CHESS

MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL

Round IV (Indians unless specified): A1 — Surya Sekhar Ganguly (2.5) drew Ni Hua (Chn, 2.5) D. Harika (2) lost to Zahar Efimenko (Ukr, 3) Sergej Dyachkov (Rus, 1.5) lost to Krishnan Sasikiran (2.5) P. Harikrishna (1) Boris Savchenko (Rus, 1) Parimarjan Negi (1) lost to Ian Nepomniachtchi (Rus, 2) S. Vijayalakshmi (1.5) drew Thomas Luther (Ger, 1.5).

A2 — Alexandre Danin (Rus, 3.5) bt Deepan Chakravarthy (2.5) Beniamin Galstian (Arm, 2) lost to Abhijit Kunte (2) Le Quang Liem (Vie, 2.5) drew G Rohit (2.5) S. Meenakshi (2.5) drew Gennady Tunik (Rus, 2.5) Dmitry Frolyanov (Rus, 2.5) bt Deep Sengupta (1.5) Tigran Kotanjian (Arm, 2) drew G.N. Gopal (2) S. Arun Prasad (1) lost to Tihonov Jurij (Blr, 1) Nikolay Konovalov (Rus, 1.5) bt Ashwin Jayaram (0.5) Dmitry Batsanin (Rus, 1) drew Tania Sachdev (1) Ilya Dudukin (Rus, 0.5) drew Lanka Ravi (0.5).

FOOTBALL

SERIE A

Ascoli 2 (Andrea Soncin 58, 69) Udinese 2 (Vincenzo Iaquinta 37, Paulo Barreto 41) Catania 0 Fiorentina 1 (Luca Toni 87) Lazio 2 (Goran Pandev 11, 60) Torino 0 Livorno 2 (Stefano Fiore 26, Cristiano Lucarelli 69) Messina 1 (Mark Andre Zoro 78) Palermo 1 (David Di Michele 23) Chievo Verona 1 (Victor Nsofor Obinna 45+1) Parma 0 Sampdoria 1 (Fabio Quagliarella 57) Reggina 1 (Nicola Amoruso 63) Atalanta Bergamo 1 (Maurizio Lanzaro 74-og).

BUNDESLIGA

Nuremberg 1 (Michael Beauchamp 73) Energie Cottbus 0 Arminia Bielefeld 1 (Artur Wichniarek 26) VfL Bochum 3 (Theofanis Gekas 2, 10, Christoph Dabrowski 51).

LIGUE 1

Olympique Marseille 0 Nantes 0 Monaco 0 Racing Lens 0.

PRIMERA LIGA

Sevilla 3 (Frederic Kanoute 15, 73, Daniel Alves 22) Atletico Madrid 1 (Pablo 82) Valencia 2 (Miguel Angel Angulo 52, Silva 55) Barcelona 1 (Ronaldinho 90) Athletic Bilbao 2 (Aduriz 30, 50) Getafe 0 Deportivo Coruna 0 Levante 0 Osasuna 0 Celta Vigo 1 (Fernando Baiano 2) Racing Santander 4 (Lionel Scaloni 60, Anibal Matellan 67-og, Gonzalo Colsa 75, Nikola Zigic 83) Gimnastic 1 (Tobias Grahn 59) Espanyol 3 (Luis Garcia 29, 79, Eduardo Costa 90) Real Mallorca 1 (Bosko Jankovic 44) Recreativo Huelva 1 (Beto 49) Real Sociedad 0.

GOLF

USPGA CALIFORNIA OPEN

Pacific Palisades, Final round: 268 Charles Howell III (US) 69 65 69 65, Phil Mickelson (US) 66 65 69 68 Charles Howell III won in play-off 271 Ernie Els (RSA) 69 68 67 67, Robert Allenby (Aus) 69 66 68 68, Jim Furyk (US) 67 70 67 67 273 Sergio Garcia (Esp) 67 68 69 69 274 Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 63 68 70 73 275 Pat Perez (US) 66 69 75 65.

TENNIS

WTA BANGALORE OPEN

Yaroslava Shvedova (Rus) bt Mara Santangelo (1, Ita) 6-4, 6-4.

WTA ANTWERP MEET

Amelie Mauresmo (1, Fra) bt Kim Clijsters (2, Bel) 6-4, 7-6 (7-4).

ATP MARSEILLE OPEN

Gilles Simon (Fra) bt Marcos Baghdatis (7, Cyp) 6-4, 7-6 (7-3).

ATP BRAZIL OPEN

Guillermo Canas (Arg) bt Juan Carlos Ferrero (1, Esp) 7-6 (7-4), 6-2.

ATP SAN JOSE OPEN

Andy Murray (3, GBR) bt Ivo Karlovic (Cro) 6-7 (7-3), 6-4, 7-6 (7-2).

For the book

Kevin Harvick, driving a Chevrolet, won the Daytona 500 after a close, accident-filled finish to the race on Sunday. Nascar officials declared Harvick the winner after a late overtaking move past Mark Martin, driving another Chevrolet, with Harvick’s teammate Jeff Burton finishing third.