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Soumya assures herself of title

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TADEPALLIGUDEM: Women’s International Master Soumya Swaminathan of Maharashtra has assured herself of the National junior girls’ chess title with one round to spare in the 38th National junior boys’ and 23rd National junior girls’ championship at the Sasi Institute of Technology and Engineering here on Monday.

In the penultimate, 10th round, she defeated Mitali Madhukar, also of Maharashtra, in 65 moves to garner nine points to clinch the title for the third time.

Orissa’s Padmini Rout with eights points in her kitty is all set to finish second, even if she loses her final game on Tuesday, with better progressive scoring.

Andhra Pradesh’s M.R. Laltih Babu has brightened his chances of winning the title by outplaying Fide Master S. Nitin of Tamil Nadu to emerge as the sole leader with eight points.

P. Karthikeyan, the overnight joint leader, who settled for a draw against N. Shyam Sundar, has 7.5 points.

Lalith, playing blacks in Reti, took advantage of Nitin’s blunder (Nh2) in the 14th move and in the 46th move the game entered the winning endgame.

In the knight three pawns vs. bishop three pawns endgame, Lalith had strong connected passed pawns to oust his rival after a marathon four-hour tussle.

P. Karthikeyan, playing white in Grunfield, settled for a swift draw in 15 moves against his Statemate Shyam Sundar.

Important results (tenth round):

Boys: 1 P. Karthikeyan (TN) 7.5 drew with M. Shyam Sundar (TN) 7; S. Nitin (TN) 6.5 lost to M.R. Lalith Babu (AP) 8; B. Adhiban (TN) 7.5 bt R. Arun Karthik (TN) 6.5; Shyam Nikil (TN) 6.5 lost to V.A.V. Rajesh (TN) 7.5; Priyadharshan (TN) 7 drew with T. Abhay (TN) 7; R. Premnath (TN) 6.5 drew with N. Srinath (TN) 6.5; Swapnil Dhopade (Mah) 6 lost to Jain Shreyansh Daklia (Chatt) 7; T.U. Navin Kanna (TN) 6 lost to Sangma Rahul (Del) 7; Vishnu Prasanna (TN) 6.5 drew with Ittyara Paul (Ker) 6.5; D. Ibrahim (TN) 6 lost to Debashis Das (Ori) 7; Y. Sandeep (AP) 6 lost to S.P. Sethuraman (TN) 6.5; D. Aniruddha (Mah) 5.5 lost to Ashwin Jayaram (TN) 6.5; Fenil Shah (Guj) 5.5 lost to Akshat Khamparia (MP) 6.5; D. Atul (Mah) 5.5 bt Sagar Shah (Mah) 6.5; Singh Gursher (Pun) 5.5 lost to Anwesh Upadhyaya (Ori) 6.5.

Girls: Mitlai Madhukar (Mah) 6.5 lost to Soumya Swaminathan (Mah) 9; Padmini Rout (Ori) 8 bt Sathya Priya (TN) 6.5; S. Harini (TN) 6.5 drew with P. Uthra (TN) 7; B. Pratyusha (AP) 6 lost to Kiran Manisha (Ori) 7; Meenu Rajendran (Kel) 7 bt N. Raghavi (TN) 6; Ch. Divyasri (AP) 6 drew with Tejaswini Reddy (AP) 6; J. Saranya (TN) 6 drew with Aparajita (Ori) 6; R. Preethi (TN) 6 drew with Devangi (Mah) 5.5; Krushna Mishra (Ori) 5 lost to P.K. Jayashree (TN) 6; Ch. Savetha (TN) 6 bt V. Sree Lakshmi (AP) 5; G. Nagachandrika (AP) 5.5 drew with R. Visalatchi (TN) 5.5; Shristi Gautam (Bih) 5 lost to Sai Nirupama (AP) 6; Chandana Priya Reddy (AP) 5 drew with Anjana Phalgunan (Kel) 5; A. Akshaya (TN) 4.5 lost to Pallavi (Bih) 5.5; Hema Priya (TN) 5 drew with S. Priyanka (AP) 5.

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