Bhagyashree, Pallavi in joint lead

Abhijit Sen Gupta

VISAKHAPATNAM JULY 28. Bhagyashree Thipsay of IDBI and Pallavi Shah of LIC with four points each were jointly in the lead at the end of the fourth round of the YMCA 28th National `B' chess championship for women here on Saturday.

In the fourth round matches, third-seeded Bhagyashree Thipsay playing black pieces defeated J.E. Kavitha of Tamil Nadu in 35 moves, while fifth seed Pallavi Shah with white pieces prevailed over Krithka Nadig of Maharashtra also in 35 moves.

Top-seeded Anupama Gokhale had a bad day today, registering draws in the third and fourth rounds. In the third round this morning Anupama was held to a draw by the under-14 National champion Eesha Karwade of Maharashtra. In a closed Sicilian defence game the players fought it out on equal terms and eventually the draw came about after 37 moves. In the evening match, Anupama was held to a draw by Sowmya Swaminathan of Tamil Nadu.

Second-seeded Saheli Dhar Barua also lost half point when she had to settle for a draw against M.R. Sangeetha of Tamil Nadu in the third round. In a Kings Indian set up the match progressed to a stage wherein the players seemed to be on even terms and a draw resulted after only 23 moves. However in the evening Saheli chalked up a win against Arpi Shah of Gujarat to stay in the running.

Andhra Pradesh's under seven National champion P. Lakshmi Sahiti also forced a draw against fourth seed Nisha Mohota in the fourth round. Sahiti decided on a Kings Indian defence against the d4 opening of Nisha. After 32 moves with the position seemingly equal, the match ended in a draw.

The results (fourth round): J.E. Kavitha (3) lost to Bhagyashree Thipsay (4); Pallavi Shah (4) bt Krithika Nadig (3); Sowmya Swaminathan (3) drew with Anupama Gokhale (3); Saheli Dhar Barua (3.5) bt Arpi Shah (2.5); Sai Meera Ravi (3) drew with Baisakhi Das (3); Eesha Karwade (3) drew with Dolan Champa Bose (3); Tanya Sachdev (3.5) bt M.R. Sangeetha (2.5); Pooja Rathod (3) drew with Shafira Shahnaz (3); D. Harika (3.5) bt P. Priya (2.5); Nabeela Farheen (3.5) bt Swati Mohato (2.5);

Amruta Mokal (3) bt Sreeparna Chakravarthy (2); Anoori Shah (3) bt I. Ramya Krishna (2); Shraddha Samani (3) bt N. Vinuthna (2); C. Delphin (3) bt V.K. Sindhu (2); Purabi Singha (3) bt N. Sandhya (2); S. Sujatha (3) bt M. Sailaja (2); K. Chandrahasa (2) lost to Y. Pratibha (3); P. Uthra (2) lost to S.R. Radha (3); Saheli Nath (3) bt K.L. Praneetha (2); Nisha Mohota (2) drew with P. Lakshmi Sahiti (2);

E. Sheena (2.5) bt T.T. Lakshmipriya (1.5); Bindu Saritha (1.5) lost to Sivasankari (2.5); P. Malaselvi (2.5) bt Ch. Kavitha (1.5); Kiran Agarwal (2) drew with Anuprita Patil (2); C.V. Rajalakshmi (2.5) bt P. Sudha (1.5); Prasana (1.5) lost to M. Rajadashini (2.5); D. Minu (2.5) bt Niharika Thakkar (1.5); Shahzabeen (2.5) bt T. Venalla (1.5); H. Nilavoli (2.5) bt Alka Das (1.5); T. Arvinda Lochani (2.5) bt B.S. Keerthi (1.5);

