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Adding another feather to her cap, Tarini Goyal, the chess prodigy from Chandigarh, won the title in the 24th Under-9 Girls National Chess Championship played at Ahmedabad. Tarini, a Class IV student of Sacred Heart School, scored 10 points in the 11-round tournament.
She remained unbeaten throughout the tournament but had to settle for a draw in two matches. She beat established names including Asian gold medalist Bansi Prathima of Andhra Pradesh, R Vaishali, K Priyanka (both of Tamil Nadu) and Sonali Jena of Orissa enroute to the title win.
This is for the first time that a player from the northern region, barring Delhi, has won a gold medal in a national championship.
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