MUMBAI, Aug 5: At the end of the concluding seventh round of the preliminary league matches of Group A of the Entrant's Division chess tournament, organised by the Bombay Chess Association, Chandrakant Reddy captured the top spot with 6.5 points out of a possible seven at the Zandu Pharmaceutical Works Canteen. He beat Vatsalya of Income-Tax, yesterday night.On the top board, Reddy played a Scotch game against Saxena and captured one black pawn in the middle game. Reddy captured one more pawn on the 34th move when both the players had only one rook pair. Two pawns up, Reddy won in 42 moves with ease.
On the second board, Warde played a Scotch game against Pramod Kumar, who had black pieces. Kumar made some weak moves in the opening and allowed Warde to take the initiative. Warde won in 28 moves. Warde tallied six points, while Kumar finished with five.
In a play-off match, Jerome Lawrence of Bhavan's College and Gautam Pednekar agreed to a quick draw in just seven moves. So did Shamkumar Varma andRajababu Ganjangi in 10 moves. These players scored 5.5 points each.
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