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Kiran subdues Kruthika

By Our Special Correspondent

Kiran Monisha, who defeated Kruthika Nadig in the National junior girls' chess championship in Vijayawada on Tuesday.

VIJAYAWADA Sept. 30. Kiran Monisha Mohanty, almost a 100 points behind Kruthika Nadig in Elo ratings, subdued the latter in the fourth round of the National junior girls' chess championships at the Indira Gandhi Municipal Corporation stadium here on Tuesday.

In a game of Sicilian defence classical variation, Nadig played Nd5 on the 13th, giving her piece but recovering it four moves later. Monisha's offer of her rook for bishop and pawn was accepted by Nadig, landing the latter in trouble and making her king's position vulnerable.

To lengthen the contest, white gave her queen for rook on the 22nd, but chose to resign five moves later.

I. Ramya Krishna acquitted herself honourably with a draw against top-seeded Eesha Karvade in a game that went into Slav defence exchange variation. Neither showed enterprise, even repeating some moves, before calling a truce on the 24th.

In a French defence b3 variation game, Anuprita Patil gave up a pawn on the third move to wrest the initiative against Y. Prathiba. Patil, playing white, got an open g file on the 21st but failed to make the most of it.

Black sacrificed a knight on the 25th to open a file for attack, while white missed a winning continuation 10 moves later, playing Qg6 instead of cd5. Nothing much came of black's counter attack save a few repetitive moves after which the rivals settled for a draw on the 39th.

Important results (fourth round):

Anuprita P. 3.5 drew with Y. Prathiba 3.5; Alka Das drew with N. Sandhya 3.5; S. Nabeela Farheen 3.5 drew with P. Priya 3.5; K. Chandrahawsa 3.5 bt C. Delphin 2.5; Kruthika Nadig 2.5 lost to Kiran Monisha Mohanty 3.5; H. Nilavoli 3.5 bt J.E. Kavitha 2.5; Saheli Nath 3 bt Amrutha Mokal 2.5; I. Ramya Krishna 2.5 drew with Eesha Karvade 2.5; Aswathy Balagopalan 2 lost to K.L. Praneetha 3; Ch. Divya Sree 2 lost to Mahima Rajmohan 3; N. Vinutna 3 bt J. Rajasurya 2; Sowmya Swaminathan 2.5 drew with Ayushi Rai Choudhury 2.5; M. Rajadarshini 3 bt B. Umamaheshwari 2; P. Uthra 3 bt Baisaki Das 2; Supriya Majhi 3 bt G. Madhanasri 2; N. Raghavi 3 bt S. Ramya 2; Sunetri Das 2 lost to Siva Sankari 3; Malar Selvi 2 lost to Tejaswi Kanuri 3; P. Lakshmi Sahiti 2.5 bt Shristi J. Shetty 2; Pragna Patavi lost to Anjaana N. Sowjanya 2.5; J. Ramya Sree 1.5 lost to P. Devangi 2.5; Suchandra Chatterjee 1.5 drew with Lalitha Raghavendar 1.5; Meenu Rajendran 2 bt M. Aishwarya 1.

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