacle, Rashmi helped India to bag the women’s team championships title and pairing with I.Ilavazhaki, she won the women’s double title defeating the Sri Lankan pair of Nayana Wickramasinghe and Amitha W Wickramasinghe.
In the SAARC championships, as it was expected India, once again reigned supreme collecting all the titles at stake save in men’s doubles where Sri Lanka outplayed India for the top honours.
Results:
Women’s team championship : 1st Place – India; 2nd Place – Sri Lanka
Twice world champion Rashmi Kumari of Bihar still has the hunger to accumulate a few more crowns to her kitty. In the recently concluded SAARC carrom championships in Colombo, she once again hogged the limelight. The slim and silky Patna girl missed narrowly the women’s singles title losing to her teammate I.Ilavazhaki in the final.
Before the final debacle, Rashmi helped India to bag the women’s team championships title and pairing with I.Ilavazhaki, she won the women’s double title defeating the Sri Lankan pair of Nayana Wickramasinghe and Amitha W Wickramasinghe.
In the SAARC championships, as it was expected India, once again reigned supreme collecting all the titles at stake save in men’s doubles where Sri Lanka outplayed India for the top honours.
Results:
Women’s team championship : 1st Place – India; 2nd Place – Sri Lanka
Men’s team championship : 1st Place – India; 2nd Place – Sri Lanka; 3rd Place – Pakistan
Mixed doubles: 1st Place – India (B. Radhakrishnan & P. Nirmala); 2nd Place – Sri Lanka (Germain Goonawardana & Yasika Rahubdda)
Men’s doubles : 1st Place – Sri Lanka ( Chamil Cooray & Nishantha Fernando); 2nd Place – India (Yogesh Pardeshi and Prakash Gaekwad)
Women’s doubles : 1st Place – India (I.Ilavazhaki & Rashmi Kumari); 2nd Place – Sri Lanka (Nayana Wickramasinghe & Amitha W Wickramasinghe)
Men’s singles : 1st Place – India (Yogash Pardeshi); 2nd Place – India (Prakash Gaekwad); 3rd Place – Sri Lanka (Nishantha Fernando)
Women’s singles : 1st Place – India (I.Ilavazhaki); 2nd Place – India (Rashmi Kumari); 3rd Place – India (P. Nirmala)
Darbhanga boys post exciting win
Patna, October 19, 2008
Don Bosco School, Darbhanga and Mother Teresa Mission School, Patna moved into the next round of the Super-30 Chalenge Cup inter-school cricket tournament at the Patna College ground on Saturday.
Don Bosco School carved out a hard-fought 6-run victory over Raj Gyan Niketan, Allahabad while Mother Teresa boys had an easy 34-run win over Dayanand Saraswati School, Allahabad in the second match of the day.
Ranji of Raj Gyan Niketan and Sailesh Kumar of Dayanand Saraswati School were adjudged man of the match in their respective encounters.
Brief scores: Don Bosco School: 119 off 22.3 overs (Sajid Hussain 24, Mukhtar 27, Asif 21, Ranjit five wickets for 17 runs, Vijendra 2 for 10). Raj Gyan Niketan: 113 off 21.1 overs (Hriday Narayan 32, Anil 31, Asif 2 for 24, Vijay 3 for 16)
Mother Teresa School: 135 off 21.1 overs (Pankaj 14, Mannu 12, Ravi 16, Nitesh 15, Sunny 3 for 14). Dayanand Saraswati School: 111 for 8 off 25 overs (Sailesh 42, Vinay 23, Ravi 10, Vipin 24, Ravi 2 for 23, Anuj 2 for 19 and Pankaj 2 for 8).
Thumping win for Lilua
Lilua steamrollered Gaya 8-1to storm into the semi-finals of the Bernard Shield football tournament at Jagjiwan Stadium, Danapur.
A Hussai, who scored three goals for Lilua, got the best player of the match award.
SN Haldar opened the account for Lilua in the very third minute of the game. Leter, it was nearly a one-sided encounter as the workshop men rained in seven more goals. Akbar Ali brought some solace for Gaya scoring the lone goal in the 38th minute. S Ghosh and B Bauri scored one goal each while S Mandi struck two for Lilua.
Patna U-19 cricket team
A 13-member team will represent Patna in the Inter-district school cricket championships for CK Nayadu Trophy.
Team: Kumar Aditya, Kundan Kumar, Munchun Raj, Rakesh Tiwari, Satyaveer Kumar Singh, Nishant Kumar, Venkatesh Kumar, Badri Kumar, Md Firoz, Ashish Ranjan, Saurach Chkraborty, Rahul Kumar abd Vivek Kumar.
Senior State wrestling from November 15
Senior Bihar State wrestling championships will be held at Mahuar village (Kaimur) from November 15.
Bihar Wrestling Association secretary Kameshwar Singh said state team would be selected on the basis of the performance of the two-day championships.
Don Bosco School, Darbhanga and Mother Teresa Mission School, Patna moved into the next round of the Super-30 Chalenge Cup inter-school cricket tournament at the Patna College ground on Saturday.
Don Bosco School carved out a hard-fought 6-run victory over Raj Gyan Niketan, Allahabad while Mother Teresa boys had an easy 34-run win over Dayanand Saraswati School, Allahabad in the second match of the day.
Ranji of Raj Gyan Niketan and Sailesh Kumar of Dayanand Saraswati School were adjudged man of the match in their respective encounters.
