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Lakshmi settles for a draw

Principal Correspondent

HYDERABAD: Asian under-16 champion and strong contender P. Lakshmi Sahiti (AP) settled for a draw on the second board with second-seeded Kiran Monisha Mohanty (Orissa) in the fourth round of the 34th National `B' women's chess championship here on Wednesday.

Lakshmi, desperate to clinch a crucial win, was disappointed at the way things turned out against Mohanty in a game which began in Sicilian Defence and never really rose to the expected standards, and ended in a draw after 20 moves following a repetition of moves.

On the top board, top-seeded Padmini Rout of Orissa continued her winning march after a surprisingly long battle against R. Preethi of Tamil Nadu in Sicilian Defence. After the overall equality in the beginning, Padmini got a slight edge in the middle-game which she converted into victory. "There was nothing special in the game and the opponent too did not make any glaring mistakes. I had to really wait for the right moves to slowly gain ascendancy," remarked Padmini after the 80-move game.

The results (fourth round): R. Preethi (3) lost to Padmini Rout (4); Kiran Manisha Mohanty (3.5) drew with P. Lakshmi Sahiti (3.5); Pon N. Krithika (3) lost to Saimeera Ravi (4); Nimmy A. George (4) bt M. Rajadarshini (3); P. Priya (3.5) drew with Kanuri Tejaswi (3.5); R. Bharathi (2.5) lost to I. Ramyakrishna (3.5); Nlv Anusha (2.5) lost to Anuprita Patil (3.5); N. Pragna (2.5) lost to P. Uthra (3.5); Arpi Shah (2) lost to K. Bindu Saritha (3.5); S. Harini (3) bt V. Sree Lakshmi (2); Alka Das (2) lost to Aswathy Balagopalan (3); A. Sithalatchumi (3) bt Ketaki Kulkarni (2); S.V. Sathya Priya (2) lost to Rucha Pujari (3); Ch. Divyasri (3) bt Mitali Madhukar Patil (2); Y.G. Sriharika (2.5) drew with J. Mohana Priya (2.5); G. Sandhya (2.5) drew with S. Tejaswini Reddy (2.5); S. Athirai (3) bt Nandini Saripalli (2); Dave Dhyani (3) bt K. Manasa (2); C.P. Aatirah (2) lost to Mili Ghosh (3): Shristi J. Shetty (2) lost to Nisha N. Patkar (3); Sneha Ghatpande (3) bt Chandana Priya Reddy (2); C.H. Savetha (3) bt Pranali M. Patil (2); Pallavi Dutta (3) bt K. Shruthi (2); P.K. Jashree (2.5) drew with Karekar Sneha (2.5); Pavitra Jagtap (3) bt Gagare Shalmali (2); Mohana Sengupta (2) lost to Meghana Kanitkar (3); Preetika Tayal (3) bt Pallabi Roy (2); V. Bhavana (2) lost to B. Pratyusha (3); A. Sowmia (2) lost to Pushpalata Mangal (3); Devangi Patankar (3) bt Supriya Joshi (2); J. Akhila (1.5) lost to M.R. Sangeetha (2.5); Teenu Thomas (2.5) bt Sasmita Bhoi (1.5); Ch. Sahajasri (2) bt L. Keroda (1); V. Chaitanya (2) bt S. Nagaharitha Devi (1); Navya Vaishnavi Mannepalli (1) lost to Nandita Devi (2); J. Sahari (2) bt V.S.S. Priya (1); Agnihotri Gosh (2) bt Ch. Radhika Devi (1); K. Keerthi Sheela (1) lost to P. Rama Devi (2); A. Aparna (2) bt B. Renuka Kumari (1).

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