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Swati, Supriya share lead

Sangli: Bengal's Swati Mohota and Supriya Maji were in joint lead after winning their fifth round matches in the 32nd women's National B chess tournament here on Saturday.

Swati defeated overnight joint leader Kiran Manisha Mohanty in 54 moves after a Queen's Gambit declined opening. Supriya downed Maharashtra's Amruta Mokal, also in the lead bunch on Friday, in only 34 moves to jump to the front of the field with Swati.

Following the leaders half a point behind were Maharashtra's Soumya Swaminathan, who got the better of Baisakhi Das of Bengal, who was in the frontline on Friday, and Tamil Nadu's L. Aishwarya Shobhana and H. Soumya.

On the top board, Manisha erred on the 21st move against Swati that cost her a rook. Manisha called it quits on the 54th move. Pune's Amruta made an error on the 19th move against Supriya to give her opponent a clear advantage on the second board.

On the third board, Soumya Swaminathan had a clear edge in the middle game against Baisakhi Das. Baisakhi sacrificed her knight against a pawn, but later Soumya's extra piece earned her a win on the 52nd move.

Important results (fifth round): Swati Mohota (4.5) bt Kiran Manisha Mohanty (3.5); Amruta Mokal (3.5) lost to Supriya Maji (4.5); Baisakhi Das (3.5) lost to Soumya Swaminathan (4); C. Delphin (3) lost to J.E. Kavitha (4); L. Iswarya Shohhana (4) bt K. Sruthi (3); P. Uthara (3.5) drew with M.R. Sangeetha (3.5); H. Soumya (4) bt S. Sujatha (3); Rai Choudhari Ayushi (3) lost to S. Nabila Farheen (3.5); I. Ramya Krishnan (3.5) bt N. Pragna Patavi (2.5); Bhakti Kulkarni (3) drew with Pushpalata Mangal (3); Mitali Patil (3.5) bt Macrina Lobo (2.5). — PTI

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