July 06, 2007	Friday	Jamadi-us-Sani 20, 1428

HYDERABAD, July 5: Asif Abbasi beat national master Aziz Farooqui (Karachi) in the 27th All-Sindh Chess championship to cause the first major upset of the championship held at the Sindh Sports Board's hostel on Thursday.

National masters, Haseeb Ahmed and Mohammad Younus won two rounds to earn two points each in 27th All-Sindh Chess championship in Sindh Sports Board's hostel on Thursday.

Other winners are Imtiaz Ahmed, Asif Abbasi and Jehangir Ahmed to win two points.

Sindh Chess Association, is organising the championship on league round basis.

In first round, national master Haseeb Ahmed (Karachi) beat Wahid Hussain (Hyderabad); national master Aziz Farooqui (Karachi) bt Maulana Qasim (Hyderabad), Imtiaz Ahmed (Karachi) bt Ali Raza (Hyderabad) Kamran Hafeez (Karachi) bt Raees Ansari (Karachi), Jehangir Ahmed (Karachi) bt Mazhar Mirza (Hyderabad), national master Mohammad Younus (Karachi) beat Rashid Hussain (Hyderabad), Riasat Ali (Karachi) bt Mohammad Rafiq (Karachi), Asif Abbasi (Karachi) bt Raheel Ahmed (Hyderabad), Israr Hussain (Karachi) bt Zain Raza (Karachi).

The contest between national master Asad Rampuri and Hafeez ur Rehman remained undecided.

In other contests, national master Haseeb Ahmed bt Riasat Ali Nazim (Karachi), Imtiaz Ahmed bt Israr Ahmed (Karachi), Jehangir Ahmed beat Afaq Ahmed, national master Mohammad Younus bt Kamran Hafeez (Karachi), national master Asad Rampuri (Karachi) bt Baseer Ahmed (Karachi), national master Salman Farooqui (Hyderabad) bt Raees Ahmed (Karachi) while contest between Hyderabad's Maulana Qasim and Mohammad Rafiq remained undecided.