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Padmini inches closer to title

International Master and defending champion Padmini Rout inched closer to retaining her title after settling for a draw with PSPB team mate Mary Ann Gomes in the 10th and penultimate round of the 43rd National Women premier chess championship here on Sunday.

The draw with black pieces took Padmini to 7.5 points out of a possible 10 and she is now up against top seed Eesha Karavade in her final round game.

Trailing Padmini a half point behind is Soumya Swaminathan of PSPB who remained within striking distance of the leader after defeating Swati Ghate of LIC. It was a good day for the top two seeds too as Eesha defeated P Bala Kannamma while S Vijayalakshmi of Air India proved stronger than Pratyusha Bodda of Andhra Pradesh. 
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