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Eesha fifth

Yerevan (Armenia): Woman Grandmaster Eesha Karavade finished fifth after drawing her final game with Mongontuul Bathuyag of Mongolia in the 13th and final round of the World junior girls' chess championship that concluded here.

WGM Shen Yang of China won the gold after a brilliant performance against WGM D. Harika in the final game. It turned out to be a four-way tie at the top between Yang, compatriot Hou Yifan, Bathuyag and Melia Salome of Georgia, who all scored nine points from 13 games played here.

The tie-breaker confirmed Yang's victory as she had played the best opposition here. The silver went to Yifan, while Salome won the bronze.

Eesha ended with 8.5 points for the fifth spot where she had company of compatriot Mary Ann Gomes, Atousa Pourkashiyan of Iran and Anna Rudolf of Hungary. Amongst the 8.5 pointers, Mary was the most impressive in the final round, cruising past Diana Arutyunova of Ukraine.

Out of seven in the fray, four Indians finished in the top 10 with Harika and WGM Tania Sachdev finishing ninth and 10th respectively. Soumya Swaminathan and Kruttika Nadig logged seven points each, while P. Priya tallied six points.

In the open section that concluded simultaneously, International Master Zaven Andriasian of Armenia annexed the title after drawing with GM levan Pantsulaia of Georgia. — PTI

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