Brief scores: Don Bosco School: 119 off 22.3 overs (Sajid Hussain 24, Mukhtar 27, Asif 21, Ranjit five wickets for 17 runs, Vijendra 2 for 10). Raj Gyan Niketan: 113 off 21.1 overs (Hriday Narayan 32, Anil 31, Asif 2 for 24, Vijay 3 for 16)
Mother Teresa School: 135 off 21.1 overs (Pankaj 14, Mannu 12, Ravi 16, Nitesh 15, Sunny 3 for 14). Dayanand Saraswati School: 111 for 8 off 25 overs (Sailesh 42, Vinay 23, Ravi 10, Vipin 24, Ravi 2 for 23, Anuj 2 for 19 and Pankaj 2 for 8).
Thumping win for Lilua
Lilua steamrollered Gaya 8-1to storm into the semi-finals of the Bernard Shield football tournament at Jagjiwan Stadium, Danapur.
A Hussai, who scored three goals for Lilua, got the best player of the match award.
SN Haldar opened the account for Lilua in the very third minute of the game. Leter, it was nearly a one-sided encounter as the workshop men rained in seven more goals. Akbar Ali brought some solace for Gaya scoring the lone goal in the 38th minute. S Ghosh and B Bauri scored one goal each while S Mandi struck two for Lilua.
Patna U-19 cricket team
A 13-member team will represent Patna in the Inter-district school cricket championships for CK Nayadu Trophy.
Team: Kumar Aditya, Kundan Kumar, Munchun Raj, Rakesh Tiwari, Satyaveer Kumar Singh, Nishant Kumar, Venkatesh Kumar, Badri Kumar, Md Firoz, Ashish Ranjan, Saurach Chkraborty, Rahul Kumar abd Vivek Kumar.
Senior State wrestling from November 15
Senior Bihar State wrestling championships will be held at Mahuar village (Kaimur) from November 15.
Bihar Wrestling Association secretary Kameshwar Singh said state team would be selected on the basis of the performance of the two-day championships.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Gayatri International, Ara Central School boys move into second round
Patna, October 18, 2008
Gayatri International and Ara Central School won their respective matches to move into the second round of the Super-30 Challenge Cup inter-school cricket tournament at the Patna College ground here.
In the first match, Gayatri International beat Vatsalya Academy by 35 runs while Ara Central School defeated Indra Singh High school, Maner by two wickets. Deepak Kumar of Gayatri International and Suraj Kumar of Ara got the man of the match awards respectively.
Brief Scores: Gayatri International School: 139 off 23.3 overs (Arup 38, gaurav Arya 17, Ankit 16, Farad 3 for 25, Muddasar Nazar 2 for 31). Vatsalya Academy : 104 all out of 20.3 overs (Shah Iqbal 26, Farid Nzar 10, Sumit 18, Deepak 4 for 24)
Indra Singh High School: 68 off 16.2 overs (Rehan Das Gupta 21, Saroj 4for 24, Shamresh 3 for 16, Sriram 2 for 12) Ara Centra School: 74 for 8 off 12 overs (Sriram 11, Ravi 2 for 12, Rahul 2 for 14).
Siwan win
Siwan edged past Asansol by a solitary second half goal in the Bernard Shield football tournament at the Jagjiwan Stadium, Danapur, on Friday.
The all important goal was scored by Fahyaz in the 63rd minute of the second half. Manmohan Singh of the winners’ team was adjudged player of the match.
Dony Polo cricket from November 5
Dony Polo Cup cricket tournament will be held in Patna from November 5, according to Dr SS Sahay, principal, Dony Polo Public School and president of the tournament committee.
He said eight teams of the Patna District Cricket Association (PDCA) senior division would take part in the tournament. Teams: SBI, PESU, NYK, Patna College, Kamala Nehru, Zaffar Imam and EC Railway, Danapur.
Gayatri International and Ara Central School won their respective matches to move into the second round of the Super-30 Challenge Cup inter-school cricket tournament at the Patna College ground here.
In the first match, Gayatri International beat Vatsalya Academy by 35 runs while Ara Central School defeated Indra Singh High school, Maner by two wickets. Deepak Kumar of Gayatri International and Suraj Kumar of Ara got the man of the match awards respectively.
Brief Scores: Gayatri International School: 139 off 23.3 overs (Arup 38, gaurav Arya 17, Ankit 16, Farad 3 for 25, Muddasar Nazar 2 for 31). Vatsalya Academy : 104 all out of 20.3 overs (Shah Iqbal 26, Farid Nzar 10, Sumit 18, Deepak 4 for 24)
Indra Singh High School: 68 off 16.2 overs (Rehan Das Gupta 21, Saroj 4for 24, Shamresh 3 for 16, Sriram 2 for 12) Ara Centra School: 74 for 8 off 12 overs (Sriram 11, Ravi 2 for 12, Rahul 2 for 14).
Siwan win
Siwan edged past Asansol by a solitary second half goal in the Bernard Shield football tournament at the Jagjiwan Stadium, Danapur, on Friday.
The all important goal was scored by Fahyaz in the 63rd minute of the second half. Manmohan Singh of the winners’ team was adjudged player of the match.
Dony Polo cricket from November 5
Dony Polo Cup cricket tournament will be held in Patna from November 5, according to Dr SS Sahay, principal, Dony Polo Public School and president of the tournament committee.
He said eight teams of the Patna District Cricket Association (PDCA) senior division would take part in the tournament. Teams: SBI, PESU, NYK, Patna College, Kamala Nehru, Zaffar Imam and EC Railway, Danapur.
Anand outplays Kramnik, takes 2-1lead in world chess final
BONN, OCTOBER 17
Viswanathan Anand crushed Vladimir Kramnik with black pieces to score the first win of the 12-game World Chess Championships final here on Friday.
