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Padmini returns home with World jr bronze medal
19 Aug 2010
BHUBANESWAR
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Padmini Rout, the pride of chess in Orissa, returned home today after winning the girls’ bronze medal in the World Junior (u-20) Chess Championship, which was held at Chotowa-Czarna, Poland from August 3 to 16. She was greeted here at the Biju Patnaik airport by friends, family members and well-wishers.
Padmini rated the bronze-winning performance as the highest success of her career. In the 13-round championship, she finished third with 10 points, winning eight games, losing one and drawing the remaining four. The former World under-14 champion would leave here on August 26 to participate in an open international tournament at Manila, Philippines from August 29.
International Master Debasish Das and Anwesh Upadhyaya, the two other Orissa players competing in the champonship, finished 45th and 48th respectively in the open catetory with seven points each.
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PERFORMANCE CHART:
Padmini Rout: Bt Zmarzly Aleksandra (Pol), bt Newrkla Katharina (Aut), bt Rysbayeva Nazerke (Kaz), drew with Ohme Melanie (Ger), bt Abdulla Khayala Mardan (Aze), bt Girya Olga (Rus), lost to Muzychuk Anna (Slo), drew with Muminova Nafisa (Uzb), bt Corke Anya (Eng), drew with Guramishvili Sopiko (Geo), bt Severiukhina Zoja (Rus), bt Melekhina Alisa (USA), drew with Cori Tello Deysi Estela (Per).
Debasish Das: Beat Van Rensburg Ryan Pierre (RSA), drew with Nyzhnyk Illya (Ukr), bt Ter-Sahakyan Samvel (Arm), lost to Cordova Daza Emilio Arturo (Per), drew with Martinovic Sasa (Cro), lost to Sethuraman Panayappan (Ind), drew with Wieczorek Oskar (Pol), bt Kriebel Tadeas (Cze), drew with Salgado Lopez Ivan (Esp), drew with Arenas Vanegas David (Col), lost to Fodor Tamas Jr (Hun), drew with Dimitrov Radoslav (Bul), bt Narmontas Matas (Ltu).
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Anwesh Upadhyaya: Beat Pierard Florian (Bel), lost to Nabaty Tamir (Isr), drew with Spors Stef (Bel), bt Safarli Eltaj (Aze), bt Andersen Mads (Den), lost to Hovhannisyan Robert (Arm), drew with Piorun Kacper (Pol), drew with Grandelius Nils (Swe), lost to Lalith Babu Musunuri Rohit (Ind), drew with Thavandiran Shiyam (Can), drew with Schiendorfer Emanuel (Sui), drew with Arun Karthik Ravichandran (Ind), bt Kantans Toms (Lat).
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TOP: Padmini Rout at the World Junior Chess Championship in Poland on August 12, 2010.
BOTTOM: Medal winners of the World Junior Chess Championship in Poland on August 16, 2010.
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