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 who 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 and RajababuGanjangi in 10 moves. These players scored 5.5 points each.

Packers prevail

Bandra Packers defeated Village Amboli by a solitary goal in the MDFA-conducted Harwood football league at the St Xavier's ground, Parel, today.

Village Amboli dominated the proceedings in the first 15 minutes, but they could not beat Packers' goalkeeper Roy Dias.

In the next 10 minutes, it was Packers who called the tune. But they also failed to beat the Village Amboli rearguard in which goalkeeper Dennis Creado stood out.

The match-winner came in the second half. Packers' Pascol Koli took a powerful shot at the Village Amboli goal. Goalkeeper Dennis Creado tried to punch away the ball, which hit the crosspiece and rebounded into goal.

BPT crushed Adarsh 6-1 in Division I-A. Newton Leitao (2), Shaun D'Costa (2), Simon Fernandes and Umesh Shetty scored for the winners. Naresh Solanki pulled a goal back for the losers.

A lone goal by Sunil Kanojia turned out to be the match-winner for MTNL against Bosco Strikers inDivision III A.