Anand, who had played Kramnik in the Slav Exchange in the first game of the 12-game match, found himself in the same opening once again. This time, unlike the first draw, the Russian was outwitted by the Indian in 41 moves.
Kramnik also seemed to be in time trouble as Anand squeezed him. Anand looked well prepared and went all out in a very aggressive manner. Kramnik did try hard to fight back, but Anand was always better placed, even though in a disguised manner, which later made it clear that he had a home preparation designed to deceive his opponent.
defending champion Anand, now leads 2-1 in the 12-game match, where the first to reach 6.5 will be declared the winner.
Both players will however share equally the prize purse of 1.5 million Euros.
In the fourth game on Saturday, Anand will have white pieces and will now try to force the match with another aggressive game.
Moves of third game
Kramnik v Anand
Round 3
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8.
Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 gxf6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qe2
Bb7 15. Bxb5 Bd6 16. Rd1 Rg8 17. g3 Rg4 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Nxd4 h5 20. Nxe6
fxe6 21. Rxd7 Kf8 22. Qd3 Rg7 23. Rxg7 Kxg7 24. gxf4 Rd8 25. Qe2 Kh6 26.
Kf1 Rg8 27. a4 Bg2+ 28. Ke1 Bh3 29. Ra3 Rg1+ 30. Kd2 Qd4+ 31. Kc2 Bg4 32.
f3 Bf5+ 33. Bd3 Bh3 34. a5 Rg2 35. a6 Rxe2+ 36. Bxe2 Bf5+ 37. Kb3 Qe3+ 38.
Ka2 Qxe2 39. a7 Qc4+ 40. Ka1 Qf1+ 41. Ka2 Bb1+ 0-1 (Black – Anand wins)
Source: anand.wcc@gmail.com
Viswanathan Anand crushed Vladimir Kramnik with black pieces to score the first win of the 12-game World Chess Championships final here on Friday.
Anand, who had played Kramnik in the Slav Exchange in the first game of the 12-game match, found himself in the same opening once again. This time, unlike the first draw, the Russian was outwitted by the Indian in 41 moves.
Kramnik also seemed to be in time trouble as Anand squeezed him. Anand looked well prepared and went all out in a very aggressive manner. Kramnik did try hard to fight back, but Anand was always better placed, even though in a disguised manner, which later made it clear that he had a home preparation designed to deceive his opponent.
defending champion Anand, now leads 2-1 in the 12-game match, where the first to reach 6.5 will be declared the winner.
Both players will however share equally the prize purse of 1.5 million Euros.
In the fourth game on Saturday, Anand will have white pieces and will now try to force the match with another aggressive game.
Moves of third game
Kramnik v Anand
Round 3
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8.
Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 gxf6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qe2
Bb7 15. Bxb5 Bd6 16. Rd1 Rg8 17. g3 Rg4 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Nxd4 h5 20. Nxe6
fxe6 21. Rxd7 Kf8 22. Qd3 Rg7 23. Rxg7 Kxg7 24. gxf4 Rd8 25. Qe2 Kh6 26.
Kf1 Rg8 27. a4 Bg2+ 28. Ke1 Bh3 29. Ra3 Rg1+ 30. Kd2 Qd4+ 31. Kc2 Bg4 32.
f3 Bf5+ 33. Bd3 Bh3 34. a5 Rg2 35. a6 Rxe2+ 36. Bxe2 Bf5+ 37. Kb3 Qe3+ 38.
Ka2 Qxe2 39. a7 Qc4+ 40. Ka1 Qf1+ 41. Ka2 Bb1+ 0-1 (Black – Anand wins)
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Friday, October 17, 2008
Big win for Patna Central School
Patna
Patna Central School clinched a convincing 9-wicket victory over Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan School in the opening match of the Super-30 Challenge Cup inter-school cricket tournament at the Patna College ground on Thursday.
Batting first Radhakrishnan boys made 138 runs while Patna Central School achieved the victory target losing only wicket. Dharmesh, who took four wickets for 21 runs and scored 52 runs for the winners, was adjudged man of the match.
Earlier, former Bihar Chief Minister Dr Jagannath Mishra inaugurated the tournament. Bihar Players Association president Mritunjay Tiwari and Bihar Tenni-Koit Association secretary Neeraj Kumar Pappu were present at the opening function. Organising president Kaushalendra Sharma proposed a vote of thanks.
Brief scores: SRK High School 138 off 24.3 overs (Navneet 18, Bunty 26, Arshad 10, Dharmesh 4 for 21, Prabhakar 2 for 16). Patna Central School 143 for 1 off 14.2 overs (Dharmesh 52, Kundan 47, Sonu 37, Ramesh 1 for 17)
Bettiah to host women’s sports festival
Bettiah will organize State Women’s Sports Festival from October 24. The three-day sports fest will witness participants vying for honours in athletics, football, basketball, table tennis, volleyball, kabaddi, kho-kho, jockey and badminton events.
Danapur in final
Danapur division crushed Munger 4-0 in an one-sided encounter to move into the final of the Bernard Shield football tournament at the Jagjiwan Stadium, Danapur, on Thursday.
A Ghosh put Danapur into the lead in the very fourth minute of the first half. Arjun Tudu increased the lead in the 6th and 49th minute strikes. Anwar Hussain swelled the margin in the 65th minute to make it 4-0.
Tapas Nandi of Danapur was declared best player of the match. Tarun Prakash of Munger got two yellow cards and the marching order.
