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Karpov throws up Caro-Kann in Game Four
Anatoly Karpov of Russia, keen to take the lead against Viswanathan Anand of India, threw up his main weapon with black, the Caro-Kann, in Game Four of the World Chess Championship match at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne yesterday. Anand, in turn, responded with the Panov-Botwinnik attack, which like the Advance variation, is white's sharpest option.
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Kapil threatens to quit ICC panel over Chauhan issue
Former India captain Kapil Dev has attacked the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for showing its "weakness" in handling the Rajesh Chauhan issue and threatened to resign from the International Cricket Council's (ICC) experts panel. He described as unfair the ICC decision in keeping him and his Sri Lankan counterpart Ranjan Madgulle out of the deliberations of the experts panel while deciding the fates of the two cricketers.
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Sethi sales through
Geet Sethi needed just one day to settle down. Yesterday, his second day at the 64th National Billiards Championships at the Calcutta Club, he left his opponent S Simachalam of Railways completely unsettled. A break of 401 in his 17th visit to the table. That followed a break of 321 in his 12th.
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Akram opted out due to mental pressures: Majid
Majid Khan, the Chief Executive of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), has dismissed allegations of "match-fixing" and "betting" against former Pakistani skipper Wasim Akram during recent Sharjah tourney and said that the ace bowler had opted out of captaincy due to "mental pressures".
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