Indian sports wrap, May 7: Abhay, Maheshwari miss out on final in Shotgun World Cup
SHOOTING
Abhay Singh Sekhon faltered with a 23 out of 25 in the last round and missed the skeet final by one point in the Shotgun World Cup in Nicosia, Cyprus, on Wednesday.
Abhay shot 121 out of 125, following rounds of 25, 24, 24, 25 on the first two days, before slipping in the fifth and final round. He missed the chance to make the final six out of 109 shooters.
Elia Sdruccioli of Italy beat qualification topper Jesper Hansen (124) 55-52 for the gold.
In women’s skeet, Maheshwari Chauhan did shoot a perfect 25 in the last round, but missed the final by two points with her total of 118. She had missed six birds, with 22 each in the first two rounds. Thereafter, she missed only one of the next 75 over two days, but fell short.
The results:
Men
1. Elia Sdruccioli (Ita) 55 (123); 2. Jespen Hansen (Den) 52 (124); 3. Charalambos Chalkiadakis (Gre) 41 (123); 18. Abhay Singh Sekhon 121; 42. Mairaj Ahmad Khan 119; 75. Ritu Raj Bundela 114. RPO: Angad Vir Singh Bajwa 117.
Women
1. Arina Kuznetsova (AIN) 54 (121); 2. Samantha Simonton (USA) 52 (120); 3. Che Yufei (Chn) 41 (121); 11. Maheshwari Chauhan 118; 17. Parinaaz Dhaliwal 116; 37. Yashasvi Rathore 112. RPO: Agrima Kanwar 109.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
CHESS
Pantsulaia wins Kottayam GM tournament
Levan Pantsulaia, the third-seeded Grandmaster from Georgia, won the KCA’s first international open GM chess tournament at the Courtyard Banquet Hall, Kanjikuzhi, on Wednesday.
Georgian GM Levan Pantsulaia being presented with the trophy after winning the Kottayam Grand Master chess tournament.
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Georgian GM Levan Pantsulaia being presented with the trophy after winning the Kottayam Grand Master chess tournament.
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Pantsulaia was tied with Kyrgystan’s Semetei Tologon Tegin with 8.5 points from the 10-round event but he won the title, and the top prize of Rs 3 lakh, with a superior tiebreak score.
International Master Tegin, the 12th seed, outwitted Belarusian GM Alexei Fedorov in the last round to finish second while Armenia’s top-seeded GM Karen Grigoryan was third.
Select results (round 10):
Levan Pantsulaia (Geo) 8.5 drew with V.A.V. Rajesh (Ind) 8; Karen Grigoryan (Arm) 8 drew with Manual Petrosyan (Arm) 7.5; Alexei Fedorov (Blr) 7 lost to Semetei Tologon Tegin (Kgz) 8.5; David Gochelashvili (Rus) 7 lost to Boris Savchenko (Rus) 8; J.P. Karan (Arm) 7.5) lost to Mehar Chinna Reddy (Ind) 7.5; Karen Movsziszian (Arm) 7.5 bt N.R. Jaidambareesh (Ind) 6.5; EU. Ahaz (Ker) 6.5 lost to Deepan Chakkravarthy (Ind) 7.5; P. Karthikeya (Ind) 6 drew with O.T. Anilkumar (Ind) 6.5.
Final placings (top 10):
1. Levan Pantsulaia (Geo) 8.5 pts, 2. Semetei Tologon Tegin (Kgz) 8.5, 3. Karen Grigoryan (Arm) 8, 4. Boris Savchenko (Rus) 8, 5. V.A.V. Rajesh (Ind) 8; 6. Deepan Chakkravarthy (Ind) 7, 7. Manuel Petrosyan (Arm) 7, 8. Mehar Chinna Reddy (Ind) 7.5, 9. Karen Movsziszian (Arm) 7.5, 10. R.R. Laxman (Ind) 7.5.
– Stan Rayan