Kavitha, Nazia spring surprises

KOZHIKODE, FEB 12: Top seed Swati Ghate (LIC) continued her miserable form in the junior field, fourth seed Baisakhi Das (West Bengal) fought in her opponent’s territory and sixth seed MR Sangeetha (TN) looked out of sorts in a technical finish as reputation was dented in the second round of the 14th National Junior Girls Chess Championship on Saturday.

Topboard results (2nd round): JE Kavitha (AICF) 2 bt Swati Ghate (LIC) 1; Nisha Mohota (W Ben) 1.5 drew with Anuradha Beniwal (Har) 1.5; M Kasturi (TN) 1 lost to Meenakshi (Capa) 2; Baisakhi Das (WB) 1 lost to Nazia Nona (Kerala) 2;Thelma Gopal (Kerala) 1 lost to CV Rajalakshmi (Chrompet) 2; MR Sangeetha (TN) 1 lost to H Nilavoli (Capa) 2; Monalisa Malakar (WB) 1 lost to Pazha Sivakami (TN) 2: Lakshmi Priya (TN) 0.5 lost to Eesha Karvade (Mah) 1.5; Sasinas Haritha (Ker) 1.5 bt Navya (Kerala) 0.5; Fullmoon (TN) 1.5 bt Isai Amudhu (Chrompet) 0.5; Anoori Shah (Guj) 0.5 drewwith Prajeesha (Ker) 0.5; Iswarya Shobana (TN) 0 lost to Rucha Karvade (Mah) 1.