Patna Central School clinched a convincing 9-wicket victory over Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan School in the opening match of the Super-30 Challenge Cup inter-school cricket tournament at the Patna College ground on Thursday.
Batting first Radhakrishnan boys made 138 runs while Patna Central School achieved the victory target losing only wicket. Dharmesh, who took four wickets for 21 runs and scored 52 runs for the winners, was adjudged man of the match.
Earlier, former Bihar Chief Minister Dr Jagannath Mishra inaugurated the tournament. Bihar Players Association president Mritunjay Tiwari and Bihar Tenni-Koit Association secretary Neeraj Kumar Pappu were present at the opening function. Organising president Kaushalendra Sharma proposed a vote of thanks.
Brief scores: SRK High School 138 off 24.3 overs (Navneet 18, Bunty 26, Arshad 10, Dharmesh 4 for 21, Prabhakar 2 for 16). Patna Central School 143 for 1 off 14.2 overs (Dharmesh 52, Kundan 47, Sonu 37, Ramesh 1 for 17)
Bettiah to host women’s sports festival
Bettiah will organize State Women’s Sports Festival from October 24. The three-day sports fest will witness participants vying for honours in athletics, football, basketball, table tennis, volleyball, kabaddi, kho-kho, jockey and badminton events.
Danapur in final
Danapur division crushed Munger 4-0 in an one-sided encounter to move into the final of the Bernard Shield football tournament at the Jagjiwan Stadium, Danapur, on Thursday.
A Ghosh put Danapur into the lead in the very fourth minute of the first half. Arjun Tudu increased the lead in the 6th and 49th minute strikes. Anwar Hussain swelled the margin in the 65th minute to make it 4-0.
Tapas Nandi of Danapur was declared best player of the match. Tarun Prakash of Munger got two yellow cards and the marching order.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Ravshankar elected Patna Umpires Association president
Patna
National panel umpire Ravishankar has been elected president of the Umpires Association, Patna at a general meeting of the body on Wednesday.
Ashish Sinha has been elected secretary. All the office-bearers were chosen unanimously. State panel umpire Arun Singh would be the working president of the association.
Office-bearers: LP Verma, Amarnath Singh, Ajay Narayan Sharma, Ramashankar Praad, Ravishankar Prasad Singh and Sriniwas Prasad (all patrons); Ravishankar (president), Arun Singh (working president), Ashish Sinha (secretary), PK Pranvir, Vinayak Rao, Amrendra Kumar, Raju Walsh, Pawan Kumar (all vice-presidents), Anil Kumar Singha (treasurer), Jitendra Dixit and Rajesh Puttu (joint secretaries), Sanjay Soni, Manish Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Ashutosh Kumar and Ripunjay Kumar (all members)
National panel umpire Ravishankar has been elected president of the Umpires Association, Patna at a general meeting of the body on Wednesday.
Ashish Sinha has been elected secretary. All the office-bearers were chosen unanimously. State panel umpire Arun Singh would be the working president of the association.
Office-bearers: LP Verma, Amarnath Singh, Ajay Narayan Sharma, Ramashankar Praad, Ravishankar Prasad Singh and Sriniwas Prasad (all patrons); Ravishankar (president), Arun Singh (working president), Ashish Sinha (secretary), PK Pranvir, Vinayak Rao, Amrendra Kumar, Raju Walsh, Pawan Kumar (all vice-presidents), Anil Kumar Singha (treasurer), Jitendra Dixit and Rajesh Puttu (joint secretaries), Sanjay Soni, Manish Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Ashutosh Kumar and Ripunjay Kumar (all members)
Bernard Shield: Munger struggle to down Tatanagar
Patna, October 16, 2008
Munger struggled to down Tatanagar 2-1 in the second match of the Bernard Shield football tournament at the Jagjiwan Stadium Danapur, on Wednesday.
Tatanagar shot into the lead through Sadam Marandi in the 44th minute of the first half. At the breather, Tatanagar were leading 1-0.
Munger played as a more cohesive unit in the second half. Mahtab Alam brought the equalizer in the 53rd minute and Amit Kumar netted the match winner in the 60th minute. Tatanagar tried hard to make the score even in the dying moments but of no avail.
Munger struggled to down Tatanagar 2-1 in the second match of the Bernard Shield football tournament at the Jagjiwan Stadium Danapur, on Wednesday.
Tatanagar shot into the lead through Sadam Marandi in the 44th minute of the first half. At the breather, Tatanagar were leading 1-0.
Munger played as a more cohesive unit in the second half. Mahtab Alam brought the equalizer in the 53rd minute and Amit Kumar netted the match winner in the 60th minute. Tatanagar tried hard to make the score even in the dying moments but of no avail.
Anand and Kramnik draw second game in World Chess final
Bonn, October 15
NIIT Brand Ambassador Viswanathan Anand went in for an opening other than expected with a Nimzo-Indian against Vladimir Kramnik but still came with the same result as in the first. The opening was in Nimzo-Indian Samisch Variation. They drew in 32 moves and the score in the 12-game final stands at 1-1.
With this both games have ended in draws and in the third game, Kramnik will have white pieces.
The NIIT-backed Anand instead of 1. e4, went in for a 1. d4. It was a sharp game from Annad's side and both players once again sized each other well. At no stage did either seem to have an any definite advantage.
Though there was no overt aggression, it was clear that there was greater probing in the second game than the first. Ultimately the duo decided to split the point and move on.
The first player to reach 6.5 points in the 12-game final will be declared the World Champion.
