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This is an archive article published on November 3, 1998

Good show by Indians in round seven

Castellon (Spain), Nov 2: The 12-member Indian chess team at the World Youth Championship gave a good account of themselves, with six wins, ...

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Castellon (Spain), Nov 2: The 12-member Indian chess team at the World Youth Championship gave a good account of themselves, with six wins, three draws and two losses in the seventh round in different age groups.

In the under-10 girls category, Saheli Nath lost to Armenian T Abraminian in her seventh-round encounter.

K Humpy, who is joint second in the under-12 girls section along with her compatriot Tania Sachdev with six points each, vanquished her Spanish rival Jcodina by playing an attacking game in an irregular opening. Tania beat M Sebag of France in a Sicilian Dragon, overcoming her rival in 41 moves.

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In the under-14 girls category, K Preeti overcame her rival, L Constantini of Italy, to tally a total of three points after the seventh round.

Y Pratibha of India, playing with black pieces in the under-16 girls section, played French defence and won against E Groberaman of the United States in just 33 moves.

In the under-18 girls section, R Aarthi drew the match against her Hugarian rival ARapcsak as she failed to take advantage of the precarious position of her rival.

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