New Delhi: Continuing her impressive show, Asian School Under-15 Girls gold medalist and local hope Madhurima Shekhar taken the sole lead with perfect score after defeating Michelle Catherina of Tamilnadu in the fourth round of the ongoing Amity 39th National Women Challengers Chess Championship here on Monday.
Opting for Scotch game, Madhurima exhibited sheer end game skills to overpower her higher rated Tamilnadu rival in 43 moves. Meanwhile other overnight joint leaders Tejaswini Sagar of Maharahstra and M Mahalakshmi of Tamilnadu shook their hands after first time control of 40 moves, signaling a drawn on result.
In other important fourth round encounters, top seed Chandika Divyasree of Andhra Pradesh escaped from the claws of defeat to split the point against Harini S of Tamilnadu while Swati Mohota of West Bengal outwitted second seed Rucha Pujari of Maharahstra in closely contested game. Third seed Nimmy A G of Kerala got better off team mate Meenu Rajendran and paired with Madhurima on top board for the fifth round which is now underway at the time of report.
Important Results
Round-4 :- Madhurima Shekhar of Delhi (4) beat Michelle Catherina of Tamilnadu (3); Tejaswini Sagar of Maharashtra (3.5) drew with Mahalakshmi M of Tamilnadu (3.5); Harini S of Tamilnadu (3) drew with Chandika Divyasree of Andhra Pradesh (3); Swati Mohota of West Bengal (3.5) beat Rucha Pujari of Maharashtra (2.5); Nimmy A G of Kerala (3.5) beat Meenu Rajendran of Kerala (2.5); Rajasurya J of Tamilnadu (2.5) lost to Priya P of Tamilnadu (3.5); Saranya J of Tamilnadu (3.5) beat Pallabi Roy of West Bengal (2.5); Bharathi R of Tamilnadu (3) drew with Kotepalli Sai Nirupama of Andhra Pradesh (3); Smaraki Mohanty of Orissa (3) drew with Ramya Krishna of Andhra Pradesh (2.5); Bagyashree Thipsay of Maharashtra (3) beat Supriya Joshi of Maharashtra (2); Minki Sinha of Bihar (2) lost to Raghavi N of Tamilnadu (3); Amruta Mokal of Maharashtra (3) beat Shiny Das of Tripura (2); Cholleti Sahajasri of Andhra Pradesh (3) beat Priya VSS of Andhra Pradesh (2); Madhuri M Patil of Maharashtra (3) beat Anigani Kavya of Andhra Pradesh (2); Ardra V H of Kerala (2.5) drew with Bala Kannamma of Tamilnadu (2.5); Lasya G of Andhra Pradesh (3) beat Manasa H R of Karnataka (2); Meghna C H of Kerala (3) beat Sonakshi Rathore of Rajasthan (2); Shweta Gole of Maharashtra (3) beat Akahde Vaishnavi of Maharashtra (2); Anjana Krishna of Kerala (3) beat Kesshni Bhasiin of Delhi (2); Sandhya G of Andhra Pradesh (2) lost to Aparajita Gochhikar of Orissa (3).