The 12-game match carries a purse of euro1.5 million (US$2.04 million) to be equally divided between the two, regardless of who wins.
The third game of the match will be played Thursday with the first player to get to 6.5 points being adjudged the world champion. In case of a 6-6 draw, they will play a tie-breaker.
Moves of round 2
Anand v Kramnik
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5
8. dxc5 f5 9. Qc2 Nd7 10. e4 fxe4 11. fxe4 N5f6 12. c6 bxc6 13. Nf3 Qa5 14.
Bd2 Ba6 15. c4 Qc5 16. Bd3 Ng4 17. Bb4 Qe3+ 18. Qe2 O-O-O 19. Qxe3 Nxe3 20.
Kf2 Ng4+ 21. Kg3 Ndf6 22. Bb1 h5 23. h3 h4+ 24. Nxh4 Ne5 25. Nf3 Nh5+ 26.
Kf2 Nxf3 27. Kxf3 e5 28. Rc1 Nf4 29. Ra2 Nd3 30. Rc3 Nf4 31. Bc2 Ne6 32.
Kg3 Rd4 1/2-1/2
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NIIT Brand Ambassador Viswanathan Anand went in for an opening other than expected with a Nimzo-Indian against Vladimir Kramnik but still came with the same result as in the first. The opening was in Nimzo-Indian Samisch Variation. They drew in 32 moves and the score in the 12-game final stands at 1-1.
With this both games have ended in draws and in the third game, Kramnik will have white pieces.
The NIIT-backed Anand instead of 1. e4, went in for a 1. d4. It was a sharp game from Annad's side and both players once again sized each other well. At no stage did either seem to have an any definite advantage.
Though there was no overt aggression, it was clear that there was greater probing in the second game than the first. Ultimately the duo decided to split the point and move on.
The first player to reach 6.5 points in the 12-game final will be declared the World Champion.
The 12-game match carries a purse of euro1.5 million (US$2.04 million) to be equally divided between the two, regardless of who wins.
The third game of the match will be played Thursday with the first player to get to 6.5 points being adjudged the world champion. In case of a 6-6 draw, they will play a tie-breaker.
Moves of round 2
Anand v Kramnik
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5
8. dxc5 f5 9. Qc2 Nd7 10. e4 fxe4 11. fxe4 N5f6 12. c6 bxc6 13. Nf3 Qa5 14.
Bd2 Ba6 15. c4 Qc5 16. Bd3 Ng4 17. Bb4 Qe3+ 18. Qe2 O-O-O 19. Qxe3 Nxe3 20.
Kf2 Ng4+ 21. Kg3 Ndf6 22. Bb1 h5 23. h3 h4+ 24. Nxh4 Ne5 25. Nf3 Nh5+ 26.
Kf2 Nxf3 27. Kxf3 e5 28. Rc1 Nf4 29. Ra2 Nd3 30. Rc3 Nf4 31. Bc2 Ne6 32.
Kg3 Rd4 1/2-1/2
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Bernard Shield football
Patna:
Danapur division thrashed Jamalpur 5-3 in the inaugural match of the Bernard Shield football tournament at the Jagjiwan Stadium in Khagaul on Tuesday.
Arjun Tudu of Danapur struck three goals for the winners. He was later adjudged best player of the match.
Earlier, Divisional Rail Manager (Danapur) Radheraman inaugurated the tournament.
Danapur division thrashed Jamalpur 5-3 in the inaugural match of the Bernard Shield football tournament at the Jagjiwan Stadium in Khagaul on Tuesday.
Arjun Tudu of Danapur struck three goals for the winners. He was later adjudged best player of the match.
Earlier, Divisional Rail Manager (Danapur) Radheraman inaugurated the tournament.
Sukhedo inter-school cricket to resume from October 19
Patna, October 15, 2008
Sukhedo Narain inter-school cricket tournament committee came out with a rescheduled fixture for its 24th edition which was put off for a longer period than expected due to unprecedented rains followed by water logging at DAV School, Bihar Electricity Board (BSEB) ground. Now, the matches will begin from October 19.
Organising committee secretary Bijoy Kumar Narain Chunnu said St Karen’s High School (Patna) would face Monastic School (Muzaffarpur) on October 19. The match will begin from 8 am.
Other fixtures:
October 20: Leeds Asain School (Patna) vs Radha Krishna Chamaria School (Begusarai).
October 21: Rajasthan Intermediate School (Jharkhnad) vs Millenium Convent (Fatuah)
October 22: Kids Care Academy (Hajipur) vs Sri Mahant Harihardas High School (Patna).
October 23: Cambridge Public School (Patna) vs Delhi Model Public School (Khagaul)
October 24: Awashiya Siksha Niketan (Begusarai) vs Holy Mission High School (Samastipur)
October 25: BPL Residential Public School (Patna) vs Sambhawana Residential School.
Third round fixture:
November 8: Don Bosco Academy (Patna) vs Ashwani Public School (Danapur)
November 9: Gyan Bharati Public School (Ara) vs Sunil Jwala Public School (Sasaram)
November 10: RN Academy (Patna) vs MS Memorial School (Sasaram).
November 11: Dev Public School (Saharsa) vs Satyam International School (Patna)
November 12: Ecura Academy Acdemy (Sasaram) vs Residential Prikitik School (Patna)
November 13: National Cambridge School (Barh) vs Dony Polo School (Patna)
November 14: Lord Buddha Public School (Nalanda) vs St Joseph’s Acdemy (Sahibganj)
November 15: SDSO Public School (Chapra) vs Sadhu Lal Prithivichandra School (Chapra)
Sukhedo Narain inter-school cricket tournament committee came out with a rescheduled fixture for its 24th edition which was put off for a longer period than expected due to unprecedented rains followed by water logging at DAV School, Bihar Electricity Board (BSEB) ground. Now, the matches will begin from October 19.
