August 17, 2010 10:17 AM

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Woman Grandmaster Padmini Rout wins bronze medal in World Junior Girls' Chess Championship

Woman Grandmaster Padmini Rout has won a bronze medal in the World Junior Girls' Chess Championship at Chotowa-Czarna in Poland. Her 13th and final round game with Deysi Cori of Peru ended in a draw. In the penultimate round, Padmini had beaten Alisa Melekhina of United States.The gold medal was won by top seed Anna Muzychuk of Slovenia, who scored a victory over Ekaterini Pavlidou of Greece.In the open championship being played simultaneously,Dmitry Andreikin of Russia won the gold medal ahead ofcompatriot Sanan Sjugirov. The bronze medal went to Darius Sweircz of Poland. Indian hope Parimarjan Negi finished 11th in the tournament with a draw against Maxim Matlakov of Russia.

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