N. Raghavi (2.5) bt Jaya Arunmathi (1.5); P.V. Nirmala (1.5) drew with Nazia Nona (1.5); Kajri Choksi (2) bt Meena Fotta (1); V. Mrunalini (2) bt Dhayani Dave (1); Sonam Shah (2) bt Pampa Dasgupta (1); N. Manojna (2) bt Pranjali (1); Jyoti Nishad (2) bt Tripti Soni (1); B.K. Srivani (2) bt S. Kavitha (1); B. Ramadevi (1) lost to K. Nayana (2); S. Latha (1) lost to P. Sushmita (2); R. Sharanya (1) lost to Abha Thakur (2); Pubali Goswami (2) bt M. Sindhu (1); K. Pallavi Maiya (2) bt Vidya Fotta (1); Anjana Sowmya (1) lost to Mugda Dolas (2); Madana Sri (1) drew with Gunmoni Gogoi (1); Vandana (1) bt K. Sasikala (nil); N. Jahnvi (nil) lost to K. Sindhu (1); K. Ruby (nil) lost to Lakshmikeerthi (1); Sasi Prabha Singh (nil) lost to T. Amrutha Varshini (1); Manisha Singh (1) bt Jhansi (nil).

Third round: Anupama Gokhale (2.5) drew with Eesha Karawade (2.5); M.R. Sangeetha (2.5) drew with Saheli Dhar Barua (2.5); Bhagyashree Thipsay (3) bt Purabhi Singha (2); Pallavi Shah (3) bt S. Sujatha (2); J.E. Kavitha (3) bt Anoori Shah (2); Swathi Mohota (2.5) drew with Tanya Sachdev (2.5); Kruthika Nadig (3) bt C. Delphin (2); Nabeela Farheen (2.5) drew with Somya Swaminathan (2.5); M. Rajadarshini (1.5) lost to Saimeera Ravi (2.5); Champa Bose (2.5) bt D. Minu (1.5).

Safira Shahnaz (2.5) bt H. Nilavoli (1.5); P. Priya (2.5) bt P. Mallarselvi (1.5); Arpi Shah (2.5) bt Prasanna (1.5). Baisakhi Das (2.5) bt Niharika Thakkar (1.5); D. Harika (2.5) bt Sheena (1.5); Ch. Kavitha (1.5) lost to P. Rathod (2.5); Sreeparna Chakravarthy (2.5) bt Anupritha Patil (1.5); T.T. Lakshmi Priya (1.5) drew with Nisha Mohota (1.5); Pranjali Chandrate (1) lost to Shraddha Samani (2); Y. Prathibha (2) bt N. Raghavi (1).

Sivasankari (1.5) drew with Kiran Agarwal (1.5); S.R. Radha (2) bt Kajri Choksi (1); Pampa Dasgupta (1) lost to Saheli Nath (2); N. Vinuthna (2) bt Sonam Shah (1); I. Ramya Krishna (2) bt Jyothi Nishad (1); N. Sandhya (2) bt B. Ramadevi (1); Abha Thakur (1) lost to Amrutha Mokal (2); T. Venella (1.5) drew with T. Aravinda Lochani (1.5); B.S. Keerthi (1.5) drew with Alka Das (1.5).

Tripti Soni (1) lost to K. Chandrahasa (2); V.K. Sindhu (2) bt B.K. Sreevani (1); Nazia Nona (1) lost to K.L. Praneetha (2); M. Sailaja (2) bt S. Latha (1); N. Sindhu (1) lost to P. Uthra (2); P.L. Sahiti (1.5) bt R. Saranya (1); Gunmoni Gogoi (0.5) lost to Bindu K. Saritha (1.5); Mugda Dolas (1) drew with Pubali Goswami (1); Madanasri (0.5) lost to Shahazabeen (1.5); P. Sudha (1.5) bt Anjana Soujanya (0.5); Dhayani Dave (1) bt Vandana (nil); S. Kavitha (1) bt N. Jahnavi (nil); P. Sushmita (1) bt Lakshmi Keerthi (nil); Vidya Fotta (1) bt Sashi Praba Singh (nil); Meena Fotta (1) bt Maneesha Singh (nil); K. Sasikala (nil) lost to P.V. Nirmala (1); K. Nayana (1) bt T. Amruthavarshini (nil); K. Sindhu (nil) lost to V. Mrunalini (1); K. Ruby (nil) lost to N. Manojna (1); K. Pallavi Maiya (1) bt Jhansi (nil).

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