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Tejaswini Sagar wins gold at Under-15 World School Chess Championship

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Talented Indian youngster Tejaswini Sagar won her maiden world title bagging the gold in the under-15 category of World School Chess Championship that concluded here on Thursday.

Needing a last round win and one favourable result, the Aurangabad-girl defeated Kavinya Miyuni Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka in the ninth and final round. Tejaswini was aided by the result on the top board as overnight leader Irina Barbayeva of Russia lost to Alisa Kozybayeva of Kazakhstan in the final clash.

For the record, Tejaswini scored seven points out of a possible nine, winning six, drawing two and losing one game. Her defeat came earlier in the championship against compatriot Isha Sharma when the champion fell under an opening trap but in other games, Tejaswini was above par.

Barbayeva had to be content with the silver medal while top seed Nur Abidah Shanti of Indonesia won the bronze medal in this section. Up against a Sicilian Dragon in the last round against Rajapaksa, Tejaswini initiated an early attack in one of the main lines and found the preparation of her opponent rather fragile. The result was a win for the Indian in under two hours when she trapped her opponent’s queen.

Winner of the National School Games championship a few months back, Tejaswini said she was quite happy with her achievement. “I was waiting for this event for many months now and I am happy it worked out quite fine for me in the end,” she said after winning the gold medal.

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