Organising committee secretary Bijoy Kumar Narain Chunnu said St Karen’s High School (Patna) would face Monastic School (Muzaffarpur) on October 19. The match will begin from 8 am.
Other fixtures:
October 20: Leeds Asain School (Patna) vs Radha Krishna Chamaria School (Begusarai).
October 21: Rajasthan Intermediate School (Jharkhnad) vs Millenium Convent (Fatuah)
October 22: Kids Care Academy (Hajipur) vs Sri Mahant Harihardas High School (Patna).
October 23: Cambridge Public School (Patna) vs Delhi Model Public School (Khagaul)
October 24: Awashiya Siksha Niketan (Begusarai) vs Holy Mission High School (Samastipur)
October 25: BPL Residential Public School (Patna) vs Sambhawana Residential School.
Third round fixture:
November 8: Don Bosco Academy (Patna) vs Ashwani Public School (Danapur)
November 9: Gyan Bharati Public School (Ara) vs Sunil Jwala Public School (Sasaram)
November 10: RN Academy (Patna) vs MS Memorial School (Sasaram).
November 11: Dev Public School (Saharsa) vs Satyam International School (Patna)
November 12: Ecura Academy Acdemy (Sasaram) vs Residential Prikitik School (Patna)
November 13: National Cambridge School (Barh) vs Dony Polo School (Patna)
November 14: Lord Buddha Public School (Nalanda) vs St Joseph’s Acdemy (Sahibganj)
November 15: SDSO Public School (Chapra) vs Sadhu Lal Prithivichandra School (Chapra)
World chess: Tame draw in opening game for Anand against Kramnik
Bonn, October 14
Defending world champion Viswanathan Anand opened with a 32-move draw against challenger Vladimir Kramnik as the much-awaited 12-game World Championship final got underway here.
Anand played with black as the game opened in the Exchange Slav, which is just to Kramnik's liking for a solid game and it also blunts Anand's attacking style.
The opening game was more of a sparring match with both sizing up the other as the contest will warm in the days to come.
The early part of the game followed theory and soon after castling on the ninth move, Anand stopped copying Kramnik's moves. Soon after Anand departed from his copying of Kramnik's moves, the Russian instead of using the common move of castling at this stage, took the c6 pawn with his bishop.
Anand prevented the loss of a pawn by pinning the bishop but Kramnik could still use the tempo it takes Black to recapture. Kramnik also held greater sway over dark squares because his bishop was unchallenged.
Anand had the choice to sacrifice the b pawn to get active pieces and control of the open file. Kramnik meanwhile played a new move 14. Qb4 and it now remained to be seen how he hung to an extra pawn.
Into the middle game, Anand had activity while Kramnik's pawns were more dynamic and it was hard for him to stay a pawn up. But neither Anand nor Kramnik was in danger or mood to cede even the slightest of advantages. Once the two rooks came off it was a dead draw with opposite colour bishops. Kramnik tried to play for a while, but to no avail.
The second game of the match will be played on Wednesday with the first player to get to 6.5 points being adjudged the world champion. In case of a 6-6 draw, they will play a tie-breaker.
Moves of Game 1
Kramnik v Anand
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nf3 e6 8.Qb3 Bb4 9.Bb5 O-O 10.Bxc6 Bxc3+ 11.Qxc3 Rc8 12.Ne5 Ng4 13.Nxg4 Bxg4 14.Qb4 Rxc6 15.Qxb7 Qc8 16.Qxc8 Rfxc8 17.O-O a5 18.f3 Bf5 19.Rfe1 Bg6 20.b3 f6 21.e4 dxe4 22.fxe4 Rd8 23. Rad1 Rc2 24.e5 fxe5 25.Bxe5 Rxa2 26.Ra1 Rxa1 27.Rxa1 Rd5 28.Rxa5 Bxb3 29.Ra7 28.Rxa5 Bxb3 29.Ra7 28.Rc1 Rd7 29.Rc5 Ra7 30.Rc7 Rxc7 31.Bxc7 Bc2 32.Bxa5 Bxb3 1/2-1/2 (Draw).
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Defending world champion Viswanathan Anand opened with a 32-move draw against challenger Vladimir Kramnik as the much-awaited 12-game World Championship final got underway here.
Anand played with black as the game opened in the Exchange Slav, which is just to Kramnik's liking for a solid game and it also blunts Anand's attacking style.
The opening game was more of a sparring match with both sizing up the other as the contest will warm in the days to come.
The early part of the game followed theory and soon after castling on the ninth move, Anand stopped copying Kramnik's moves. Soon after Anand departed from his copying of Kramnik's moves, the Russian instead of using the common move of castling at this stage, took the c6 pawn with his bishop.
Anand prevented the loss of a pawn by pinning the bishop but Kramnik could still use the tempo it takes Black to recapture. Kramnik also held greater sway over dark squares because his bishop was unchallenged.
Anand had the choice to sacrifice the b pawn to get active pieces and control of the open file. Kramnik meanwhile played a new move 14. Qb4 and it now remained to be seen how he hung to an extra pawn.
Into the middle game, Anand had activity while Kramnik's pawns were more dynamic and it was hard for him to stay a pawn up. But neither Anand nor Kramnik was in danger or mood to cede even the slightest of advantages. Once the two rooks came off it was a dead draw with opposite colour bishops. Kramnik tried to play for a while, but to no avail.
