Thrissur (Kerala), Aug 3: Soumya Swaminathan registered a comfortable win over Monnisha GK with black pieces to lift the 40th National Women Challengers Chess championship here today.
The Pune girl, who is supported by Lakshya-FLAME, needed a win in the 11th and final round today to ensure the title and she achieved her goal after 33 moves when her opponent resigned. Soumya finished with 9 points from 11 rounds. (PTI)
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