CHESS

WORLD JUNIOR MEET

KOCHI, Round XII: Drozdovsky Yuri (Ukr, 8) drew P. Harikrishna (Ind, 9.5) Quezada Perez Yunieski (Cub, 7.5) lost to Zhao Jun (Chn, 9.5) Petrosian Tigran (Arm, 9) bt Zhe Quan (Can, 7) L?ami Erwin (Ned, 7.5) drew Alekseev Evgeny (Rus, 8) Moradiabadi Elshan (Iri, 8) bt Deep Sengupta (Ind, 7.5) Smeets Jan (Ned, 7) lost to Berkes Ferenc (Hun, 8) Radoslaw Wojtaszek (Pol, 8) bt Paragua Mark (Phi, 7) Iijin Artem (Rus, 7.5) drew Jianu Vlad-Cristian (Rom, 7.5) Bartel Mateusz (Pol, 7.5) bt Timur Gareyev (Uzb, 6.5) Lafuente Pablo (Arg, 6.5) lost to Koneru Humpy (Ind, 7.5) Nadj Hadjesi Balind (Scg, 7) bt M. R. Venkatesh (Ind, 6) Smerdon David (Aus, 7) bt Sai Srinivas (Ind, 6) Abhijeet Gupta (Ind, 7) bt Grigorov Grigor (Bul, 6) Olsson Linus (Swe, 6) lost to Deepan Chakravarthy (Ind, 7).

WORLD GIRL?S UNDER-20

KOCHI, Round XII: Korbut Ekaterina (Rus, 9.5) bt Zhang Jilin (Chn, 7.5) Saheli Nath (Ind, 6.5) lost to Paehtz Elisabeth (Ger, 9.5) Eesha Karavade (Ind, 8.5) bt Majdan Joanna (Pol, 7) Ushenina Anna (Ukr, 7.5) lost to Nadig Kruttika (Ind, 7.5) Bensdorp Marties (Ned, 7) drew Tania Sachdev (Ind, 7) Vinuthna (Ind, 7) drew Perez R Jennifer (Cub, 7) Sivasankari P. (Ind, 7) bt Siti Zulaikha (Mas, 6.5) Delphin (Ind, 6) lost to Motoc Alina (Rom, 7) Iswarya Shobana (Ind, 5.5) lost to Gutsko Anastasiya (Ukr, 6.5) Ramya Krishna (Ind, 6.5) bt Aketayeva Dana (Kaz, 5.5) Sandhya (Ind, 5.5) lost to Kavitha (Ind, 6.5) Koneru Chandra Hawsa (Ind, 5.5) Drew Van Weersel Arlette (Ned, 6) Anuprita Patil (Ind, 5) lost to Ghader Pour Shaesteh (Iri, 6).

HOCKEY

SECOND TEST

CHANDIGARH: India 3 (Ignace Tirkey 10, Sandeep Singh 25, Arjun Halappa 57) Spain 2 (Pau Quemada 48, Alberto Esteban 59)

FOOTBALL

FEDERATION CUP

BANGALORE, Semi-finals: Dempo Sports Club 1 (Cristiano Delima Junior 80) Churchill Brothers 0

For the book

Argentina, deprived of the bulk of their best European-based professionals, have drafted five raw newcomers into a predominantly amateur rugby squad for Saturday?s Test against South Africa.