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Good day for the seeds

KOZHIKODE: All the five Woman Grandmasters in the 35th National women’s ‘B’ chess championship, which opened at Hotel Sana Tower here on a wet Friday evening, posted victories.

On the top five boards, Nisha Mohota, Swati Ghate, Mary Ann Gomes, Eesha Karvade and Aarthie Ramaswamy — the top five seeds in that order — defeated Pooja Kanth, G. Sandhya, A. Akshaya, Supriya Joshi and Mahashwetha respectively.

The seventh seed Saimeera was held to a draw by P.V. Nanditha.

On the first board, Nisha, with white pieces, beat Pooja in 64 moves of Slav Defence.

After going a pawn up early on, she slowly took control of the game which reached a double-rook and minor piece ending. She was an exchange up and one of her pawns was set to be promoted when Black finally gave up.

Important results (first round):

Nisha Mohota bt Pooja Kanth; G. Sandhya lost to Swati Ghate; Mary Ann Gomes bt A. Akshaya; Supriya Joshi lost to Eesha Karvade; Aarthie Ramaswamy bt Mahashwetha; Anjana S. Krishna lost to Padmini Rout; Saimeera Ravi drew with P.V. Nanditha; Tharaswini bt R. Preethi; Bhakti Kulkarni bt R. Aparna; Amruta Mokal bt Ghosh; J.G. Niveditha lost to Supriya Majhi; Swati Mohota bt C.H. Meghana; C.H. Divyasree w/o Sunyasakta Satpathi; M.R. Sangeetha bt N. Akshaya; Protima Gupta drew with Shalmali Gagare; Nabeela Farheen bt Krishna Mishra; Saee Pansare lost to S. Harini. — Principal Correspondent

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