December 28: Mugdha Variyar in the under-12 section and Sharavari Dilip Desai in under-8 won the girls titles in the Parle-G Inter-Schools Chess Festival being organised by the Bandra Chess Club and being held at the St. Stanislaus school, Bandra, here today Mugdha defeated Priyanka Punjabi in the final round to end up with six points. She shared the top spot with Vrushali Kulkarni but won the title on better progressive score.Sharavari had no such problems. She won her final round match against Meetali Sawant to finish with an all-win record. Sai Ghate was a clear second with 6 points with Nirali Girish Shah finishing third with five points.
RESULTS (final round):
Girls Under-12: Mugdha Variyar 6 bt Priyanka Punjabi 4.5; Vaishali Kulkarni 4.5 lost to Vrushali Kulkarni 6; Swarali Thipsay 4 lost to Mrudula Nambiar 5.5; Tanvi Thakur 4 lost to Purva Variyar 5; Shreya Wani 4 lost to Nikita Brahme 5.
Final Positions: 1. Mudgha Variyar, 2. Vrushali Kulkarni, 3. Mrudula Nambiar, 4. Purva Variyar, 5.Nikita Brahme, 6. Steesha Bhojwani, 7. Priyanka Punjabi.
Girls Under-8: Meetali Sawant 3.5 lost to Sharvari Dilip Desai 7; Sai Ghate (6) bt Macrina Lobo 4; Uma Vishwanath Rao 1 lost to Nirali Girish Shah 5; Apurva Thipsay 2.5 bt Rajvi Hemant Mehta 3.5; Ruchi Shah 3 lost to Tanvi Dattani 3.5.
Final positions: 1. Sharavari Dilip Desai, 2. Sai Ghate, 3. Nirali Girish Shah, 4. Rajvi Hemant Mehta, 5. Macrina Lobo, 6. Tanvi Dattani, 7. Meetali Sawant.
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