Nevgi, who had white pieces, slayed the Sicilian Dragon of top seed Sagar Masurekar.

Prasanna Iyer, who defeated Seema Tekwani, is on the second spot along with Rajan Ghadi, Sushant Kamtekar and Sagar Redkar with three points each.

Sagar Sadavarte, the top seed in the under-14 group, and Niral Sanghavi, who drew the game against each other, are jointly leading the field wih 3.5 points each along with Milind Ketakar. Parag Terwadkar, Rohit Yermal, A Moralwar and Makrand Shinde are placed second with three points to their credit.

In the under-10 category, Akshay Deshmukh and Vishal Shah have won four games in a row and are jointly in the lead with four points each.

In the under-8 section, Siddharth Kotian, who shocked top seed AkshayBhor, is jointly leading the field with three points after three rounds together with Umang Khagran, Parth Agrawal and Dhruvit Shah.

MPT in command

Mumbai Port Trust (MPT) were in a happy position against Central Bank on the second day of the three-day Times Shield B Division cricket tournament at the Karnatak ground, Cross maidan, today.

A century by Shailesh Manjrekar and half centuries by Arun Patil (51), Anil Sakpal (69) and Naresh Kambli (54) enabled MPT to hit up 351 afer electing to bat. Manjrekar's knock of 101 was studded with seven fours.

Medium-pacer Wasim Sayad was the pick of the bowlers with five for 115 in 30 overs. He was well-supported by left-arm spinner Ratan Sharma (2-52).

Brief scores: Mumbai Port Trust 351 (Arun Patil 51, Anil Sakpal 69, Shailesh Manjrekar 101, Naresh Kambli 54; Wasim Sayad 5-115, Ratan Sharma 2-52) vs Central Bank 164-5 (Vidyadhar Pednekar 48, Mobin Shaikh 47, Alim Shaikh 31; Rajendra Pandit 3-28).

Bosco's prevail

Don Bosco (Matunga)scored a thrilling 8-15, 16-14, 15-11 triumph over Diamond Jubilee in the boys under-16 quarter-finals of the MSSA-Colgate Schools volleyball tournament at the Azad maidan.

Other results

Boys under-16 (QF): BD Model bt Bansidha Agarwal Model 15-13, 16-14; MBH (English) bt St Paul's 15-6, 15-3; St Michael's bt AVM Juhu 15-2, 15-13.Boys under-14 (QF): Bansidhar Agarwal bt Yashodham 15-7, 16-14; Don Bosco (Matunga) A bt St Michael's 15-3, 15-12; MBH English bt Parle Tilak Vidyalaya 15-13, 15-6; Our Lady's bt Don Bosco (Matunga) B 15-10, 15-12; Girls u-14: Udayachal bt Dr BS Ambedkar 15-6, 15-13; St Lawrence bt JB Vachha 16-14, 15-9; Swami Vivekanand bt HK Gidwani 8-15, 15-9, 15-10; U-16: JB Vachha bt HK Gidwani 15-0, 15-0; MBH English bt Swami Vivek 15-3, 15-1.

Tawde, Sim to lead

Mayur Tawde and Sim Sim Salaria will lead the Mumbai Suburban District Badminton Association's men's and women's teams, respectively, in the MBA Senior Inter-District and State Badminton championships to be held atThane from November 27 to December 2.

Teams:

Men's: Mayur Tawde (captain), Rajiv Bagga, Sanket Shetty, Bhushan Akut, Milind Ghate, Amogh Kulkarni, Leroy D'Sa and Vijay Lancy.

Women's: Sim Sim Salaria (captain), Gauri Narayan and Anuj Wadke. Manager: Vishwajeet Bhatnagar.

Cycle races

The Inter-School cycle road races will be held on Sunday, December 6 near BMRD Office, Bandra-Kurla complex Bandra (East), Mumbai 400 051. Entries close on November 27.