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Maiden title for Eesha Karvade

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Eesha.

KOZHIKODE: Eesha Karvade won her maiden title in the National women’s ‘B’ chess championship, which concluded at Hotel Sana Tower here on Saturday. She finished with 8.5 points from 11 games after drawing with Pon N. Krithika in the final round.

Mary Ann Gomes, who beat Alka Das, secured the second place, while top seed Nisha Mohota, who drew with Kruttika Nadig, finished third.

The trio and six others — Bhakti Kulkarni, Swati Ghate, Kruttika Nadig, Pon N. Krithika, Padmini Rout and Amruta Mokal — scored eight points each and their progressive scores were applied to break the ties.

They, along with Eesha, qualified for the next National women’s ‘A’ championship (the top nine from the National women’s ‘B’ make the grade).

Important results: 11th round: Pon N. Krithika 8 drew with Eesha Karvade 8.5; Kruttika Nadig 8 drew with Nisha Mohota 8; Bhakti Kulkarni 8 drew with Padmini Rout 8; Aarthie Ramaswamy 7.5 drew with Swati Ghate 8; Mary Ann Gomes 8 bt Alka Das 7; Swati Mohota 7 drew with R. Bharathi 7; A. Niji 6.5 lost to Ch. Divyasri 7.5; Mitali Patil 7 drew with N. Raghavi 7; J. Mohana Priya 7 drew with Devangi Patankar 7; B. Taraswini 6.5 lost to Supriya Maji 7; Saimeera 7 bt Bindu K. Saritha 6; Nimmy A. George 7 bt C.H. Savetha 6; Pallabi Roy 6 lost to M.R. Sangetha 7; Anuprita Patil 6.5 drew with E. Sheena 6.5; Baisakhi Das 7 bt A. Sithalachumi 6; J. Sahari 6.5 drew with Madhuri Patil 6.5; Shalmali Gagare 6.5 bt Teenu Thomas 6; S.V. Sathyapriya 6 drew with K. Shruthi 6; P.K. Jayasree 6.5 A. Akshaya 5.5; Shaati Majumdar 6 drwe with Aparajita Gochikar 6; Shikha Shah 6 drew with Agnihotri Ghosh 6; G. Sandhya 5.5 lost to J. Saranya 6.5.

The standings: 1. Eesha 8, 2-9. Mary, Nisha, Bhakti, Swati Ghate, Kruttika Nadig, Pon N. Krithika, Padmini and Amruta 8; 9-11. Aarthie and Divyasri 7.5.

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