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Tania Sachdev Shocks Vijayalakshmi
By Arvind Aaron
Tania Sachdev, an English literature student from Delhi shocked top seed
Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman of Indian Airlines in the eighth round of the Win
TV National Women "A" Chess Championship here.
Defending champion Swati Ghate of LIC, Pune and 20-year old Tania are in
the lead with six points from eight rounds. Behind them are S.Meenakshi
(IA) and D.Harika (AP) on 5.5 points. Three rounds are still to be played.
Tania shocked Vijayalakshmi with the black colour in 54 moves after the
favourite opted for an unknown opening side line. Tania won a pawn and
created a passed king rook pawn which helped her to win a rook and pocket
the point. It is Vijayalakshmi's first defeat of the event. "It is a great
feeling to defeat Vijayalakshmi," said Tania Sachdev, the 1986 born woman
grand master.
Harika used better endgame technique to defeat Swati Mohota with the black
pieces. Amruta Mokal and S.Harini moved to the fifth place with victories
against the Sicilian defence of Kiran Mohanty and Lakshmi Sahithi. Three
rounds remain to be played.
The results (round 8):
Swati Ghate (Mah) 6 drew S.Meenakshi (IA) 5.5,
S.Vijayalakshmi (IA) 5 lost to Tania Sachdev (Del) 6,
Swati Mohota (WB) 4.5 lost to D.Harika (AP) 5.5,
Eesha Karavade (Mah) 5 drew Aarthie Ramesh (IA) 5,
Kruttika Nadig (Mah) 5 drew Nisha Mohota (WB) 5,
Amruta Mokal (Mah) 5 bt Kiran Mohanty (Ori) 4,
S.Harini (TN) 5 bt P.Lakshmi Sahithi (AP) 4,
Padmini Rout (Ori) 4 drew S.Soumya (Mah) 4,
I.Ramyakrishna (AP) 4.5 bt P.Priya (TN) 3.5,
Saheli Nath (WB) 4.5 bt H.Nilavoli (TN) 3.5,
Sai Meera (TN) 3 lost to M.R.Sangeetha (TN) 4.5,
Nimmy George (Ker) 4 bt N.Raghavi (TN) 3,
Baisakhi Das (Jha) 4 bt R.Mahima (TN) 3,
S.Sujatha (TN) 3.5 bt J.E.Kavitha (TN) 2.5,
Bhakti Kulkarni (Goa) 3.5 bt Aabha Thakur (Mah) 2.5,
Pon N.Krithikha (TN) 1.5 drew R.Preethi (TN) 3,
Kanuri Tejaswi (AP) 3.5 - bye.
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