The second game of the match will be played on Wednesday with the first player to get to 6.5 points being adjudged the world champion. In case of a 6-6 draw, they will play a tie-breaker.
Moves of Game 1
Kramnik v Anand
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nf3 e6 8.Qb3 Bb4 9.Bb5 O-O 10.Bxc6 Bxc3+ 11.Qxc3 Rc8 12.Ne5 Ng4 13.Nxg4 Bxg4 14.Qb4 Rxc6 15.Qxb7 Qc8 16.Qxc8 Rfxc8 17.O-O a5 18.f3 Bf5 19.Rfe1 Bg6 20.b3 f6 21.e4 dxe4 22.fxe4 Rd8 23. Rad1 Rc2 24.e5 fxe5 25.Bxe5 Rxa2 26.Ra1 Rxa1 27.Rxa1 Rd5 28.Rxa5 Bxb3 29.Ra7 28.Rxa5 Bxb3 29.Ra7 28.Rc1 Rd7 29.Rc5 Ra7 30.Rc7 Rxc7 31.Bxc7 Bc2 32.Bxa5 Bxb3 1/2-1/2 (Draw).
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Lifter Shivshankar brings laurels for Bihar
Patna, October 14
Bihar’s Shivshankar brought laurels for his State as well as for the country, when this Chapra-born lifter claimed the silver medal in the 56-kg class of the Commonwealth Youth Games weightlifting event in Pune on Monday.
Shivshankar, in his international debut, had a total lift of 216 kg with 123 kg in clean and jerk and 93 kg in snatch.
Talented and energetic Shiv hogged the limelight clinching a silver medal in his debut at 2007 Chennai junior National weightlifting championships. The same year, the Bihar boy won the three gold medals in Youth National weightlifting championships in Imphal. His gold medal winning performance paved the way for his national call up.
Bihar’s Shivshankar brought laurels for his State as well as for the country, when this Chapra-born lifter claimed the silver medal in the 56-kg class of the Commonwealth Youth Games weightlifting event in Pune on Monday.
Shivshankar, in his international debut, had a total lift of 216 kg with 123 kg in clean and jerk and 93 kg in snatch.
Talented and energetic Shiv hogged the limelight clinching a silver medal in his debut at 2007 Chennai junior National weightlifting championships. The same year, the Bihar boy won the three gold medals in Youth National weightlifting championships in Imphal. His gold medal winning performance paved the way for his national call up.
Pravin, Pallavai claim U-19 chess titles
Patna, October 14, 2008
Pravin Kumar of Patna won the Bihar State U-19 chess championships tile collecting five out of six points at stake in a six-round Swiss league system game at the Delhi Public School (DPS), Danapur, on Monday.
In the girls’ section, Bhagalpur’s Pallavi bagged the tile with four points at the end of fourth and final round play.
Lieutenant Colonel Subir Kumar Mukherjee, who was the chief guest at closing function, gave away the prizes. DPS Principal KB Binod and All Bihar Chess Association secretary Arvinda Kumar Sinha were present on the occasion.
Pravin Kumar of Patna won the Bihar State U-19 chess championships tile collecting five out of six points at stake in a six-round Swiss league system game at the Delhi Public School (DPS), Danapur, on Monday.
In the girls’ section, Bhagalpur’s Pallavi bagged the tile with four points at the end of fourth and final round play.
Lieutenant Colonel Subir Kumar Mukherjee, who was the chief guest at closing function, gave away the prizes. DPS Principal KB Binod and All Bihar Chess Association secretary Arvinda Kumar Sinha were present on the occasion.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Bihar Spikers for Mini Nationals
Bhagalpur, October 13
Bihar volleyball teams will take part in the Mini National volleyball championships to be held in Hyderabad from October 20 to 24.
According to Bihar Volleyball Association secretary Ramashish Prasad Singh, the teams were selected after selection trials. About 100 boys and girls participated in the trials.
Teams (boys): Sunni Kumar, Mayank Kumar, Ravi Krishnan, Saurabh Subham, Gautam Singh (all Bhagalpur), Rajnish, Satyam Dutt, Ashutosh Dutt (all Darbhanga), Ujjwal, Manish Kumar (both Begusarai), Darshan Kumar (Naugachia) and Bunty Kumar (Munger).
Girls: Pragati, Sonali, Shiva, Sonam, Kajal , Aradhana (all Begusarai), Ragni, Annu, Swati, Suravai, Sunita, Suruchi (all Bhagalpur) and Shruti (Naugachia).
The team will leave for Hyderabad from Patna on October 17.
Bihar volleyball teams will take part in the Mini National volleyball championships to be held in Hyderabad from October 20 to 24.
According to Bihar Volleyball Association secretary Ramashish Prasad Singh, the teams were selected after selection trials. About 100 boys and girls participated in the trials.
Teams (boys): Sunni Kumar, Mayank Kumar, Ravi Krishnan, Saurabh Subham, Gautam Singh (all Bhagalpur), Rajnish, Satyam Dutt, Ashutosh Dutt (all Darbhanga), Ujjwal, Manish Kumar (both Begusarai), Darshan Kumar (Naugachia) and Bunty Kumar (Munger).
Girls: Pragati, Sonali, Shiva, Sonam, Kajal , Aradhana (all Begusarai), Ragni, Annu, Swati, Suravai, Sunita, Suruchi (all Bhagalpur) and Shruti (Naugachia).
The team will leave for Hyderabad from Patna on October 17.
