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Kiran Manisha is champion

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Clinches her maiden National 'B' title

ALL SMILES: Kiran Manisha Mohanty of Orissa, winner of the 34th National `B' women's chess championship, is seen with her mother. — PHOTO: K. RAMESH BABU

HYDERABAD: Seventeen-year-old Kiran Manisha Mohanty (Orissa) won her maiden National `B' title, finishing with 10 points from the 11-round national women's championship here on Monday.

In the final round, the second-seeded Orissa girl outwitted S. Harini (TN) in a Sicilian Defence after 70 moves.

The position seemed equal up to the 21st but once Harini lost a pawn, Manisha gained the upper hand and clinched the issue.

A beaming Manisha dedicated her victory to her parents — Kishore Chandra and Manjula — and coaches Neeraj Misra and R.B. Ramesh.

"I was not thinking of winning the title. I just wanted to play to my potential. But once I emerged the sole leader after the ninth round, I thought I should be close to it," she said after her win.

"I believe this win will help me in realising my dream to become a WGM and do well at the World under-18 champion later this year," said Manisha, who also won the National under-17 recently.

The top 20 from this edition have qualified for the next National `A' championship.

The results (final round):

Kiran Manisha Mohanty (10) bt S. Harini (7.5); Padmini Rout (9.5) bt P. Lakshmi Sahiti (7.5); Saimeera (7.5) lost to P. Priya (8); M.R. Sangeetha (7.5) drew with Dhyani Dave (7.5); P. Uthra (7.5) drew with Pon N. Krithika (7.5); Nimmy A. George (7) drew with Ch. Divyasri (7); Gagare Shalmali (7) drew with I. Ramyakrishna (7); M. Rajadarshini (7) drew with Swati Mohota (7); Anuprita Patil (7) drew with Pallabi Roy (7); R. Preethi(7) drew with Rucha Pujari (7); S. Athirai (7) drew with Kanuri Tejaswi (7); Ketaki Kulkarni (7) bt S.V. Sathya Priya (6); J. Mohana Priya (6.5) drew with A. Sithalatchumi (6.5); Y.G. Sriharika (6) lost to N. Pragna (7); C.P. Aatirah (6) lost to K. Bindu Saritha (7); Mili Ghosh (6) lost to N. Anusha (7); C.H. Savetha (7) bt Preetika Tayal (6); K. Shruthi (7) bt Jayashree P. Sankpal (6); P.K. Jayashree (7) bt J. Sahari (6); Shristi J. Shetty (6) lost to V. Sreelakshmi (7); Aswathy Balagopalan (7) bt P. Seema Agarwal (6); Alka Das (6.5) bt K. Manasa (6); R. Bharathi (6.5) bt Sneha Ghatpande (5.5).

Pushpalata Mangal (6.5) bt P. Sujitha (5.5); Pranali M. Patil (6) drew with Devangi Patankar (6); Pavitra Jagtap (6.5) bt G. Sandhya (5.5); Arpi Shah (6) bt J. Akhila (5); Shweta (5) lost to Ch. Sahajasri (6); S. Tejaswini Reddy (6) bt R. Aparna (5); Ashwini Anil Patil (5) lost to V. Bhavana (6); Mitali Madhukar Patil (6) bt B. Pratyusha (5).

The final placings (top 20 who qualify for the National `A'):

1. Kiran Manisha Mohanty, 2. Padmini Rout, 3. P. Priya, 4. Saimeera, 5. P. Lakshmi Sahiti, 6. Pon N. Krithika, 7. S. Harini, 8. P. Uthra, 9. Dhyani Dave, 10. M.R. Sangeetha, 11. Nimmy A. George, 12. Ch. Divyasri, 13. R. Preethi, 14. Swati Mohota, 15. I. Ramyakrishna, 16. M. Rajadarshini, 17. Anuprita Patil, 18. Syed Nabeela Farheen, 19. C.H. Savetha and 20. S. Athirai.

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