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    Local Snippets: Michelle stuns Swati

    Michelle Catherina of Air India created a big upset when she beat joint leader Swati Ghate of LIC in the penultimate round of the National Women Challenger Chess Championship at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium on Friday.

    Local Snippets: Michelle stuns Swati
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    Michelle Catherina in action at the Challenger Chess (Photo: Justin George)

    Chennai

    Michelle’s win led to a forced pairing on the top board as she was up against her senior at Air India, Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman in the last round. As both of them are from the same state (TN and AI), the natural pairing had to be changed. Vijayalakshmi proved she is too good for the field as she trounced Varshini V of Tamil Nadu to lead the field with eight points followed by Michelle Catherina on eight. Defending champion R Vaishali of TN drew with Kiran Manisha Mohanty of LIC to share third place with 7.5 points.

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