Telangana’s Samhita clinches bronze in U-8 Girls Chess Championship

Hyderabad: Samhita Pungavanam of Telangana clinched a bronze medal with nine points from 11 rounds at the 34th U-8 Girls Chess Championship held at the K L University, Vijayawada recently.

The eight-year-old stunned Aaradhya Upadhyay of Rajasthan in the bronze medal match. Earlier, she lost in the fourth and sixth round before bouncing back with three wins in a row.

This victory confirmed a berth in Indian team for Samhita in the U-8 category of the upcoming Asian Games and Commonwealth Games and World Championships. Meanwhile, Charvi A of Karnataka and Pooja Shree R from Tamil Nadu bagged gold and silver respectively.

 

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