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Bangalore to host National `A'

NEW DELHI, MARCH 26. Bangalore will host the National `A' chess championship for women from April 23 to May 9.

Koneru Humpy will lead the field of 21 players, including S. Vijayalakshmi and fellow-WGMs like D. Harika, S. Meenakshi, Nisha Mohota, Aarthie Ramaswamy and Swati Ghate.

According to a press release of the All India Chess Federation, Bangalore will also be the venue of the Asian individual championship from July 5 to 15. This will be followed by the Commonwealth championship in Mumbai from July 17 to 28. These two premier events, scheduled in February-March this year, were cancelled after the Madras HC restrained the then AICF secretary P. T. Ummer Koya and treasurer Soumen Majumdar on February 1.

Following is the complete list of 21 qualifiers for the women's National `A' championship: Koneru Humpy (AP), S. Vijayalakshmi (Airlines), Nisha Mohota (LIC), D. Harika (AP), S. Meenakshi (Airlines), Aarthie Ramaswamy (Airlines), Swati Ghate (LIC), Eesha Karavade (Mah), Tania Sachdev (Del), Anupama Gokhale (Petroleum), N. Vinuthna (AP), Bhagyashree Thipsay (BSB), Mary Ann Gomes (Bengal, N. Raghavi (TN), P. Sivasankari (TN), P. Priya (TN), Kruttika Nadig (Mah), M. R. Sangeetha (TN), Anuprita Patil (Mah), Swati Mohota (Bengal) and Nimmy George (Ker). _Our Special Correspondent.

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