Three share lead in Bihar U-19 chess
Patna, October 13, 2008
Local lads Praveen Kumar, Nilesh Shankar were among the three players who shared the lead with 3.5 points each at the end of the fourth round of the Bihar State under-19 chess championships being held at Delhi Public School, Danapur on Sunday. Saurav Anand of Muzaffarpur was the third to join the lead.
Ganesh Kumar (Patna), Kaushalendra Kumar (Chapra), Piyush Kumar (Bhagalpur), Kamal Karmakar (Kishanganj) and Amaresh Kumar (Vaishali) were at the joint second position with three points each.
In the girls’ section, international rated Srishti Gautam (Patna) and Pallavi Kumari (Bhagalpur) were atop with three points at the end of as many rounds. Surabhi Kumari and Kritika Chaowdhary (both Muzaffarpur) occupied the second spot jointly with two points in their credit.
Important results (boys’ fourth round): Saurav Anand (3.5) beat Nitin Chandra (2.5), Nilesh Shankar (3.5) beat Rupesh Ranjan (2), Kamal Karmakar (3) beat Suyash Kashyap (2), Piyush (3) beat Aman Shekhar (2), Amaresh Kumar (3) beat Manish Kumar Verma (2), Aryan (3) beat Kumar Gaurav (2), Ganesh Kumar (3) beat Anirban Chowdhary (2), Siddhant Gautam (2.5) beat Md Niroz Khan (1.5), Saurav Anand (2.5) beat Vivek Rohan Sharma (1.5), Subham (2) beat Abhishek Kumar (1), Ayush Anand (2) beat Nayan Kumar (1), Nitish Kumar Verma (2) beat Pankaj Kumar (1), Kushagra Divyam (2) beat Sujit Kumar (1), Suraj Kumar Verma (2) beat Rishav Sinha (1), Ved Prakash (2) beat Irfan Hamid (1), Prabhat Kumar (1.5) beat Nil Kamal (.5) and Govind Nath (1) beat Danish Parvez (0). Pravin Kumar (3.5) drew with Ved Prakash Sinha (3) and Kaushalendra Kumar (3) drew with Rishi Shankar (3).
Girls’ third round: Srishti Gautam (3) beat Swikriti Swarna (1), Kritika Chaudhar (2) beat Sweta Singh (1), Riya Singh (1) beat Prgya Raj (1) while Minakshi Kumari got a bye.
Earlier on Saturday, the tournament got off to colourful start with all the top-ranked players won their respective matches easily.
B Vinod, Principal, DPS, Patna, inaugurated the tournament playing a board with a participant. Khurshid Ahmed, MD, Advantage Support, was the chief guest while All Bihar Chess Association secretary Arvinda Kumar Sinha and joint secretary Sanjeev Kumar were present at the opening function. Patna District Chess Association secretary Rakesh Ranjan welcomed the guests.
Local lads Praveen Kumar, Nilesh Shankar were among the three players who shared the lead with 3.5 points each at the end of the fourth round of the Bihar State under-19 chess championships being held at Delhi Public School, Danapur on Sunday. Saurav Anand of Muzaffarpur was the third to join the lead.
Ganesh Kumar (Patna), Kaushalendra Kumar (Chapra), Piyush Kumar (Bhagalpur), Kamal Karmakar (Kishanganj) and Amaresh Kumar (Vaishali) were at the joint second position with three points each.
In the girls’ section, international rated Srishti Gautam (Patna) and Pallavi Kumari (Bhagalpur) were atop with three points at the end of as many rounds. Surabhi Kumari and Kritika Chaowdhary (both Muzaffarpur) occupied the second spot jointly with two points in their credit.
Important results (boys’ fourth round): Saurav Anand (3.5) beat Nitin Chandra (2.5), Nilesh Shankar (3.5) beat Rupesh Ranjan (2), Kamal Karmakar (3) beat Suyash Kashyap (2), Piyush (3) beat Aman Shekhar (2), Amaresh Kumar (3) beat Manish Kumar Verma (2), Aryan (3) beat Kumar Gaurav (2), Ganesh Kumar (3) beat Anirban Chowdhary (2), Siddhant Gautam (2.5) beat Md Niroz Khan (1.5), Saurav Anand (2.5) beat Vivek Rohan Sharma (1.5), Subham (2) beat Abhishek Kumar (1), Ayush Anand (2) beat Nayan Kumar (1), Nitish Kumar Verma (2) beat Pankaj Kumar (1), Kushagra Divyam (2) beat Sujit Kumar (1), Suraj Kumar Verma (2) beat Rishav Sinha (1), Ved Prakash (2) beat Irfan Hamid (1), Prabhat Kumar (1.5) beat Nil Kamal (.5) and Govind Nath (1) beat Danish Parvez (0). Pravin Kumar (3.5) drew with Ved Prakash Sinha (3) and Kaushalendra Kumar (3) drew with Rishi Shankar (3).
Girls’ third round: Srishti Gautam (3) beat Swikriti Swarna (1), Kritika Chaudhar (2) beat Sweta Singh (1), Riya Singh (1) beat Prgya Raj (1) while Minakshi Kumari got a bye.
Earlier on Saturday, the tournament got off to colourful start with all the top-ranked players won their respective matches easily.
B Vinod, Principal, DPS, Patna, inaugurated the tournament playing a board with a participant. Khurshid Ahmed, MD, Advantage Support, was the chief guest while All Bihar Chess Association secretary Arvinda Kumar Sinha and joint secretary Sanjeev Kumar were present at the opening function. Patna District Chess Association secretary Rakesh Ranjan welcomed the guests.
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